If staging it. Stage it proper or don't bother.
A good staging helps to get a sale, but also gives you leverage in negotiations to stand your ground.
A bad stage not only is money out of your pocket, but can slow bites and allow interested parties in being aggressive with negotiated prices.
Light bulbs. It's insane how $30-80 worth of LED lights really makes a house look different and it's dirt cheap in the grand scheme of things. It really says something if a home isn't using mismatched bulbs and has unified/intentional lighting. Using LED vs incandescent might even give you minor energy savings that essentially subsidizes the bulb purchase. Using 2700K vs 3000K color lights can transform a home from looking older to something with potential.
This is something I learned when I was refreshing my new home. I hated the look of the new paint and fixtures at times, but when I swapped out a different color, I was blown away at the difference in how everything looked. Some things suddenly tied together rather than look like they were contrasted and mismatching. My 5 year old townhouse went from looking a little dour and empty with 2700K lights in the kitchen to looking brighter and inviting using 3000K lights and that effect was amplified in bathrooms. My new house post refresh went from looking sterile and empty using 3000K lights to cozy and inviting using 2700K. It even affected my TV watching experience. It does require a tiny bit of trial and error, but bulbs are super cheap staging equipment and the results are really well worth the experimentation.
https://www.amazon.ca/Sylvania-Equiv...5-4be35d7258cc
These are like $2 a bulb for 2700K.
It's around $3-4 a bulb for 3000 or 5000K.
Fluorescent tubes were the worst (worked in my favor). The flickering and low brightness made the basement and garage look spooky and uninviting. After replacing it with LED shop lights, the place looks like a great space to show case things.