<prompt> Human: Hi rpersonalfinance. My wife and I purchased a townhouse 3 years ago, purchase price was about 290,000 and we have since paid principal down to about 250,000 as of now. Weve decided we would like to move closer to family and would like to purchase a home closer to them in the short term future.I would like to know what I should be doing in terms of my mortgage payments in preparation for trying to sell the home. It will be important for us to receive as much money as possible from the sale of the home as we would need some cash to put towards a down payment on a new home. What is the best way to put us in the best financial position as possible at the point of selling our home to prepare us for a new home purchase? I understand fixing our home to look as good as possible is in our best interest, but should I be paying more towards our premium now? Save that money instead? Refinance?Thank you  <response>: Cash is king. Pay your normal mortgage payment and save the extra cash. If you need to fix and improve anything before listing youll have a stack of cash to do so. Refinance could make sense depending on the math. 