<prompt> Human: My wife and I are trying to sell our houseNC 28120 we have talked to a realtor. We still owe about 97K on the house and our realtor is saying we should start out asking 160K and we might get that high if we spend money fixing it up. With the move, we are about tapped out on our non-emergency saving. House needs about 5-10K in work done paint all of the walls inside and replace carpets. We would have to take out a loan to do this work. We can do this but would add a few weeks to a month to the timeline of selling. Our other option is to drop a few hundred on someone to clean the place and the carpets really well. Realtor isnt pushy for us to do the repairs but is letting us know that people will want to pay less and try to negotiate us down. Looking for advice on if it is worth the time and money to do the repairs.  <response>: Whatever repairs you do before listing will obviously help but be prepared for a whole list of other things you will be asked to do after the inspection. Buyers will want you to do repairs or drop the price. You could just clean it up and list it knowing that buyers are going to negotiate on price because it needs new carpets, paint, etc... and whatever else comes up on the inspection. 