Fixing stained carpets and scratched floors is pretty easy. You can rent carpet steam cleaners and floor polishers for a reasonable rate at a nearby home depot in most cities.

We gave interior designers Darren Jett, Noz Nozawa, and Xavier Donnelly a photo of the same empty college apartment—and then ...

And it wasn't hard to figure out why. "When a home is move-in ready and buyers know they can be cooking in the kitchen from day one and entertaining in the backyard that very weekend, you know you ...