Wake up your bedrooms. Remove excess furniture to avoid a crowded look. Use attractive and colorful bed linens and spreads. Potential buyers will feel like intruders and want to hurry through the inspection of your house if there are too many people around. Send the kids over to a neighbors or take them down to the ice cream store when the real estate agent shows your house.
Silence is golden.
Let the salesperson and buyers talk freely without having to yell over the noise of a blaring radio. Put Fido outside. Dogs may be man's best friend, but not when showing your house. Keep all pets out of the way and not underfoot. This is not a social call.