Condition matters because buyers and their lenders both look for anything that could stall financing, an unresolved safety issue or a system that has failed outright, so fixing those specific items before listing removes the most common source of delay.
A flexible possession date also speeds things along on your side. If you can offer 30, 60 or 90 day possession options rather than insisting on one date, more buyers can say yes without rearranging their own move first.
None of this replaces a realistic price. An accurate, hand-reviewed valuation that reflects your Brighton home's real condition avoids the two biggest time-wasters, an overpriced listing that sits and a price cut that signals a problem. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.