A great way to know what’s wrong with your home before listing it is to get a Pre-list Home Inspection done by a Professional Home Inspector, which can in turn bring you that top dollar you been looking for and it will also save you the surprises and major price reduction from prospective purchasers.
Al you are right that these pre-list inspections can greatly reduce the anxiety in selling your home. It allows the Seller to price the home appropriately taking into consideration what they are prepared to do prior to listing but more important what they are not prepared to do prior to listing so they factor all this into the asking price.