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Planning7 min read

The best day and time to hold an open house

One to four on a weekend is a fine starting point. Your own sign-in times will tell you whether it is the right one.

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Open house sign-inA FEW QUICK QUESTIONSNo agentHas a home to sellPre-approvedBuying in 3 moBegin home tour

At the door · 7 min

When open house visitors won't sign in

The wave-off at the door is almost never about you. It is about the last form they filled out and the year of phone calls that followed.

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Follow-up · 8 min

How to work old open house leads

The buyer who said six to twelve months back in March is standing in the window right now, and almost nobody is calling them.

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Planning · 8 min

How to host an open house on another agent's listing

The ask is the easy part. What you agree on before Saturday, and what you send Monday morning, is what decides whether you get asked back.

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SCAN TOSIGN INWelcome! Sign in

At the door · 7 min

How to run a QR code sign-in at your open house

One laptop turns into a line the second four groups walk in. Here is how a printed code fixes that for the price of a sheet of paper.

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Leads12HOTTODAY

Follow-up · 7 min

How to follow up with the 'just browsing' crowd

The pre-approved buyers get all the attention. The browsing pile is where next spring's business is sitting.

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Planning · 7 min

How many leads should an open house generate?

Forget the number the guy in your office brags about. Here are the three that matter and how to build a baseline you can trust.

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Open house sign-inA FEW QUICK QUESTIONSNo agentHas a home to sellPre-approvedBuying in 3 moBegin home tour

At the door · 7 min

When an open house visitor already has an agent

How to handle the 'I'm working with someone' answer without poaching, and why that visitor still belongs on your list.

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Sellers · 7 min

What to tell the seller after an open house

Your seller is going to ask how it went. Here is how to answer with real numbers instead of adjectives, and a template you can send tonight.

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Open house sign-inA FEW QUICK QUESTIONSNo agentHas a home to sellPre-approvedBuying in 3 moBegin home tour

At the door · 8 min

Why paper sign-in sheets cost you leads

That clipboard is where your open house leads go to die. Here is what paper actually costs you, and what a digital sign-in fixes.

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OPENHOUSETHIS WAY

Marketing · 7 min

Open house prize drawing ideas that capture leads

A raffle turns 'I would rather not' into a completed sign-in. Here are the prizes that work and how to run the drawing.

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SCAN TOSIGN INWelcome! Sign in

Sellers · 8 min

Turn open house neighbors into your next listing

The nosy neighbor at your open house is a seller lead in disguise. Here is how to invite, capture, and nurture them into a listing.

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Open house sign-inA FEW QUICK QUESTIONSNo agentHas a home to sellPre-approvedBuying in 3 moBegin home tour

At the door · 7 min

What to ask open house visitors

The questions worth asking at the door, the ones that scare people off, and how to get honest answers fast.

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Leads12HOTTODAY

Follow-up · 8 min

How to follow up with open house leads

Most open house leads never get a second contact. Here is a same-day system for who to call first, when, and what to say.

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OPENHOUSETHIS WAY

Marketing · 9 min

How to get more people to your open house

The promotion, signage, and neighbor tactics that actually fill an open house, with copy-paste scripts you can use this weekend.

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