Thanks Stephen, that’s what we’re here for!

Chris

Thea, it is a very low percentage of people who buy a house because they went to an open house, but that’s the whole thing about real estate. It’s a numbers game. Your REALTOR’s marketing efforts expose your home to the maximum number of people. Some of these people are buyers. Most are not. However, even the non-buyers will remember your home if they hear of someone they know who wants to move into the neighborhood and may recommend it. Bottom line, however, is that REALTORS will receive benefits from an open house even beyond the selling of your house.

Hey Thea,

People who are interested in your home are going to ask questions regardless of whether or not they’re asked to. Also, the odds of the perfect buyer walking through that door are pretty slim. One useful thing you can have your Realtor do is see if she/he can get feedback on your home from the people who attend the open house.

Hi Thea –

Thank you for your comment. I can definitely appreciate those feelings, as a person who has sold a home before I became a Realtor (and a writer for The Close), I can identify with the way you feel.

As Realtors, we take an oath to put our client’s fiduciary best interests above all else. I can’t think of a real estate agent I know that doesn’t want to make every event they host a positive client building experience, but never at the expense of getting our clients the absolute best.

Our mission statement on this site is to provide the best answers to real estate agents’ questions, questions like “How do I get more out of my open house sign-in sheet?”. That sign-in sheet for your open house tomorrow is going to serve multiple purposes for your Realtor, first and foremost to make sure anybody who visits has all the information they need about your property.

I hope the open house went great! We’d love to hear about how it goes, feel free to tell us in another comment!

Chris