Open House events

Published On: May 23, 2011


We had a successful weekend of Open House events - many interested buyers toured several of our listings.  The beauty of Open House events is that a potential buyer can view several homes in a short period of time and on their own schedule.  You don't have to contact an agent before, just walk in the door.  The disadvantage is that you usually don't get a chance to see ALL of the homes on the market that are similar, don't get all of the information about the home that may be of importance (unless you have a long discussion with the agent - hard to do if there are other people there) and you probably don't get a real understanding about the local real estate market if you are not in contact with an agent.  Open House events can be fun and informative to attend, but if you are serious about buying real estate, you need to become a CLIENT of an agent and partner with that agent to the fullest extent possible to really understand the process.  Buying real estate is not like buying peanut butter at the grocery store, walking the aisles won't give you the complete story!