Comments on: Top 10 Open House Mistakes Sellers Can Make http://www.realestaterain.com/top-10-open-house-mistakes-sellers-can-make Guiding families in the Silicon Valley Bay Area with life-changing real estate decisions Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:11:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rainmaker Properties http://www.realestaterain.com/top-10-open-house-mistakes-sellers-can-make/comment-page-1#comment-198 Rainmaker Properties Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:56:44 +0000 http://www.realestaterain.com/?p=394#comment-198 Thanks Dan for the great comment. Couldn't be truer. Shoe covers or booties have been popular way to avoid taking off shoes and they even have a "booties disclosure". There was a case when the visitor slipped and fell with booties on and they ended up suing the real estate brokerage for damages. Your second point should be the very basic tasks that an agent does, but surprisingly enough, many agents simply don't do it. Thanks Dan for the great comment. Couldn’t be truer. Shoe covers or booties have been popular way to avoid taking off shoes and they even have a “booties disclosure”. There was a case when the visitor slipped and fell with booties on and they ended up suing the real estate brokerage for damages.

Your second point should be the very basic tasks that an agent does, but surprisingly enough, many agents simply don’t do it.

]]> By: Danno http://www.realestaterain.com/top-10-open-house-mistakes-sellers-can-make/comment-page-1#comment-197 Danno Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:19:24 +0000 http://www.realestaterain.com/?p=394#comment-197 Well, you've really nailed some good points, and surprisingly ones I don't see often, good job. I'd like to offer another couple, one even larger mistake that sellers make without even knowing it. As guests show up, reach the front porch then discover they can't wear shoes in the home, no matter how that's packaged it is a negative & sometimes embarrassing situation for the guest. I have often simply walked away because I don't want to mess with the laces & all. An even bigger mistake is failing to check with their agent regarding the status of each of the guests who did view their home over time. Alex, I'm sure you are one of the better agents who will treat that list of names & #'s as a valuable marketing opportunity. Believe me when I say that for the most part, guest lists are not considered opportunities and rarely get follow up contacts by the agnets who met them. Well, you’ve really nailed some good points, and surprisingly ones I don’t see often, good job.

I’d like to offer another couple, one even larger mistake that sellers make without even knowing it.

As guests show up, reach the front porch then discover they can’t wear shoes in the home, no matter how that’s packaged it is a negative & sometimes embarrassing situation for the guest. I have often simply walked away because I don’t want to mess with the laces & all.

An even bigger mistake is failing to check with their agent regarding the status of each of the guests who did view their home over time. Alex, I’m sure you are one of the better agents who will treat that list of names & #’s as a valuable marketing opportunity. Believe me when I say that for the most part, guest lists are not considered opportunities and rarely get follow up contacts by the agnets who met them.

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