subject: Deciding On Open Houses For Your Home Sale [print this page] There are several ways to sell a houseThere are several ways to sell a house. You can have people come by appointment and come with a realtor to individually see the house. You can also have open houses-periods of time allotted for one or more realtors to be stationed at the house and, with a sign out front, potential buyers just come to the home and get tours by the realtors. Having an open house can be challenging but may be the exact way your house will eventually be sold.
Open houses are done in order to generate interest in the home. The realtor might feel like he or she is not getting enough interest in the home and people aren't making appointments to see the home. He or she may decide that having an open house is the best way to get people inside the home and generate talk and interest about the property. Open houses are usually done by the listing agent, who gets a better profit if he or she sells the home himself.
As a homeowner, open houses can be a pain. You need to clean your house perfectly and stage it right so it looks like a home that people would want to buy. It can take several hours to fix your house up for an open house. You must also be prepared to leave your home for the bulk of the day. Open houses last for several hours and you can't be in your home when this is occurring. You need to go shopping or stay at someone's house for several hours in order to have the house free for others to tour.
Open houses are like home tours. The realtors are the tour guides and the visitors come to tour the house. They may not be serious buyers but they may know someone who is serious about buying a house and might tell that person about the house. The signs themselves that are put up whenever there is an open house are an advertisement saying there is a house for sale nearby. The flyers that are given out that day might end up in the hands of an interested party. Overall, the extra interest generated in having open houses have the tendency to pay off in the sale of the home being showcased.
If you are going to an open house, it may just be a casual thing or you may be house hunting aggressively. Either way, take the time to get a home tour and ask all the right questions about the property to make sure you are satisfied that the home is to your liking. If you really like the home, you don't necessarily need to make a decision that day but, bear in mind, a lot of houses get sold after open houses, so don't wait too long before showing further interest. Open houses are good times to take a leisurely stroll through the home and seeing really those things you like and those things you don't like. Who knows? You may find the house of your dreams at an open house.
