Are Open Houses Useful when Selling Your Home in Pasco County Florida

Helping people sell and buy homes in Pasco

county Florida for years has given me a bit of insight into how useful an "Open House" is when selling your home in Pasco county.  A traditional Open House where your agent sets up snacks and opens up your home to the general public has proven to be the least successful way to advertise your home for sale. Why? Serious home buyers that are ready, willing and able to purchase a home rarely go to an Open House.  These serious home buyers are out with their real estate agent on the weekends looking at homes that fit their specific needs. That leaves your open house to the neighbors and look loo's to pop by and have a snack.

The "Broker Open House" is a bit more effective way to have an open house and advertise your home for sale. With a Broker Open House, your Realtor(R) will invite Brokers and real estate agents to come and see your home.  This is more effective for you since the real estate professionals that come to your Open House work with home buyers and we go to Broker Open Houses so we can preview potential homes for our buying customers.  The second advantage to a Broker Open House is the feedback. You will receive feedback about your home, how it shows, curb appeal, pricing etc...this feedback is from licensed real estate professionals in the area and from a variety of real estate brokerages. 

Let's look at your open house in another way. You

want to open your home up to strangers on the weekend for them to come in and look around. People who go to open houses are generally looking for decorating or remodeling ideas and they are not serious buyers. As we already said, serious buyers are out on the weekends with their Realtor(R). This opening up of your home also opens you up for crime. The visitors to your open house now know how many T.V's you have, which windows are for the master bedroom, if you have a dog, an alarm system, locked fences etc.... This is another reason I suggest only having a "Brokers Open House" mid week and around lunch time.

If you know someone who need a residential sales agent in New Port Richey, Trinity, Port Richey or Hudson Florida, you can contact me online anytime and I will respond within 24 hours. 

written by Michael J. Gallo