How Did Everyone Do…
Hopefully better than I did…
I only had one family come through during my Open House this past weekend. They seemed interested, and stayed in the house for at least 20 minutes. I gave them a blank Purchase Agreement that I purchased from the FSBO.com Real Estate Contracts section, a business card, and contact info for a mortgage broker in the area. They thanked me for my time, and for all of the information I provided. I reminded them that the asking price was negotiable, and that I can give them the code to the combination lockbox at any time if they needed to get a second look. I plan to follow up with them later this week just to remind them about the house, and to invite them back for a second look. (Please note I did not post my Open House Info online until late Tuesday night.)
So, I am curious how the rest of you did. I know we had over 225 people participate in the Open House day last weekend. What are your thoughts?
Tags: For Sale By Owner, FSBO, open House, paperwork, real estate contracts
May 19th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
I did not do as well. We ran an ad in the Real Estate magazine of our local paper ans put signs and balloons and no one showed up. In fact we had open house for the past two weekends and not a soul. No phone calls. It is very discouraging but I will keep trying. Several people have picked up fliers but no calls. Two houses have sold in our subdivision in the past month so I keep hoping someone will call soon.
May 19th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
We did not have anyone show up for our open house - we had signs posted in several strategic areas in our neighborhood and from looking at the info on the FSBO website - the event was being advertised in our area - but…..we did not have anyone come by and no one even called …………..
May 19th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
We had a few people but they all saw our signs. All gave positive comments.
I did have a phone interview with a Boston Globe reporter:
http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2008/05/for_sale_by_own.html
Lots of comments - most not useful. They all indicate what is wrong with America (negative attitude). This is why we are trying FSBO. We are not against Realtors - they just don’t offer any services we need.
Two years ago, we had a Realtor for 3 months that did not show our house once. I talk to all Realtors that contact us (30 by now), show them around and offer them a 3% commission for a buyer.