5,104,931
No and no. Agents can preview at their convience any home that might be good for their clients. Oh and by the way, I don't attend agent only open houses, either. Have supra key... I can preview at my convenience.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Maria Sapio
Carlisle, PA
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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
3,345,091
No. And No.
I am 100% with Nina Hollander on this.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
6,393,609
Entice them to something special about the home rather than a free meal, a free meal tends to attract unsuccessful agents rather than those who are likely to sell your home.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
1,543,823
Yes, but I don't kick out the public.
Yes, it's the only way to get them there...food.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Thomas J. Nelson, REAL...
La Jolla, CA
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
809,258
We do not do them.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
3,626,530
No ma'am
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
564,494
No, I haven't - I agree with Nina Hollander
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
2,781,173
I do opens if the situation requires it. No refreshments in this market!
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
353,865
Yes and Yes. Not only do I provide refreshments, I provide lunch. Before the broker's open, we all meet at breakfast and pitch our listing on tour. I always say who is catering, and to come between 11am - 1pm. I get a ton of agents and it only costs me $90 +/-. I use this info at my listing presentations too. Usually I have plenty of leftovers that I take home and feed to the kids for a few days.
A lot of agents have lottery's for dinner out, or bottles of wine. it is very common in our market.
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Mitchell J Hall
Manhattan, NY
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
7,836,425
Agent opens are popular in our area. They are usually held on Tuesdays and food is served.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
5,772,575
Anna,
It depends what is accepted and done in your marketplace. Here in Santa Barbara at the very high end homes, lunch is catered. A
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
2,390,620
Yes and yes Anna Hatridge . Our MLS tours every Tuesday and Friday.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
2,684,109
I don't host them. I do attend some that are hosted by other Brokers, not so much to "see the house", but to meet and greet others in the business.
Typically the LA gets a lender to co-host, they have a drawing for a $100 gift card. The LA has a local restaurant cater the food and beverages.
Is it worth the money? Maybe for a builder in a new subdivision with a model home, but I don't see the ROI for one listing, even a high-end house.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
1,844,301
No, old school. Bring your buyers if you have one.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
5,049,477
Depends on the property and the market. And no refreshments!
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
259,005
No I wouldn't. I would, however, have my clients hold a neighborhood preview party to get the word out.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
921,504
Broker opens are a traditional in this area.
Yes, I do provide refreshments.
Better still, I intend to feed them.
When they are eating, that is my time to make my 'pitch.'
What is special about this house that a walk-about did not reveal? Any special incentives? Time to introduce the collaborators. What can the visiting agents project to their audience? Do collaboration opportunities exist through services you control? Any GREAT tools or resources to share?
Otherwise, this open house is simply on the entertainment circuit.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Jim Cheney
Santa Rosa, CA
5,216,825
Used to do it, no more. The people who showed needed the free meal!
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
2,182,552
I have . Feed them them and they will come . But make a lot of calls to area agents Cell Phones inviting them personally .
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael J. Perry
Lancaster, PA
4,572,439
Our area still holds weekly broker caravan events.
Refreshments may or may not be served depending on the property and other factors.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
4,319,419
Anna Hatridge - not as much as I used to do.
Some special listings do deserve both - Agent Open House and Refreshments.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,239,901
broker tour. Yes, only president of the association showed up. I ate the goodies.
Sold first weekend.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
142,796
Hi Anna, yes and yes.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
4,272,548
We do brokers open on Tuesdays...
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
3,988,007
I have not had a broker open in quite some time. The market got busy and agens were out selling and didn't come. It did feed them lunch when I had them.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
427,267
We have a bunch in this area. I have found if you are in the right market, the home does not last long enough to have a broker open. In this area, once you get over $500K, the marketed property may take a bit of time to sell.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
3,986,258
I do not do opens
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,525,616
Sometimes I do and I always offer food and/or a gift card.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,712,676
Not in 20 years. The good agents don't have time for them.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
711,852
In our market, typically the Broker's open connected with MLS has a few refreshments.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
3,416,038
I do for new construction, but my resale listings do not stay around long enough to schedule one
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
2,241,570
We shoot, edit, render, upload videos. Full motion with natural sound that is 40% of the video. Those are not agent only but everyone can tap into them. The other end can slurp a moxie, hook up the straw to whatever they like warm, cold, hot for refreshment ... at their most convenient time day or night. They get retoured, sent to whoever is helping with the down payment too!
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
4,883,242
Not now but when we were in a buyers market definitely.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,725,996
For luxury listings; yes!
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,502,998
On some listings, yes. Did one on Good Friday that was well atteneded by agents with their clients. Did have cookies out.
Criteria is: if the seller asks, if the property is one of a kind, or if the property is hard to show or appointment with agent.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
608,881
For some listings. I don't do them below $1M. We have Broker OH tours. We have very specific tours during the week. Public open houses are on Sunday. Broker open houses are for specific types of properties in a specific price range in specific hyper local neighborhoods. There are usually 5-6 properties on the tour. There may be several different tours going on at the same time on a given day. One property on the tour serves lunch and one serves dessert. The refreshments are catered courtesty of a lender or title company.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
5,583,278
yes, we do with new construction.... broker open house....new homes need more explanation than resales.... it's wise to hold an open just for agents and answer questions without their clients present....
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,513,143
They are done in the area but mostly for the high end homes; the food is generally sponsered by a mortgage person.
I do not attend as most of my buyers are in the mid range of pricing.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
1,045,440
Not in this market enviorment no... completely unnecessary
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
5,868,565
Our market is so brisk most of us do not have time to attend Broker open houses.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
1,617,916
900,128
4,936,716
4,800,082
Yes, during our board tour of homes. Usually, no refreshments.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
599,274
No but our town has a "caravan" or "tour" that allows agents to quickly view new listings as a group and share their opinion/feedback to the listing agent.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
989,652
I do not nor do I ever have refreshments
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO
3,071,489
577,750
Not any more, that seems to be a thing of the past... Listings don't stay on the market long enough for that. Agents can book an appointment and preview at their convenience, or visit the public open house.
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Anna Hatridge
Farmington, MO