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Home Inspection NJ — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:29:21 -0000

Hey thats some smart thinking right there... Business innovation in action... How did it work out though?

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Kaitlyn — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:45:02 -0000

That's too bad that your open house did not go as well as you had hoped. The retirement home open house sounds like a good idea!

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Tampa Real Estate Agents — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:05:19 -0000

So this what an open house is!

I have to admit that these are things that I'm just coming in terms with.
Well in my places these words would all sound new!

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Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:27:18 -0000

@Peter Monroe -
I think it's a fabulous idea! There is a large retirement community in Phoenix that I think is often overlooked by many agents.

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Peter Monroe — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:18:49 -0000

What do you think about doing an "open house" at the retirement center? You know... where all the older people go and play games and cook together? Older folks are often thinking about moving to a smaller "more manageable" place... whether they know it or not.

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London Flats — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:49:04 -0000

This is a refreshing idea and I think this can be of good potential in the market. I think you can make it big for sure.

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Rich@Cedar City Utah Real Esta — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:51:11 -0000

That is an ingenius idea as there are always people going to the banks on Saturdays. I have never heard of this before but it really does seem like a perfect match having a lender and realtor team up since they need each other.

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@Austin TX Realestate — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:42:21 -0000

Interesting idea. I would love to see a follow-up post after you do this again.

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Denis — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:42:05 -0000

Yes, You are writing about truth. Many people were thinking about that and its very good to find here a good answer.

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Paul from Charleston — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:36:07 -0000

I am sorry to hear that your event wasn't as successful as you had hoped. I still like this idea and especially John Wake's suggestion above. How can you loose when you combine a high traffic location with information potential clients are in need of? I'd love to hear how the next one goes.

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John Wake@Arizona Home Sale Ne — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:21:49 -0000

Neat concept!

Maybe you need an offer in addition to better promotion. What is something that serious home buyers or sellers would need that you can provide? Walk-in CMA's? A free real estate book? A drawing for $X off origination fees? A free class on how to do your own CMA online? Get qualified for free? Something that would interest serious prospects but not cost too much.

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Emily in Austin — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:51:57 -0000

That is a wonderful idea! Going straight to the customer. Some people may go to the bank for a mortgage with a home already in mind, but I bet you will capture the attention of many people still looking for a home. Good luck -- I'm interested to hear how that goes!

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Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:45:18 -0000

Traffic to the open house was not good. I didn't promote it well before the fact, and maybe the bank could have done a better job. We're going to try again on a different day. The bank gets more "foot traffic" on Friday afternoons, and at the end of the month, so those are possibilities. We're also thinking about different locations as well.

Not a waste of time at all though as I got to learn about some of the different loan programs this bank offers as as well as meet a bunch of cool bank employees.

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Ismail @ real estate directory — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:05:13 -0000

I'm a big fan of experimenting as well Jay, wish you good luck on your new idea and please try to keep us updated.

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Jayson — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:00:07 -0000

That's an awesome idea - completely out of the box and there's so much potential. I'm interested in hearing how everything went.

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Jerry Loggins — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:38:24 -0000

Sounds like a good idea, how did it go?

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James@Houston Real Estate Foru — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:37:33 -0000

First I want to say that I really like your idea here Jay. However, I want to stick up for open houses a bit yet, not entirely. I agree that the traditional open house where one just sits on their duff in one house and waits for someone to show up is almost a waste of time. Now I am a big fan of doing open house tours. I started doing this in when I worked as an agent in Washington state and it worked very well for both the real estate professionals involved and for the home owners. We started out from our office where we cooked up some barbaque and then toured 6-8 homes with in a mile or less of one another. The concept started out very slow at first but began to pick up steam as we did it the same third sunday of every month. Over the last year I worked in Washington it became very popular and we started selling a number of homes right off tour. Now don't get me wrong it was a lot of work and needed several people to pull off, however, it was very valuable and should be considered.

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Keahi Pelayo — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:19:02 -0000

Open houses, generally, do not benefit the seller. Great idea. Good job getting out of the box.
Aloha,
Keahi

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Tina Fountain@Atlanta Real Est — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:02:21 -0000

Jay - best of luck with your open house, just curious, did you approach the bank with the idea? And looking forward to reading in a future blog how it went.

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Guest — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:24:52 -0000

Great idea, Jay! I'm always impressed by people who are trying new marketing ideas. This open house sounds intriguing. Good luck!

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