So, even though the real estate market seems to be a little down in Baton rouge, we didn’t let that stop us. Bring on the open houses. I really enjoy doing open houses. I love meeting new people and also getting other people’s opinions on our homes.
We prepared for the open house like real estate ninja’s. I made sure to place it in the Baton Rouge Advocate two weeks prior. I also make sure to post it in www.re-finder.com. I love this site. It is the sister to the Real Estate Finder magazine. As long as you are placing ads in their magazine, they allow you to use the free re-finder website. It’s a great place to put all of your listings and open houses. The website runs with google and trulia, and who doesn’t love google and trulia.
We also did things the old fashioned way. We put up our open house signs “Open House Sunday 2-4″ around the area. I also had bought a new open house flag, but no pole. What to do. I rigged it. I had two stakes from our “For Sale” signs. I took the signs off and tied the flag to two of them. I was proud. It was really funny trying to dig those stakes into the ground, they were barely even in the ground. It was a sad picture…two stakes leaning, almost about to fall- barely holding a flag up. Oh well, I did my best- I guess it was better than nothing.
We had five or six people show up. I always get excited about our Open Houses. Why, you ask? Is it because of the people? Well, mostly but the main reason is for the refreshments! My co-listing agent makes the best chicken salad sandwiches and these cookies, oh….these cookies. Need I go on? Everytime she would take someone in the back to show the beautiful rooms- I would stuff my face.
I really do love this job. I am just ready to sell this house and move on to the next. It’s such a cozy, little house and I think it’s at a perfect price. The owners are motivated and ready to sell. They are planning on building in prarieville to be closer to relatives. I was thinking that it was slow at first b/c of the holidays. Well, now the holidays are gone so let’s get the ball rolling.
We are also doing another open house this Sunday. I am doing a open house for one of my broker’s listings. I want to do as many open houses as I can, so I can meet and network with more people and YES, eat more cookies.
