Today I went and did a stupid old skool marketing thing and held a Open House in Murrieta California. With the technology we have today such as the Internet, websites and YouTube videos many real estate agents think agents like myself are dinosaurs and need to get into the Modern world. My opinion is why not combine the new with the old as then you have more weapons in the marketing arsenal.
Anyway today I held an open house in the gate guarded community of Bear Creek in Murrieta from 11 until 4. There were 18 folks who came through the property, some only wanting to take a look, and a few were with their agents but the main thing is the property was exposed to all of them which is what my seller hired me to do. In this case my seller is a lender who foreclosed on the home and listed it with my partner and myself.
It doesn't happen often that someone who comes into an Open House wants to make an offer but it happened today. A man and his wife came in and took a look around asking many questions as they toured the home and of course I got their contact information to follow up with them. That's my job after all. Low and behold this gentleman returned and asked to make a cash offer. Since he lives in the community I sent him to his house to bring Proof of Funds to pay cash for the home. Jim was back in ten minutes and we wrote up a good offer that has a strong chance of getting accepted.
Jim and his wife have a second home in the area and will only be here for another week as they came into town Friday. After looking at the comparable sales for the community they feel it will be a good investment property to add to their portfolio and go figure if it wasn't for my Open House they may have never seen it. Call it luck, the stars were aligned but I call it Marketing.
Old and new combined equals results.
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