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My Car Is A Sign Holder Coming And Going

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 311291

My Car Is A Sign Holder

Coming And Going

 

Keeping sign riders in my car allow for an open house at any time. 

When I have a scheduled showing on one of my listings or if I  stop and visit with my seller, I am prepared to do an impromptu open house.

 

 

 

Did you notice how I use my car's front and back windshield to attract visitors coming and going.

 

Open House HomeRome 410-530-2400

 

The open house 'balloon' sign, above,  is made of cardboard... much safer than driving around with  helium balloons and they never need air.

  

                                                     

  Click To Watch The Open House Master Video 

 

 

The car signage works well in developments that have restricted sign usage such as condos and home owner associations. 

 

My Car Is A Sign Holder

Coming And Going

 

Margaret Rome 410-530-2400

 

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Comments (24)

John Meussner
Mortgages in AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, IN, MD, MN, MT, NC, NJ, NV, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI - Fair Oaks, CA
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I did not....I dont know if I've been around long enough to know some of the old time members ; )

Jul 27, 2015 02:22 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Margaret I love it, on a side note I drive a Lexus RX 350 so I can put all my signs in the "trunk":), Endre

Jul 27, 2015 03:54 PM
Randy Hilman REALTOR® Associate Broker
Randy Hilman Homes in partnership with Bean Group - Moultonborough, NH
Guide & Mentor to Home Buyers & Sellers

Hi Margaret Rome, Baltimore Maryland.  You are too funny, but I love your conviction and your apparent success.  Your video is an excellent piece of work.  You are very good on camera.  I hate open houses.  I mean, I detest them. Have you heard of the 990 program?  Well, I'm going to join and give sellers an opportunity to host their own open houses for a reduced commission if they procure an unrepresented bnuyer.  What you think of that?

I have just ordered a new Outback Limited.  I have resolved to put no more sharply pointed signs in the read cargo area.  No more holes punched in the side of the interior.  I'm gonna keep this car nice and clean (LOL).

Jul 27, 2015 04:57 PM
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

 Good Tuesday morning Margaret. Yes, using your vehicle as a source of advertising is always a good thing to do.

Jul 27, 2015 06:52 PM
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Margaret, some nice ideas to change up the traditional open house! Enjoy your day!

Jul 27, 2015 09:14 PM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I love the idea of having an open house balloon sign. Thank you for sharing.

Jul 27, 2015 09:53 PM
Wayne Zuhl
Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ
The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

Great idea to use your car to hold signs. And I love the video!

Jul 27, 2015 11:46 PM
marti garaughty
garaughty.com - Montreal, QC
a highly caffeinated creative type...

garaughty, art, wordpress

Jul 28, 2015 12:11 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

 Endre Barath, Jr. Good to have a big trunk.

Randy Hilman, Associate Broker, GRI, CBR Am looking forward to how long you keep that new Outback car clean and sign free. The video was done by Realtor Magazine a few years ago. They were here for a couple of days and we had a couple of AR meetups around the filming. We had a lot of fun. I do not like traditional open houses. It does not sell properties but it does bring in business for the listing agent. Personally I would not do seller assisted Opens.

Jul 28, 2015 01:17 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Michael Thornton The car comes in handy for this.

Thanks Wayne Martin 

Marti Garaughty aka mARTi (art is in your name). Love being featured by you.

Jul 28, 2015 01:19 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Gita Bantwal I have just ordered some new ones. They come in quite handy.

Wayne and Jean Marie Zuhl Thanks. We had a lot of fun shooting that video. Realtor Magazine was in town 3 days doing this shoot. All that time for 7 minutes. Glad I'm NOT in the film industry!

Jul 28, 2015 01:22 AM
Chris and Dick Dovorany
Homes for Sale in Naples, Bonita Springs and Estero, Florida - Naples, FL
Broker/Associate at Premiere Plus Realty

Terrific Margaret.  I never thought of keeping some in the trunk.  Thanks for the idea.

Jul 28, 2015 01:41 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Chris and Dick Dovorany Hope you will be using this. Thanks for stopping by.

Jul 28, 2015 03:38 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Great use of space and I am sure people are on the lookout for your signs, so they can see the beautiful homes that you have listed for sale!

Jul 28, 2015 03:43 AM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Brian England You say the nicest things!

 

Jul 28, 2015 03:45 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Margaret,

I watched that "The Open House Master Video". What a wonderful video. It really is.

Jul 28, 2015 01:11 PM
Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

It's so funny you should bring this up about car riders. Just yesterday I was on the phone with my association executive. I'm president this year and we talk quite a bit. We are also friends. Well I was driving, and I told my AE that there was someone on the road in front of me driving very funny. They were all over the place and had a turn signal one for one direction and ended up going another direction and pulling off the road. When I made sure the car was settled and not going to pull out in front of me, I passed it. The driver was a local agent, and this driving behavior wasn't a good thing. This is a perfect argument for not having signs on your car if you are going to drive like that. This happened on a local highway and not a side road. 

Jul 28, 2015 03:22 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL   Thank you. The Realtor ® Magazine team was in Baltimore for three days to make this 7 minute video.

Debbie Laity Our driving does reflect our professionalism or in your example unprofessionalism. 

Those signs are only on my car when doing an open house. All other times they are in the trunk. 

Aug 02, 2015 11:48 AM
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

It alway pays to be well prepared for every situation, and for every sign.

You are the expert Margaret!

 

Aug 02, 2015 04:13 PM
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Bob Crane Thanks for stopping by. Always good to hear from you.

Aug 02, 2015 08:15 PM