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Real Estate Agent with William RAVEIS Realty

I recently opened a Trulia account and I see that you can post your open house dates and times to the website.  Has anyone ever had a walk in that heard about your open house through Trulia?  Are there any other websites out there that offer similar options? The past few weeks have been slow for open houses so any tricks to get more traffic would be welcomed!!

Frank Bailey Sr.
Keller Williams Realty - Schertz, TX
Your retired Veteran, your Full-Time REALTOR

That's a good deal!  I know I 've had some hits from my website because of my profile on Trulia, so people are going there on a regular basis.  That's good to know, thanks.

Frank

May 22, 2008 02:57 PM
Diane & Bob Arenholz
William RAVEIS Realty - Yorktown Heights, NY
Covering all of Westchester County, NY

Frank - Good to know that Trulia is working for you!!!

May 23, 2008 01:17 AM
Frank Bailey Sr.
Keller Williams Realty - Schertz, TX
Your retired Veteran, your Full-Time REALTOR

wow, I just realized you're in Westchester county!  I was born and raised in Port Chester, NY!

May 28, 2008 12:37 AM
Diane & Bob Arenholz
William RAVEIS Realty - Yorktown Heights, NY
Covering all of Westchester County, NY

What a small world!!!!

May 30, 2008 01:17 PM
Frank Bailey Sr.
Keller Williams Realty - Schertz, TX
Your retired Veteran, your Full-Time REALTOR

yes it is!  But I'm a Texan now!!  LOL

May 30, 2008 01:20 PM
deborah novick
showcase your space - Larchmont, NY

Diane and Bob,

Another way to get more traffic to your open houses is to have Showcase Your Space do the staging!  We send an invitation to the open house to the 1000 agents on our mailing list, and we provide refreshments.  Our clients often say that more agents turned up at the open house than usual.  We'd love to work with you!

Deborah Novick

 

Aug 11, 2008 04:22 AM
Lisa Ryan
Callaway Henderson Sotheby's International Realty - Montgomery, NJ
Selling Princeton,West Windsor and Montgomery Town

I'm glad to see that Trulia is working for some people. I'll have to try it for my next open house.

Aug 12, 2008 05:33 PM
Dee Dee
White Plains, NY
NY,NJ, CT Home Loan Expert

Diane & Bob,

I am not sure if you are aware of a website called postlets.com where your listing is posted to several search engines and websites and I think the basic listings are free.

Try craigslist.org(if you have not already done so) and zillow.com

I know that some of my past clients used to check craigslist quite a bit to check for open houses but  make sure that you provide professional quality pictures/virtual tour or a link to pictures of the house. Otherwise, you will be wasting your time just by posting an ad. You could also post/distribute some flyers at the local events (farmers market, fairs etc) atleast a week prior to the open house.

Good Luck!

Aug 19, 2008 04:00 AM
Anthony Stokes-Pereira
Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty - Nanuet, NY
Realtor

Hi Duane & Bob;

The market is very slow, I am on Truila and I used every free websites possible.

Anthony

Sep 07, 2008 02:13 PM