Daniel Kennedy in her real estate books, promotes holding open houses and showing residential property to the public.  All I can say is to agree with her, my broker, and past experiences with holding open houses.  I have generated many new clients and customers from this weekend endeavor.  But recently I held an open house on a listing for 970sf commercial property to try and find a new tenant for my client.  I held it open, signs and all, from 11:30am, work it through lunch and closed it at 1:30pm.  I had drinks and snacks, brochures, and cards, dressed in a suit and opened the door.  Results: I had 10 people show of which one person became a client-a chiropractor looking to relocate in the spring of 2009.  A weel later I had an LOI on the space.  If you want to kick your real estate into gear, do open houses for a month and see if the results are worth the time and effort.