I have come up with a real winner....I very rarely do a physical open house anymore. They are wonderful for beginning agents, but I treasure my weekend time with family. Instead I have compiled a comprehensive email list that I use to my advantage. My email list is split into 2 sections: Real Estate Agents (becuase 98% of them haven't seen the home in the 1st place) and buyers & sellers.....then I hire a professional cameraman to film me as I walk and talk through the home to be featured in my weekly "Video Open House". You can check out all my current video open houses at: www.DebbieJennings.info
To help defray the production costs I normally have a "guest speaker". The guest speaker is someone who is a key ingredient to make a sales transaction go from the first signatures to the closing table. To top everything off, I have learned alot from my guest speakers, which in turn has helped educate me about some of the details of a transaction.
My producer then goes back to his office and sends me a link to a completed "video Open House". I then use a product he devised and am able to do a mass email of 500-600 people that are truly interested in either buying, selling, or agents that may have a prospective buyer! To me this is a productive way of having an open house. You may contact the company I have do these productions at: www.highrecall.com I highly recommend this company's professionalism. After doing my mass email the video is then posted on YouTube and also on the internet.
You can bet when someone calls me for information about one of my properties....I shoot them a video open house and guess what....I've just then captured another email address for my list!!
One more ADDED benefit....you talk about something to WOW a seller when I go for a listing presentation. No one else is doing this and the seller's Love the idea. 9 times out of 10 I get the listing....PLUS, it's a blast doing these films!! It's a NO BRAINER!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me via email. Make sure and put: Video Open House Questions/Ideas in the subject line so make sure I do not delete the email before reading!
Debbie Jennings http://www.DebbieJennings.com
Email: Debbie@DebbieJennings.com
Cell: 573-275-1533
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