Open Houses are so much fun? Open House Checklist you have to have!

Ever wonder what you like on Saturdays or Sundays preparing for an open house.  Do you have a checklist of your activities needed to plan your open house.  If you are like most, it's probably a pretty funny site to see a realtor putting their signs out hurrying and scurrying, slipping ans sliding, cold and waiting to cross the street because you left your coat in the car, Sweating in the sun hoping you put on enough deodorent, How about the rain drenching you while your umbrella just turned inside out.  Not funny at the time but afterwards your sure can laugh about it.

 What do you do to make open houses easier?

What are your funniest stories?

1. Don't park on a busy street or the left hand turn lane
2. Run fast
3. Don't were a short dress on windy days (especially guys)
4. May want to purchase an orange vest and keep it in the trunk of your car (make sure it doesn't have a target painted on back)
5. Be aware of your local sign ordinances
6. Put your sign in front of the others already on display 
7. Don't wear a short skirts and spiked heels
8. Take your car keys so you don't lock them in your trunk or get your car stolen (AAA)
9. Tell your family where you will be
10. Try to avoid getting tangled in the balloons
11. Bring extra ballons for breakage (hate that when they pop in the car)
12. Make sure direction signs are facing the right direction.   
13. Don't push signs through electrical lines or irrigation lines  (zzzap) 
14. Make sure competition does not change your directionals toward their way, the other way!
15. If at the last open house nobody showed, put "free food and refreshments" signs next to directionals, make sure you have enough when church lets out and for the hungary yard sale'rs...
    
    Real Estate, what a great business.
    
    Please add to the list and tell us your best and funniest or even your scariest stories.