The weather is getting even better! It’s supposed to hit 90° here in Modesto, CA.  What a perfect time for an open house.  Denise Lones at the Realty times offers some tips for handling an open house successfully, including:

• Researching the neighborhood so when potential buyers have questions about nearby school, supermarkets, shopping centers, you will be able to provide them with confident answers
• Advertising your open house online, through your email list, in the newspaper and with street and yard signs.
• Create a good rapport with potential clients whether they be buyers or sellers in the future that remembered your dynamic personality. Answer the door, don’t “hide in the kitchen.”

I think one of the best tips she offered (all of them are great) is giving your clients a list of homes that is around the same price range of the open house they are visiting. Include pictures, driving directions and a space for notes for each listing.