I forgot to mention that I did a repeat open house for 6447 Wellmeadow Ct. last weekend. I had a ton of cardstock flyers left over from the prior weekend (compliments of my loan officer parntner), and you know I can’t let that shit go to waste. So, I borrowed open house signs from a colleague and signed up to host another weekend.

My loan officer co-hosted with me on Saturday. We had one party of visitors for the entire 10 – 1pm shift. Meanwhile, my loan officer and I decided to “get to know each other” better, which resulted in me listening for an hour about how God has been his beacon and given his family strength. I mean, I have no issue with people who are religious. And fortunately, he wasn’t directly proselytizing but still, I’m not going to lie: it was a little awkward being an atheist and listening to someone talk for a long time about the power of his love and all.

The next day, Bubs accompanied me for the open house. Open houses are kind of a pain, especially bc you have to put out the signs (do I put it on this corner of the intersection or in the median or…) and then pick them up afterwards. Apparently, if you leave them out overnight, that shit gets stolen. Yup, and those babies are like $85-$100 apiece. For reals, who on Earth is stealing open house signs??? On Sunday afternoon, I got good traffic through the house– about 8 parties including a revisit from the guy who came the day before. I warmed up to welcoming and initiating conversations with the people, but boy, people can be pretty darn anti-social. I mean, I greet them on arrival, invite them to look around, and then try to touch base again before they head out. Pretty much, people try to dart out of there as fast as possible without saying a word. I mean, I’m not surprised: I have seen and even exhibited this behavior before but still. From the agent’s perspective, it’s frustrating.

Most of the traffic came from the neighbors scouting out renovation ideas, and pretty much every other person claimed s/he was already working with an agent. I just attended an ethics class last week at the realtors’ association, and it’s a huge no-no to engage with clients who are already working with agents. But I learned a tip from another lender: I can still hand out my cards in case if that person has friends/family who are needing help for real estate. Oh, secrets!

I’m going to be trying to host more open houses this month, at least for the weekends that I’m in town. Maybe I’ll even score something for Easter. Always hustling, I tell ya.