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Getting the neighborhood involved with your open house is not something that is going to be easy.  Most of the time, neighborhoods do not like real estate agents – however, if you draw up personalized invitations for the neighborhood and hand deliver them, that is something that will truly touch the folks in the neighborhood and it might actually allow you to make some really good connections, which is what the real estate game is all about!

You should send out or hand deliver at least 25 invitations to make sure that, that many people come – or even if they don’t, you did try your best.  Another thing that you want to do is make sure that you advertise correctly … that is the biggest problem for most real estate agents is the lack of advertising.

Having an open house and ensuring that the neighborhood is involved is something that should definitely be considered – after all, they can really help you sell the particular house … think about it!

One of the greatest things about being a real estate agent is that you truly do get to interact with so many different people and you honestly are the one person that gets to make many different connections.  That is something that you need to make sure that you do whenever you are having an open house.  The key to having an successful open house is that you need to have people come to the open house – why not make it a neighborhood event?

That is one of the greatest ideas in the world, if I do say so myself!  While making your open house a neighborhood event is not something that every single real estate agent is going to do, it is a fantastic idea to show the neighbors exactly what you are doing – you can invite all of the neighbors over for a ‘sneak peek’ an hour before the general public comes in – it makes the neighbors feel like they are truly involved.

In the next blog, we will talk about how you can get those invites out and how you can use the neighborhood to truly sell the home!