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Originally Posted by NJblue
Having just sold our house, I have mixed feelings about the value of an open house. We lived in NJ had numerous open houses and, contrary to the other poster from NJ, had fairly strong turnouts for them (one of them resulted in 23 visits, the most our agent had ever had). Indeed many of the visitors were either just "kicking the tires", scoping out the current or potential competition, or just killing time on a Sunday afternoon. However, we did have a few potentially strong buyers who were seriously interested in our house. It turns out, however, we ended up selling our house to someone who did not come to an open house.
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This is why real estate is such a localized business. You can be in different neighborhoods in the same city, let alone the same state, and have very different results from a marketing plan. Interview a few realtors, pick their brains, review their success, choose one who sells a lot of houses, and good luck!