Four Tips for Holding a Successful Open House

LADERA RANCH, CA--(Marketwired - Jun 29, 2015) -  If you're looking to sell your home and you live in a highly populated area, one of the first things you'll want to do is hold an open house. In addition to doing basic things such as cleaning and depersonalizing your home, sprucing up your yard to increase your home's curb appeal, pricing your home right, etc., below are some tips from Fizber.com, a company that provides people with the resources they need to market and sell their home themselves, for holding a successful open house:

1) Hold Your Open House as Soon as Possible - Hold your open house as soon as possible after you list it. To maximize foot traffic, coordinate your open house date and time with other open houses in the area (to piggyback on their efforts). Also, start your open house fifteen to thirty minutes earlier than the others and stay open at least fifteen to thirty minutes later.

2) Get the Word Out - Today, 90 percent of homebuyers start their search for a new home online. So, make sure your home listing or open house is posted on major real estate websites and on social media. In addition, advertise your open house in your local newspaper, enlist your neighbors to help spread the word, and send out flyers to local real estate brokerage companies. Last, put open house signs in high-traffic areas and add balloons to them to ensure they'll stand out and be visible.

3) Help Buyers See the Value - Turn on all the lights in your home (except any that make noise) and create and display a bulletin board of seasonal photos of your home so that buyers can see what they're buying. Also, set out important documents about your home, such as four-color flyers with photos and info about your home, recent appraisal or home inspection reports, etc.

4) Be Professional - If a real estate agent is holding your open house for you, you'll need to leave. But, if you're holding the open house yourself, be upbeat and greet potential buyers in a pleasant manner. Find out what they are looking for and, if possible, show them how and what ways your home fulfills those requirements (without overdoing it or sharing any personal information). Then, do your best to stay out of their way.

For more tips, visit: http://www.fizber.com/library/open_house.html

About Fizber
Fizber, Inc. (Fizber.com) is the leading self-directed residential real estate marketplace. For sale by owner (FSBO) home sellers are given an online platform complete with comprehensive tools, step-by-step guidance, and a customized real estate marketing system. Fizber provides home sellers with the knowledge and confidence to professionally market, showcase, and sell their home or property directly to buyers in today's online and mobile world. A single for sale by owner listing on Fizber achieves maximum online exposure by being streamed to hundreds of real estate websites and major social networks. For more information, visit Fizber.com.