{"id":12202,"date":"2014-09-12T13:22:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhgrealestateblog.com\/?p=12202"},"modified":"2024-12-30T11:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T16:08:09","slug":"open-house-tips-getting-their-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Open House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Better Homes and Gardens\u00ae<\/sup> Real Estate National Open House Month, and all month long we\u2019re sharing some of our best Open House Tips to help get those house-hunters in the door. What about you – do you have any tips to share? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n

1. Put an \u201cOpen House This Sunday\u201d rider on your \u201cFor Sale\u201d sign the Tuesday before your open house.<\/h3>\n

\"Clean<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Check your directional signage \u2013 a good rule of thumb is a minimum of eight signs, and for extra attention, add three balloons to each sign.<\/h3>\n

\"Clean<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Bring extra balloons to hand out to any kids attending.<\/h3>\n

\"Clean<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Share your open house on Facebook. Consider recording a personal invitation video as social media content.<\/h3>\n
https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Karlton.m4v<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

5. Invite your entire database. Everyone.<\/h3>\n

\"Clean<\/a><\/p>\n

6. Lottery tickets or $1 scratch-offs are a great way to say thank you to homeowners who allow you to put a sign on their property.<\/h3>\n

\"Clean<\/a><\/p>\n

Looking for more? Check out Doing Your Homework<\/a> <\/strong>for more open house tips you may have missed.  And visit our Facebook page if you\u2019d like to learn more about our Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Open House Sweepstakes<\/a>. Don\u2019t forget to like the page while you\u2019re there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Better Homes and Gardens\u00ae Real Estate National Open House Month, and all month long we\u2019re sharing some of our best Open House Tips to help get those house-hunters in the door. What about you – do you have any tips to share? Let us know in the comments! 1. Put an \u201cOpen House This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":12212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,101,181],"tags":[4301,30271,30301],"class_list":["post-12202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-2","category-featured-post","category-real-estate","tag-bhgre-national-open-house-month","tag-open-house-tips","tag-open-houses"],"yoast_head":"\nOpen House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karlton Utter, director of learning for Better Homes and Gardens \u00ae Real Estate, shares tips for a successful Open House for our National Open House Month.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Open House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karlton Utter, director of learning for Better Homes and Gardens \u00ae Real Estate, shares tips for a successful Open House for our National Open House Month.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-12T17:22:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-30T16:08:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Clean-Slate-Open-House-Tips_Balloons-for-Kids.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"604\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"403\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elizabeth Byrne\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Elizabeth Byrne\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Elizabeth Byrne\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#\/schema\/person\/cba2618c2f68146c705ea5ed10947fe4\"},\"headline\":\"Open House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-12T17:22:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-30T16:08:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/\"},\"wordCount\":226,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Clean-Slate-Open-House-Tips_Balloons-for-Kids.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"BHGRE National Open House Month\",\"open house tips\",\"Open Houses\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Education\",\"Featured Post\",\"Real estate\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/\",\"name\":\"Open House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Clean-Slate-Open-House-Tips_Balloons-for-Kids.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-09-12T17:22:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-30T16:08:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Karlton Utter, director of learning for Better Homes and Gardens \u00ae Real Estate, shares tips for a successful Open House for our National Open House Month.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Clean-Slate-Open-House-Tips_Balloons-for-Kids.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Clean-Slate-Open-House-Tips_Balloons-for-Kids.jpg\",\"width\":604,\"height\":403,\"caption\":\"Clean Slate Open House Tips_Balloons for Kids\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Open House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/\",\"name\":\"Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog\",\"description\":\"Insights into the Real Estate Industry\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/11\/BHGRE_bug.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/11\/BHGRE_bug.png\",\"width\":76,\"height\":76,\"caption\":\"Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#\/schema\/person\/cba2618c2f68146c705ea5ed10947fe4\",\"name\":\"Elizabeth Byrne\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a49eb437a2433ab9a3fa67b891eeae5e208a3bcc759e71ae9cc366f39f09260e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a49eb437a2433ab9a3fa67b891eeae5e208a3bcc759e71ae9cc366f39f09260e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a49eb437a2433ab9a3fa67b891eeae5e208a3bcc759e71ae9cc366f39f09260e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Elizabeth Byrne\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/author\/lizbyrne\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Open House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog","description":"Karlton Utter, director of learning for Better Homes and Gardens \u00ae Real Estate, shares tips for a successful Open House for our National Open House Month.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Open House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog","og_description":"Karlton Utter, director of learning for Better Homes and Gardens \u00ae Real Estate, shares tips for a successful Open House for our National Open House Month.","og_url":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/","og_site_name":"Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog","article_published_time":"2014-09-12T17:22:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-30T16:08:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":604,"height":403,"url":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Clean-Slate-Open-House-Tips_Balloons-for-Kids.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Elizabeth Byrne","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Elizabeth Byrne","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/"},"author":{"name":"Elizabeth Byrne","@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#\/schema\/person\/cba2618c2f68146c705ea5ed10947fe4"},"headline":"Open House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention","datePublished":"2014-09-12T17:22:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-30T16:08:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/"},"wordCount":226,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Clean-Slate-Open-House-Tips_Balloons-for-Kids.jpg","keywords":["BHGRE National Open House Month","open house tips","Open Houses"],"articleSection":["Education","Featured Post","Real estate"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/","url":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/","name":"Open House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Clean-Slate-Open-House-Tips_Balloons-for-Kids.jpg","datePublished":"2014-09-12T17:22:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-30T16:08:09+00:00","description":"Karlton Utter, director of learning for Better Homes and Gardens \u00ae Real Estate, shares tips for a successful Open House for our National Open House Month.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Clean-Slate-Open-House-Tips_Balloons-for-Kids.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/09\/Clean-Slate-Open-House-Tips_Balloons-for-Kids.jpg","width":604,"height":403,"caption":"Clean Slate Open House Tips_Balloons for Kids"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/open-house-tips-getting-their-attention\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Open House Tips \u2013 Getting Their Attention"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/","name":"Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog","description":"Insights into the Real Estate Industry","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#organization","name":"Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog","url":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/11\/BHGRE_bug.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/11\/BHGRE_bug.png","width":76,"height":76,"caption":"Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Be Better Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/#\/schema\/person\/cba2618c2f68146c705ea5ed10947fe4","name":"Elizabeth Byrne","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a49eb437a2433ab9a3fa67b891eeae5e208a3bcc759e71ae9cc366f39f09260e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a49eb437a2433ab9a3fa67b891eeae5e208a3bcc759e71ae9cc366f39f09260e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a49eb437a2433ab9a3fa67b891eeae5e208a3bcc759e71ae9cc366f39f09260e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Elizabeth Byrne"},"url":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/author\/lizbyrne\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68346,"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12202\/revisions\/68346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhgrecareer.com\/bebetterblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}