Open houses direct was created by top producing realtors who saw a disconnect in the way that open houses were found online and were attended by buyers. They found the number one way to get the most public exposure for a home and buyers to physically view a property was by holding open houses. Due to their experience in holding open houses, they found a big disconnect in the way agents could hold open houses and the way in which buyers could attend open houses. Agents were not allowed to publish the contact information for an open house agent, or any other pertinent information regarding their event other than date and time. This caused a big disconnect in communication when trying to communicate important information such as a contact for a gate code, time changes, or buyers who were lost and could not find the home due to fallen down signs. It was also noticed that as with any event, things come up with very short notice, and there was no way online to be able to update the public in “real time” as to what those changes were.
Open houses direct has now created an easier way for buyers to find open houses and to have a more enjoyable and seamless “open house experience” when searching for and attending open houses. With 90% of buyers beginning their home search online, and 70% beginning their search by attending open houses, this missing communication link has created a big gap between an open house agent and a buyer. This gap in communication has resulted in frustrated agents as well as frustrated buyers. Until now there was no digital platform available that was exclusively dedicated to open houses for agents to promote, advertise and manage their open house listings and for buyers to be able to search for them with ease.
Open houses direct
has bridged that gap between buyers and open house agents when searching for and attending open houses. Agents finally have an online platform dedicated exclusively to promoting their open houses and to providing an open line of communication between agents and buyers. Buyers finally have an online platform dedicated exclusively to open houses which provides them a user-friendly way to search, save, schedule and attend open houses. Open houses direct allows the buyer to still use technology in finding open houses online while keeping the real-time communication open with the agent. Buyers and Agents can now communicate in real-time with the direct messaging feature making finding and attending open houses much easier.
Our mission at Open houses is to create a new way to “open house”. We have created a platform in which agents can now communicate directly to buyers and buyers can finally communicate “directly” with open house agents. Pre has also created the “Pre – Open House” in which agents can now pre-market their listings with a Coming Soon Open House. This will not only give their seller important pre-listing feedback, but will also give buyers a chance to pre-view homes not yet on the market. This presents a great way for agents to now add value to their sellers as well as gives buyers a chance to see homes before they go online on all the other real estate websites.