Contents

Cover Story

Do open houses really help sell a home? Maybe not, say agents, but there’s one thing the people interviewed in our cover story do agree on: open houses are excellent for referrals and building your business.Read more here.

Also…

• Estimated Totals From Nationwide Open House Weekend
• 5 Essential Steps to Hosting the Perfect Brokers Open
• Are You Hosting Open Houses the Right Way?
• Keeping Real Estate Safe

Editor’s Note

• Keep Your Options Open

News

• Report: Open Houses May Not Help Sell Homes
• iPads Help with Open Houses

Agent Snapshot

• Greg Viti, Team Leader, Prudential Rubloff, Chicago

By The Numbers

• How Many Open Houses So Far This Year?

Improving Your Business

• Four Tips For REO Open Houses That Can Pay Big

Ask A Lender

• Jamie Simpson, Guaranteed Rate

The Scene

• 60 Minutes With EXIT
• WCR/Realtors to the Rescue Speed Networking

My Style

• Jackie Nicholson Thurlby, Broker, Sales Associate Baird & Warner, Naperville