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NAR Settlement and Open Houses: What Changed
NAR settlement open houses explained for hosting agents: what the August 2024 changes did and didn't require at the sign-in table, sourced to NAR.
11 min readJune 10, 2026
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Practical playbooks for running better open houses and capturing more qualified leads.
Field-tested guides on open house sign-in, follow-up, buyer qualification, and turning a busy room into a clean callback list.
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Open House Checklist for Agents (Printable, 2026)
Open house checklist for agents in a printable one-page timeline: T-7 prep, day-before staging, day-of setup, security sweeps, and same-day wrap-up.
12 min readJune 9, 2026
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Open House Lead Capture: The Complete Agent Playbook
Open house lead capture, end to end: station setup, greeting scripts, capture-rate math, and the 48-hour follow-up — the complete agent playbook.
11 min readJune 9, 2026
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Open House Sign-In Questions That Qualify Buyers
Open house sign-in questions that qualify buyers without killing completions: the four fields to require, what to ask out loud, and where each answer goes.
18 min readJune 9, 2026
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Paper vs Digital Open House Sign-In: What You Lose
Paper vs digital open house sign in: the honest math on lost leads, the privacy problem with a public sheet, and when the clipboard still wins.
11 min readJune 9, 2026
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Turn an iPad Into an Open House Kiosk (Guided Access)
iPad open house kiosk setup in minutes: lock any iPad into your sign-in app with Guided Access — steps, passcode, stand placement, and battery tips.
11 min readJune 9, 2026
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Free Open House Sign-In Sheet Templates (PDF + Digital)
Open house sign in sheet template pack: three copy-ready layouts (basic, qualifying, luxury) with field-by-field reasoning and printing tips that hold up.
19 min readMay 27, 2026
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Open House Follow-Up Email Templates That Get Replies
Open house follow up email templates segmented by visitor type — 10 copy-ready scripts with subject lines, timing, and the 48-hour window explained.
20 min readMay 19, 2026
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