Realtor does not stage open houses

[Raj Kumar]

I bought this place a month ago, now rehabbed it's ready to go on the market for around 150-160k. I was talking to a realtor about his marketing strategies, He said he will have a Signage infront of the house, Register in MLS and publish in 57 websites (not sure how). I asked him if he was planning to stage a open house for which he said, he rarely does open houses as he has been successful selling houses without them.

1)For houses in the 150k range, Will the realtors do an open house?

2)I feel open houses are a must to sell the house quickly, Do you agree or disagree?

3)The realtor helped me by providing handyman contacts, so part of me feels obligated to sign with him, but i don't agree with his maketing strategy, What will you do?

Please share your thoughts and experience....

Thanks in advance for all your help

[Bryan L.]

A little insider secret here from a Realtor. The main reason that we do open houses is to meet new people, who might turn into clients for us. The cold hard truth is that open houses are really not a very effective tool to sell that particular house. A lot of agents are no longer doing them.