Seasoned, professional agents are too busy listing and selling properties to hold open houses. Open houses are a security risk. Yet at open houses, real estate agents open the doors of your home to strangers without knowing anything about them or their background. It is impossible to keep an eye on open house attendees at all times. There is also an element of danger for the agent sitting alone at an open house with the public free to enter at will.
Open houses attract neighbors and browsers.
One of the jobs of a professional real estate agent is to qualify prospective buyers for your home. See Neal Hribar's 43-point, home marketing plan . Ask your agent and they will admit that most drop-ins at open houses are totally unqualified and are there for reasons other than purchase a home. Most agents and sellers are against open houses. A recent poll revealed that 60 percent of agents think open houses should be eliminated.