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An open house is research. Do it like one.

Open houses are free market research: a look inside the neighborhoods you are considering and the homes they hold. Nanci shows buyers how to tour with a checklist instead of a dream cloud, and when the family is ready to get serious, the private tour with her runs deeper than any public Sunday.

The five things to check in person.

  • Natural light at the time you would actually live there, not at noon
  • Storage in the kitchen, the closets, and the garage
  • Traffic and noise from inside and out, windows closed and open
  • The condition the photos smooth over: corners, caulk, and cabinet fronts
  • The neighbors' side: lawns, parking, and how the street feels at that hour

Listen as much as you look

At an open house, reporters cannot speak freely in front of the host. The listing agent's answers are a clue, not the whole story. Write down the questions that did not get real answers and bring them to Nanci, who asks them on your behalf.

When the open-house circuit surfaces a real candidate, the next step is a focused private tour with Nanci and the family's checklist in hand.

One Conversation

Turn the findings into a shortlist.

Tour strategically, keep notes, then let Nanci turn the weekend's open-house reads into the homes worth an offer, English or Spanish.