Dinner Party vs. Broker Open Prep

List of Tasks

What goes into hosting a successful dinner party?

My list includes:

–Make sure the home is cleaned up and inviting;
–Buy/prepare food + desserts;
–Set out plates and utensils;
–Provide a mix of drinks (soft and otherwise), plus glasses and ice;
–Send out invites in a timely fashion;
–In wintertime (at least in MN), make sure steps & walk are shoveled/ice-free; and finally . . .
–Afterwards, dispose of leftover food, drinks, and garbage + sweep/mop/vacuum as needed.

Juggling Act

So, what’s involved hosting a Broker Open for Realtors? (at least in the Twin Cities, Broker Tour is held each Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.).

Doing all of the above tasks . . . at someone’s else’s home!**

And that’s while simultaneously doing the following:  (hastily) finishing marketing materials for the home; plugging it at the weekly broker meeting that morning; fielding other agents’ calls and emails about the newly-listed home; and setting out/picking up “For Sale” signs in the neighborhood directing agents to the “Tour” home.

Can you say, “juggle?!?”

It all sort of recalls the famous line about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did . . . except backwards and in high heels.  🙂 

P.S.: Still not challenging enough?

Try hosting a Broker Open at a condo tower with a security entrance — plus all too frequently, limited parking for guests.

**Minus the “drinks – otherwise” part.

See also, “Realtor Compliments.”



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