Open House

I wonder if the methodology of the open house has seen its day. Last night my realtor held our house open, which means it's closed to us. She put up signs and listed it on openhouse.com. But nobody came.

I'm not surprised really. She tells me that people still come to open houses and she just sold a house because of an open house, but I think it is a methodology that is growing outdated. For instance, when I'm looking for a house I go on the internet, find the listings I want, take a virtual tour, and if it is something I'm really interested in then I go take a look. I do not wander around looking for open houses to make my choice. I don't know if that's a generational thing or a societal one. What I mean is that I don't know if it's only young people who are looking that way, or if everyone in society, young or old, are moving to that methodology.

Could I mention here that I wonder if churches are like my realtor? Do they open the house and think people will come in, they'll look around, and all because they happen to find us? I think there have been so many major changes in the last 5 decades and each decade those changes increase. Could it be that the people just won't find the house the same way they used to? How are we engaging those that we want to bring into our house?

--Ben