5 Things to Do While Bored at Your Open House: December 28

The Broke Agent shares five things agents can do to prepare for 2026.

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Bored at your open house? Not hosting one at all? Stuck in the “in-between” time after Christmas and before New Years, where nobody knows what day or time it is? GOOD!

Here are five things to do now before the end of the year that will improve your business, marketing, and overall life.

#1: Nothing matters more than real conversations. Byron Lazine and Tom Toole are kicking off the new year with a free, live training on the calls you should be making this January. Make sure you get on the list because this will fill up!

#2: Want to laugh? Here are the funniest real estate videos of 2025.

THESE ARE SO GOOD

#3: Here are the four things agents need to do right now to win on social media in 2026.

DO THESE ASAP

#4: In case you still haven’t completed your business plan for 2026. Here is the free masterclass training with Sharran Srivatsaa.

WATCH IT HERE

#5: There was an Instagram post that had a lot of agents thinking…“Is this about me?”

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The Broke Agent

Eric Simon is the founder of The Broke Agent and co-founding Chief of Content of BAM. You can watch him weekly as a co-host of Over Ask Podcast and The Walk Thru. Eric also speaks at industry events across the nation and can hit his pitching wedge 190 yards.

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