5 Things To Do While Bored At Your Open House: January 4

The Broke Agent shares five things real estate agents can do while bored at their open house this weekend.

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Bored at your open house? Not hosting one at all? Just getting back to reality after what seemed like two weeks of non-stop holiday confusion and HELL!?

Welcome back. Let’s start 2026 off right. Here are five things to do that will improve your business, marketing, and overall life.

#1: This upcoming Wednesday, Byron Lazine and Tom Toole are hosting a free training on the calls every agent should be making right now. They will be going over how they structure + time block their calls and much more. Do NOT miss this.

SAVE YOUR SPOT

#2: ICYMI: The Broke Agent made a list of January content ideas so you can plan out your entire month.

GET THEM HERE

#3: Want to see the top real estate marketers of 2025?

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#4: Your 2026 IG strategy just dropped. Here’s what’s IN and what’s OUT for the new year.

FOLLOW THE TRENDS

#5: Catch up on this week’s Knowledge Brokers Podcast: Should Brokers Sue Buyers? The $24,000 Arbitration That Sparked a Firestorm.

WATCH HERE

P.S. Don’t forget to do number one.

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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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