No...I think it lacks Professionalism and I would not want all kinds of people looking around that do not intend to buy.

Nope, no way. The 2 guys fell off the bluff here in Encinitas just south of Carlsbad. There have been several reports of injuries and a woman getting hit by a car. No doubt there's more. Pretty gimmicky and what audience are you really targeting?

Seriously only fools will focus on Pokemon to generate business, I just read something that if you do that with your Mobile Phone be prepared to get your phone high jacked by the bad guys....Endre

p.s.: Praful what is your target market? focus on that just sayin

No, I do not have time to make up games.  Now a treasure hunt open house might be fun...

Well, it's one way to try to get buyers in the door!  They might not be buyers though.

I think this sounds like a craze that will soon be past us. 

I'll be avoiding poke' like the plague 

Praful if only I had time to think about getting creative with it. I saw a cute post on FB that was very clever.

I do not plan to use this in open house promotions. It will not likely bring qualifed buyers interested in that property to the house.

YES, YES, YES!!! 

You can even request that your office gets a Pokemon stop. I forgot how to do that off the top of my head. I just read about how to do that. You can also get the game and set up lures for in front of your office. You can do the same thing with the owners permission of course, at your open house! How abaout buying some Pokemon cards to hand out to the kids, or better yet, create a Pokemon Go Tip Sheet to pass out to the people who come to the open house!  More branding for yoU! 

i think if the agent is hip to the game, and the mindset, it could be a homerun.. for a old  foggie like me, it might be a stretch. unless i was into pokemon

I like a good gimmick, but I don't think luring people who don't want to buy a house to your Open House is good for your seller.

People want to be entertained, fortunately most of the serious buyers are adults who can function without this frivolity.

Ask yoursefl " How many people that are playing Pokemon are also serious preapproved homebuyers" ? it's jsut a matter of time before people are sent to remote vacant properties to capture a Pokemon, and are robbed instead.

I absolutely will not.  What others do is up to them.  It is not for me. 

I don't think it is professional. You supposed to attract buyers not nut-cakes.

Praful,

There was a news report on this and one of the Exec of Zillow was promoting the use of getting people to listings and open houses...What she neglected to say is that is the rage among 14 year olds...Disconnect?  A

I want nothing to do with it, and hope it's 15 minute of fame fades out pretty soon.

absolutely not blend that into your business....

I think someone should create an app that people could look for homes in a certain neighborhood and as they see one another one pops up and it keeps going and they can save the ones they like 

Praful Thakkar Only if you want a bunch of kids showing up at your Open House.

Let me start by saying, I played pokemon go last night for the first time, my husband and I took our girls (ages 3 and 9) and walked for about 3 hours we stopped for dinner, we laughed, we ran into other people on the street playing and shared info and good thoughts, it was free and an awesome family activity-we saw some cool sites in our city-it's dangerous if you don't pay attention!

That being said it don't put a pokemon stop at an open house, it's not for marketing, it's a great way for people to get out and see the sights and walk. What kind of traffic is being driven to the open, you'll have a ton of people in the backyard and people play at all hours, this will lead to it becoming more dangerous.

It is way more fun than I thought and our family will catch em' all!

We won't be...

I have not heard of it.

I don't think so.

If you're selling a $3 latte, this is great.  Get all the people in and everyone can afford a latte.  A house that you have to take out a loan to buy?  Not so much!  I'd rather sit at an empty open house for 3 hours than to have hundreds of people through who have zero intention of buying. 

Plus, I seriously doubt any sellers would want people randomly showing up at all hours of the day and night looking for the pokemon.  This company that made this game is a real arse for putting these creatures in fire houses and cop shops.  People are calling 911 to get access to capture the pokemon.  Some guy bought an old church 10 years ago and turned it into his home.  Now it's a poke-stop and he's getting woken up at all hours and repeated calls to Niantic have not gotten the pokemon removed.

Praful I just read a post on Pokeman.  Until that I had no idea there was something new going on with it.  Man o Man am I ever behind the times.  Mark

Each to their own.  I will not, though.

Wow you came up with something interesting.

As I have previously answered and I'm sticking by it:  

Pokey along with his trusted friend, Gumby -- Yes

Poke -- the raw fish salad -- Yes

Pokeman Go - No

Not a chance in HELL would I think for an instant that a serious prospect would be searching for homes by playing a video game.

Honestly, I'm already over it!  Too much of a good thing too soon almost always crashes quickly......Personally, I just don't like fads.

No thank you.

No is the simple answer!

I don't have time for childrens games

There's nothing I hate more than shopping for shoes. This idea might trump that! Another flash in the pan to keep people talking. But will they buy?

No.