I've sold four houses in my lifetime and we never had an open house. Each one of my realtors advised me not to have one.

I thought that was strange until the first realtor -- and then the second realtor -- and then the third realtor -- told me the same thing: open houses help the realtors find customers for other houses, and not necessarily for the house with the open house.

Well, I'm sure that there are some home sellers who did find their buyer through an open house.

So if an open house helped you, please tell us about it. But if it didn't help you or if you have an open house horror story, please share that too.