A RE/MAX agent who has run hundreds of open houses already knows the math: the event is only worth the time if you walk out with contacts you can actually work. A RE/MAX open house sign-in sheet on your iPad turns the front door from a paper bottleneck into a clean lead-gen station — every visitor captured legibly, qualified on the spot, and stored where only you can reach them. OpenHouse does that, and it doesn't blink when the listing has no Wi-Fi.
OpenHouse isn't a RE/MAX product — it's an independent app. But the philosophy lines up with how high-volume agents already think: your database is your business, so the tool at the door should fill it without leaking it.
Built for volume, not novelty
The reason to ditch the clipboard isn't that paper is old-fashioned. It's that at a busy open house paper costs you leads — illegible numbers, no privacy, and a Monday spent retyping. OpenHouse keeps a single-screen sign-in in front of each visitor so the line keeps moving and the person signing in can't read the name above theirs. The lead lands the second they tap done, qualified — represented buyer, unrepresented hot lead, neighbor, or investor — so you're not reconstructing the afternoon from memory later.
If you're still weighing the category, our open house sign-in app guide lays out what actually matters, and the best open house apps list ranks every real option, free ones included.
No signal? No problem
Plenty of the listings worth holding open — new construction, vacant, rural — have the worst connectivity. Apps that "sync later" are fine right up until the moment they aren't, usually in front of a visitor. OpenHouse makes zero network calls: the form, the capture, and the qualification all run on the device. A dead-zone listing behaves exactly like one with fiber, because nothing is waiting on a connection.
Your leads stay yours
This is the part RE/MAX veterans tend to care about most. Every lead is stored on your iPad and never leaves it unless you export it — no third party in the middle, no partner lender quietly receiving your visitors' phone numbers. After thirty years of "free" tools that monetized somebody's database, an app that simply hands you the leads and gets out of the way is a refreshing trade.
Disclosures handled at the door
You can show an agency notice or disclosure before sign-in and capture a signature, with each lead recording that it was accepted and when. Post-settlement, that small bit of documentation is worth having; our buyer-agency disclosure guide covers the why.
Then hand it to your CRM
OpenHouse is intentionally not a CRM. It captures and qualifies, then exports the way you want — CSV, Contacts, vCard, a seller-ready PDF, or a share-to-CRM handoff — and your existing system runs the follow-up. Our open house follow-up guide helps you make the first call land.
RE/MAX open house: paper vs. OpenHouse
| At the door | Paper sign-in sheet | OpenHouse |
|---|---|---|
| Speed with a line | slow, illegible | one fast screen per visitor |
| Privacy between visitors | none — open list | each visitor sees only their own screen |
| Qualification | done from memory later | one tap, on the spot |
| Works with no Wi-Fi | yes | yes — fully on-device |
| Signed disclosure | no | yes, timestamped |
| Into your CRM | retype every name | CSV, Contacts, vCard, share-to-CRM |
| Lead ownership | yours | yours — never leaves the device |
Run it at your next RE/MAX open house
- Install OpenHouse on your iPad or iPhone and set up the listing event.
- Add your branding and a disclosure if you want one.
- Switch on kiosk mode, set the iPad on the counter, and work the door.
- Export the qualified leads into your CRM and start the follow-up that afternoon.
Straight version: OpenHouse is paid where some tools are free, it's iOS/iPadOS only, and it isn't a marketing platform. What it is, is a reliable way to capture and qualify every visitor at the door and keep those leads yours. If that's the job, try it free for a month and prove it at one quiet open house before a busy one.
Frequently asked questions
Is there an open house sign-in app for RE/MAX agents?
Yes. OpenHouse is an iPad and iPhone open house sign-in app any RE/MAX agent can use. It captures each visitor at the door, qualifies them on the spot, and keeps the leads on your device so you can export them to whatever CRM you run your business out of. It is an independent app and is not provided by or affiliated with RE/MAX.
Will it keep up with a high-traffic open house?
Yes. OpenHouse shows one clean single-screen sign-in per visitor and captures the lead the instant they finish, so a steady line moves quickly and nobody waits while you decipher the last person's handwriting. Qualification is one tap, so a busy Sunday still produces a sorted callback list.
Does it work without an internet connection?
Yes. Every sign-in is written to the iPad with zero network calls. A vacant RE/MAX listing with no signal works exactly like a connected one — the leads are never queued in the cloud waiting to sync.
Who owns the leads I capture?
You do. OpenHouse stores every lead on your device and never routes it to a third party or a partner lender. Nothing leaves the iPad until you export it, which for a veteran agent whose database is the business is the entire point.
Can it export to my CRM?
OpenHouse captures and qualifies at the door, then hands off on your terms — CSV, Contacts, vCard, a seller-ready PDF, or a share-to-CRM handoff. It is not a CRM and does not auto-sync; it is the clean front-door step before your CRM, not a replacement for it.
OpenHouse is an independent application and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by RE/MAX, LLC. "RE/MAX" and the RE/MAX logo are trademarks of their respective owner and are used here only to describe the agents this page is written for.