{"id":"pro-re-open-house-prep","audience":"real-estate","category":"planning","technique":"grounding","title":"Turn seller notes into an open house prep checklist","free":false,"task":"You're a real estate agent with an open house Saturday and a pile of notes from the seller and your broker. You want exactly 7 numbered lines, each starting with the day (Thu, Fri or Sat), in the order you'll do them, under 90 words, plain text. Follow the HOA's sign rule and include only tasks from your notes, with no generic open house tips. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Open house - 418 Linden Court - SAT 1-4pm\nSellers: the Okafors (away for the weekend)\n\nFrom my call with the Okafors (Tue):\n- Lockbox code changes Friday, they'll text me the new one Fri afternoon\n- Please water the front planters Saturday morning, they wilt\n- Dog crate goes in the garage, they'll leave it set up\n- Thermostat: set to 70 before people come\n\nFrom broker (Wed):\n- Order printed flyers from the print shop by Thursday noon, pick up Friday\n- Upload the 3D tour link to the listing by Friday\n- Bring sign-in iPad Saturday, fully charged\n\nHOA email (Wed):\n\"Reminder: Linden Court HOA does not allow yard or lawn signs. Directional signs are allowed only at the corner of Linden and 5th.\"\n\nOwn notes:\n- Put directional sign at Linden & 5th Sat 12:30\n- Turn on all lights Sat before 1\n- Fill out mileage log for October (not urgent, whenever)\n- My neighbor's open house went great, she baked cookies, maybe? (eh, sellers said no food)","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":7},{"type":"maxWords","max":90},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving the order","why":"The AI groups tasks by topic or by who asked, not by when you'll do them.","fix":"Add: \"Start each line with the day and put them in the order I'll do them.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Missing the HOA rule","why":"AI knows open houses usually have yard signs and may add one.","fix":"Add: \"No yard signs per the HOA. Directional sign only at Linden & 5th.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Letting the AI add tips","why":"The AI loves adding general advice like fresh cookies or candles.","fix":"Add: \"Only tasks from my notes, no general open house tips.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Letting the AI pick the layout","why":"The AI writes a checklist with bold day headings and checkboxes.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 7 numbered lines like '1. Thu: Order flyers by noon'. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 90 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each line under 8 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(7|seven)\\b"]},{"label":"Starts each line with the day","patterns":["day","thu","in (the )?order","chronolog"]},{"label":"Mentions the HOA rule","patterns":["hoa","yard sign","lawn sign","5th"]},{"label":"Bans outside tips","patterns":["only.{0,30}(notes|tasks)","no (general|generic|extra) (tips|advice)","don't add","do not add"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"The AI knows a lot about open houses, and that's the problem. Tell it to stick to your notes, follow the HOA rule, and put tasks in day order.","rubricLabels":["Each line starts with Thu, Fri or Sat, and the lines are in time order (Thursday tasks first, Saturday last)","No yard or lawn sign in front of the house; any sign task places the directional sign only at the corner of Linden and 5th","Every task comes from the notes, with no generic open house tips added (no baking cookies, candles, staging advice, snacks) and no mileage log"]}