Keyword: Open Houses
Real Estate For the Dazed & Confused
There was another rash of typos in the MLS and property ads this week that I collected for your entertainment. These descriptions can provide hours of fun. We Realtors are such a saucy group – I think we should take this show on the road. We can open for Ozzy Osbourne. He can hardly talk, and we can hardly spell. ...
Real Estate Caravan From Hell Revisited
A few months ago I told you about the caravan with bats in the fireplace, but this story would make you wish for a bat…maybe even a pterodactyl or two. It takes place in Los Angeles of course. What better place to get a healthy heap of crazy on a sunny Tuesday morning? My friend told me the story, and ...
Words to Avoid in Real Estate
YIKES! This post in UnReal Estate was inspired by a recent conversation with an agent who told me that the house on the hill above was slipping, “but only a little.” I live in earthquake territory, folks. There’s no such thing as “slipping a little.” That’s like being “partially pregnant.” Thus, I asked around and gathered some contributions to the ...
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Lions & Tigers & Bears, Oh My!
Recently I have heard some hilarious tales of wild animal capers at open house events. Many of these anecdotes come from my agent friends in Lake Arrowhead. And you thought YOU had problems… Easy Rider I’m told there are bear travel routes at Lake Arrowhead. I’m not sure if there are biker bars for the critters to hang out and knock back ...
Back by “Poopular” Demand- More Agent Bloopers
It’s Un-Real Estate, folks… and just when you thought you heard ‘em all… How About These Marketing Strategies! Kids Play Rum (And agent apparently drinks it.) Main house and carnage house. ( Bugsy Siegel must have lived there.) Home Made Hiney rolls served (Do I get Wipes with that?) Two minutes to Strip (Can you buy me dinner first?) Club foot ...
HAM ON WRY
I have collected so many hilarious stories from my colleagues about open house debacles that I have titled this post, “Ham on Wry: It’s NOT a Good Idea To…” If you recognize yourself in any of these tales from the trenches, my advice is to plead the Fifth : It’s Not a Good Idea To: …To ignore the dead parakeet in the cage (Unless you ...
Blunders & Bladders
Disasters in Un-Real Estate: Have you ever had anything go awry at an Open House? C’mon – tell the truth – I can’t be the only one who has made some memorable blunders. I’ve decided to share some of the more bizarre stories I’ve heard just so we can all feel a bit less foolish about our own mistakes…unless you ...
The Lucy & Ethel Fiasco
Disasters in UnReal Estate: There is some old saying about the best laid plans going asunder, and I am about to tell you where asunder is: it’s a place in New Jersey. Picture a lovely suburb of tract homes in Jersey, circa 1969. One year my mother Marie decided we should sell the family home and get something bigger than a bread box. I didn’t mention ...
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