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I'm the craziest thing you've ever seen in real estate. 3:)
Seriously, most of the craziest things that I've ever seen have had to do with the behavior of other agents.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Inna Ivchenko
Encino, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Phoenix, AZ
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Teri Pacitto
Westlake Village, CA
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
5,112,896
Nothing terribly freaky at all. And by the way, this is not a forum to push your products/services. You can always write a post about them.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Julie Larson Realtor® ...
Sarasota, FL
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Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
352,976
Not in a house but happened in a house. An agent showing one of my listings locked herself out and decided the best way to get back in was to kick the door from the garage into the house to open it. Door frame was broken, seller was irate, I was fit to be tied and she, yes she...said it was not a big deal. $395 later to install a new door frame it was a big deal. That agent got off easy.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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John Slocum
Vancouver, WA
1,457,219
What's strange is what becomes normal in this business!
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Susan Emo
Kingston, ON
1,728,256
Hoarders and naked people rank about the highest.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Susan Emo
Kingston, ON
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Eve Alexander
Tampa, FL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
1,553,572
I dunno if it's the craziest, but it is in my highlight reel. I was showing a couple a vacant Rancho Santa Fe mini-mansion, 10,000 sqft and we thought we were alone, had been in the house 20 minutes when I walked into the master bedroom leading the couple to see a young woman towel drying her hair, bent over, backside towards me. "HELLO!"
I back peddled so fast I collided into the husband behind me who got in big trouble with his wife, because as I was trying to get out, he was trying to get a better look.
Turns out she was an out of town family friend, using the house to get ready for a family wedding (seller's family) she was a bridesmaid for. The owner's had let her use the home as a crash-pad for the weekend without telling anyone.
The Realtor in me was mortified. The man, not so much. My client, well let's say the drive to the next home was full of some choice words from his wife.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Eve Alexander
Tampa, FL
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Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
787,765
During a showing the seller had one of the bedrooms full of witchcraft stuffs
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
15,916
I have had a few... a urinal in the powder room next to the foyer of a 4 million dollar home in the same house a nude photo of the wife (who happened to be a dallas cowbow cheerleader at one time) hanging in the hallway leading to the master bedroom (not an art piece, more of a here is me with my cheerleader gear, minus the clothes)...made for interesting conversation on the way to the next house.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
1,466,257
Nat Wallen A few years ago I had an appointment to list a home. I met with the owner and listed the property. After he signed the paperwork, he asked me to get out a Purchase Agreement because he wanted to buy it back. Divorce cases can be fun. The Wife wasn't going to agree with anything he wanted. The deal eventually fell through and foreclosed.
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
5,060,704
Can't say I have anything particularly crazy or freaky to add. Your question, I think, is kind of a sneaky way to lead into publicizing your services which is not really appropriate here. How about writing posts about them. You will likely get more eyes, too.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Julie Larson Realtor® ...
Sarasota, FL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
3,349,554
I'd have to say the craziest things I see in real estate is right here in the AR community ... primarily in the Q&A Section ... of repeated questions and people using the Q&A to sell the goods and services.
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Sandy Padula & Norm Pa...
, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
7,864,108
This question.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
564,494
Snakeskin in a closet - I wondered where the snake was, but thankfully never found out -
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Eve Alexander
Tampa, FL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
1,624,853
I absolutely agree with Candice. Some agents words or actions make my stomach feel funny...no judgment though.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
2,221,377
Showing a home and their 15 year old son was sleeping in one of the bedrooms in his underwear. We left REALLY fast.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
1,078,191
I wish I still had the photo, but it was a 2 story house with a door on the back of the house, 2nd floor, that led to nothing.
It was clear there was supposed to be a deck or something there, but it was just a doorway to a really big drop. These folks also had an above ground swimming pool that was used as a dumpster. I assumed there was some major financial issues they were dealing with.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
679,235
Took a short-sale listing where a winter-time broken pipe in the upstairs bathroom ran for two weeks before the water was turned off. The mold kept growing through the warmer months while the Big bank took forever to approve a deal.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
921,504
Last 12 months. A showing that promoted a 'deceased persons' call.
24 months - Showing my PREMO listing adjacent to Starkey Ranch Preserve when a 'herd' of wild boars charge from the brush. Thank God and Century Fences for chain link.
During the 'Winter Years' a showing in a house without utilities. Open door between laundry and garage and through the pitch blackness could 'sense' someone lurking in the darkness. OJ could not have caught me on ensuing sprint.
I'll head to your profile to see what your start-up is. I like to know about those who are hustling to make things happen. I don't share the same sentiment others have expressed.
Oh, BellaRuby. Outstanding.
You need to presenting your solution to new agents and many of them are right here. Just change it up a little.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
3,988,013
I have seen naked people and though it didn't freak me out, it was a totally unwanted encounter from both sides.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
3,416,038
I sell REO homes, i get crazy every day. My G rated story was a horder house where each room was stuffed but with the same thing. Such as 1 room all green plastic bottles, 1 all cans, 1 brown bottles, 1 shopping bags and the worst, was all the household trash
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
716,012
Hoarding is an issue - but an interesting item is a lava tube found in the crawl space of the home, which the owners ended up opening more and have a fantastic wine storage area.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
1,241,879
1,847,041
92,713
Biggest one was a house that I knew was vacant for years, I was showing the house next door to it and as we looked out the window we saw the chimney moving wildly and it was not windy. Watched a family of raccoons crawl out of it. But our imaginations were prepared for anything at that time.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
4,901,858
A big ass snake in a fish aquarium
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
5,240,010
Too many to pick just one! It comes with the territory! Unexpected, but happens nonetheless!
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
766,079
A marijuana grow house fill in the rafters with sprinklers and watering lines. The home was totally torn apart. I wouldn't allow my buyer to make an offer on the home at any price due to the chances of past clients showing up stoned.
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Peter Testa
Danbury, CT
3,986,308
I had a buyer break into a home he was buyig and then could not get the loan.
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Kasey & John Boles
Boise, ID
3,589,741
3 huge 450 pound pot belly pigs at a luxury home showing - and the la never mentioned a word about them. It was crazy!
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
62,768
While traveling in New Orleans, property For Sale signs routinely had riders declaring "Haunted" or "Not Haunted".
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
1,525,616
I've seen some pretty crazy things, nothing really sticks out as the craziest.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
809,258
The only thing I can think of right now I didn't actually see, another agent in my company did - an owner with a huge pet alligator living in their basement, uncaged and left there even during showings. What is even more freaky to me is that alligators are one of my fears, a reason why I could never live in places like Florida that have them, and this house was in my neighborhood where I lived at the time.....in Idaho...-Kasey
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
5,583,328
I can't think of anything "crazy".... everyday is as crazy as another...but nothing outrageous...
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
1,712,776
2,784,716
Years ago when illegal, a renter had a marijuana lab elaborately set-up and concealed in a home which is how he was paying the rent and then some.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
151,633
Sorry to say, Nat Wallen, but I feel the same way as Nina Hollander - this is not the place to promote your products.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
1,617,916
1,045,440
Having to keep it PG just won't let me use any of my top 3 so I will have to ponder.
5,877,455
599,734
I was showing a house and the owners had a friend living in the basement. It was like a dungeon full of swords, knives, dragons, lots of games, etc. As the buyers walked through the door, a sword hanging over it fell down and just missed the client's head! It was a dull broadsword but weight about 20 pounds and would have left a mark!
1,506,163
The things that have come out of the mouths of some of the less capable agents and transaction coordinators.
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I had someone ask me to list their haunted house. You'll hear about alleged haunted homes built on Indian burial ground here in CT. I know that sounds very Scooby-Doo but the stories exist. I didn't think too much about it until I went in the house- but that's a topic for a blog post. Spooky,
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A house owned by a hoarder. Cue the music from the shower scene in Psycho!!
4,800,132
I did run into a person trying to sell his neighbor's home because he didn't like him.
4,319,773
5,254,655
Catching someone stepping out of the shower - wife didn't tell hubby that they had a showing!
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