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Humor

Worst exterior home for sale photo I’ve seen!

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This morning I was searching for a house for sale on the north side of Chicago for some clients who want to move up to a larger home. Shown left is the exterior photo for one of the houses I came across. The home has a nice new sidewalk, but I do think the house [...]

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Slightly misleading kitchen photo :)

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A buyer and I were quite surprised when we viewed the kitchen of a house for sale after seeing photos of the home online.
Shown left is the photo of the kitchen in the online listing.
Below is what we actually found!
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The master bath was perfect except for…

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My buyers, Lisa and John, and I were curious to see a duplex condo that looked great online. The photo of the master bath showed dual sinks and a huge, tiled shower. However, the “spa bathroom” (as the listing agent described it) lost a little of its luster when we spied the toilet paper roll [...]

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Homes For Sale Bloopers

October 24, 2009

ome real estate humor is way overdue on this blog! Gwen Banta with Sotheby’s International Realty in Los Angeles and a blogger for AgentGenius.com published a great list of homes for sale bloopers yesterday. Here’s a sample:

“See attached pigs under main photo”
“EZ access to fleeway”
“Dank room for fotos remolded and espanded”
“House has two car garbage”
For [...]

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Viking and Subzero Appliances cannot fully compensate for a messy home

August 3, 2009

Yesterday I showed houses in Naperville, Downers Grove and a few other southwest suburbs. One of the listings advertised a high end kitchen with Viking and Subzero Appliances. It also had 42″ kitchen cabinets and granite countertops which were very nice.
However, what my buyers and I will remember the most about the home [...]

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How do You Test an Invisible Fence Without a Dog?

May 9, 2009

How do you test an invisible fence, if you don’t have a dog with you? That’s the question some buyers and I pondered at a recent home inspection.
One of the buyers, Deeya Pavelle, was willing to model the electronic dog collar (shown left), but I couldn’t persuade Deeya to take a walk in the back [...]

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Embarrassed at Starbucks in Lombard

April 24, 2009

I was pretty embarrassed when I met a couple of first time home buyers at the Starbucks on Roosevelt in Lombard Wednesday night. Just the week before I met two first time home buyers at the Starbucks on Lake in Addison. We had a great conversation over coffee at a corner table.
When I pulled up [...]

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Owning a Home Makes You Fat?!

January 5, 2009

Mary Umberger’s column, “Love owning your home? Maybe not so much” in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune House & Homes Section revealed the most frightening thing I’ve heard about real estate. According to an assistant professor of real estate at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, women homeowners are an average of 12 [...]

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Home Seller Drugs Realtor!

December 26, 2008

Here’s a home seller to watch out for! A woman in West Hartford, CT admitted to putting marijuana in gingerbread that she insisted her Realtor eat. The Realtor went to the hospital later that evening after he felt dizzy and blacked out. The Realtor had listed the woman’s home for a couple of months. Was [...]

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Real Estate Humor: “San Pablo Fixer Upper”

December 8, 2008

It’s been way too long since I posted some real estate humor on this blog! Enjoy “San Pablo Fixer Upper” by Cindi Hagley, a Realtor in northern California. After posting this real estate ad on YouTube, Cindi received 8 offers in 48 hours. Congratulations, Cindi!

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