Years ago, on our office listing tour in Vacaville, Ca. when I was with Gateway Realty, we saw a nice family house with a great backyard and pool. Priced well, showed great. I knew that the sellers were very motivated.
About 10 days later, I took a genteel couple over to see it. The listing agent (the late and great Jim Stoneburner, I am sure you are up in the Heavenly Real Estate Market, still laughing at me) knew I was going over and didn't mention that:
1.) It was a divorce situation and was going into foreclosure,
2.) The wife moved out and took the kids and cleaning stuff with her, and
3.) The husband let his younger brother and his friends move in and they were partying till the cows came home.
Having prepared my buyers for a lovely home in wonderful condition with the pool they wanted so badly, I called and no one was home. I used the lockbox and escorted them in ahead of me (NO, I never did that again). Pizza boxes, wet towels, beer cans, trash, etc., you can imagine the scene. One very large pair of men's jockey shorts hanging from the ceiling fan, going round and round and round. And a HUGE, dirty-looking moose head hanging on the wall in the living room - (NO, it was NOT there when I previewed it the week before!)
Still hoping to win them over when they saw the backyard pool, (OK, OK, I WAS NEW!), I shoved them both out of the living room into the kitchen aiming them toward the back door. Hanging on the kitchen wall was the rear end of the moose! Back legs and tail hanging there - it looked like it ran through the wall. Well, I guess it was the other end of the same moose, we didn't stay long enough to check. The woman screamed, they ran out, I left my card on a pizza box and locked up. On the way back to the office I tried to explain and help them appreciate the humor in the situation. All I got was the "we are not amused look" and they never returned my calls.
Moral of the story? You tell me!!
Mesquite Nevada Real Estate Agent ~ ~ ERA
Virginia Hepp ~ Mesquite Realtor 
Colleen "Fish"
www.ColleenFish.com www.MapleValleyRealEstate.com
Colleen - That's perfect! That was years ago and I never thought of it. Thanks, Virginia
Ron - yes, they missed out, I sold it about a week later to some investors from San Francisco, without the moose for 120K, it's probably worth at 500K now. Thanks, Virginia
Virginia- I am sure it was not amusing at the time, sorry it's hilarious now. Can't say I've had anything that compared to that while showing property. I have however been on the other side of the situation. Several years back before I started in real estate, a friend was house hunting and asked me to tag along with him and his agent. Well the agent had been in the business for years and was close to retiring and you would of thought by now she'd seen it all. But I guess she hadn't until then. We visited a home that was listed as vacant, can be shown at anytime. The yard was pristine and well manicured, beautiful hardwood floors, a chefs dream kitchen, large family room with fireplace. So far so good, then we hear this noise coming from up stairs. As we reached the top of the stairs you could clearly see the house was not vaccant.I'm screaming at the top of my lungs as I recognize the man and he isn't with his wife. The man's clutching his chest as if he's having a heart attack. The woman is yelling, I told you so! I told you so! and beating him with a pillow. Now all the color is starting to drain out of the agents face as she begins to wither to the floor and all my friend can do is laugh hysterically. The agent hid for several days I can only assume out of embarrassment, despite it all he bought the house.
But since I've been an agent I can't walk up a set of stairs without wondering when it is going to happen to me.
Every now and then, you run into one you just don't see the hunor in until later. Sounds like that's what you had here.
Here's one of mine.
Erby - Is that a buffalo?! Did you inspect him? It looks like some hardware might be loose - hopefully, the sellers added him on their home warranty!
I admit I am jealous of his eyebrows, tho' - mine are so blond that it looks like I don't have any.
Happy New Year! -Virginia (graphic says "bunya-bunya" - is that his name?)
Cathy - I wanted to invite you to AR Newbies group, I searched for your user name, it didn't work.
So, I am inviting you! It is a great group, not for new agents, it is for new Rainers and they are very supportive and fun. JOIN!
Virginia - That was absolutely hilarious! While searching for our house, we went into a property that had dog stuff absolutely everywhere. And by "dog stuff" I mean bowls, toys, blankets, beds, chew things, food, poop - everywhere. We couldn't even get through the living room. It was a really good prospect too. Oh well!
~Renae
Carol - You would think that nothing would surprise us after awhile, but sometimes I just stop and stare.
Gene - Some sellers should just move out! Have you ever thought of writing a book? You always have an entertaining story up your sleeve.
Virginia, I missed this first time around read your link on Rich's blog, so I am really coming in on the "tail" end of this blog. That's some meaty story LOL!
Ginger
Ginger - This is an oldie - a favorite because it is my first blog - funny to see a comment - kinda off the wall.
That is absolutely hilarious! Perhaps just as hilarious are all of these comments - full of puns. Sorry- I'm not very punny. Great post, though!
Yes, there are a lot of puns - my told me that a pun is the highest form of humor. ??
Virginia,
A terrific post. If that was your first, you had a stellar start, and your learning curve was not really steep (LOL)
Hi Jon, you are up late...
It didn't have a picture, I didn't know how, Gary Woltal sent me that one, I think.
Virginia,
Isn't it a strange feeling when you get a comment on a blog written long ago? It happened to me a few times.
Don;t see you that often now on AR. Hope you are doing OK, and being busy is the reason you are not there that often.