Tomorrow night, little ghouls and goblins all over the country will be knocking on doors begging for candy. Give it to them or risk having your house TP'd, soap on your windows, or whatever else they can think up.
Now, one of my neighbors likes to give out as little candy as possible. He's a little cheap. Well, not cheap, just frugal. And he achieves his goal by scaring the be-geezes out of the trick or treaters, answering the door with a plastic bloody stump over his arm, and he actually smears catsup on it for effect. Sends the little guys screaming over to my house. It's just not worth it to them for a tiny little Snickers bar!
And as I'm passing out little Heath Bars and mini Butterfingers, I had to ask myself, do agents have the equivalent of the catsup-smeared bloody stump to scare colleagues and their clients?
Bad smells?- Realtor-eating dogs?
- Clutter?
- Toilet seats left up?
- Unmade beds?
- Dirty dishes in the sink?
- Sellers that help us show their house?
- Rodents that aren't squirrels in the basement?
- Suffocating dust bunnies?
Right now, I am blessed with three listings with no bloody stumps.
Well, one had a bad smell in the basement, but we got rid of it.
Another had rats in the basement, but we god Rat Doom there immediately, and now the little guys have moved on to the neighborhs'.
The third had a snake in the family room during the broker's open, but a contractor doing work down the street came to my rescue and escorted him out of the house and into the woods.
So if you're enjoying a little down time until the election removes one of the uncertainties plaguing this market, check your listings for bloddy stumps, especially the ones with catsup smeared on them.
Cute blog - I enjoyed it! Happy Halloween Patricia :)
Pat,
A snake? I'll have a heart attack. I'll run out the door as fast as I can and no kidding.
Pat - LOL! You put a nice Halloween twist to the never ending problem of how sellers turn a blind eye to the many buyer turn-offs!
I have a neighbor that gives out those cheap lollipops. Then she saves left over lollipops until next year.
I love this time of year... even when they smash pumpkins all over the place. I posted about a house in Hampstead that is all decked out...pretty gross. Did tell ya I love this time of year.
Eeew. That's all I can say to that one. Eeew.
Bad smells, rats, snakes? And these are the good listings? lol
Patricia, that made me laugh. "Sends the little guys screaming over to my house." That is so funny, I'm sitting here giggling. Thanks for sharing. I needed that.
Mini-Butterfingers! Yummy. Can I come to your house?
"I'll be dressed like a serial killer. They look like everyone else, you know." (from Wednesday Addams - in wither The Addams Family movie or Addams Family Values, I can't remember which).
I'll come like Wednesday.....
Wednesday: I'm a homicidal maniac, they look just like everyone else. (from The Addams Family (1991))
Patricia,
SNAKES??? In D.C.? :^) Thanks, Fran
Patricia, the elections are scarier in my book than halloween really! I'm trying to take some down time but there just doesn't seem to be any at hand! I have been putting out fires from the time I wake up each morning till I turned off the phone at night. Whew, I hope it's better for you.
Happy Halloween! Later in the rain~Deb
Hi Pat! Snakes, rats and bad smells??? Maybe you need a home stager to come in and draw attention away from these features because I just don't think they will help you sell properties! :) Happy Halloween!
Pat I read that post about he rats, and All I can say is your a better rat catcher than I could would ever want to ever be. YIKES!
Happy Halloween!
Another reason why I love working with buyers :-) We can quickly exit the Halloweenish homes!