Can my Realtor hold my family hostage for ransom?

[quincy]

When we had one of our houses for sale (and we had already purchased another home so we were desperate to sell), we were at home during a realtor showing. Our toddler (at the time) daughter decided to point out to prospective buyers what she thought was the most fascinating attribute of the house.

"There are mice in the kitchen!"

Exit those buyers.

 

[Just Blue]

When we had one of our houses for sale (and we had already purchased another home so we were desperate to sell), we were at home during a realtor showing. Our toddler (at the time) daughter decided to point out to prospective buyers what she thought was the most fascinating attribute of the house.

"There are mice in the kitchen!"

Exit those buyers.

 

[quincy]

We debated for a long time whether to teach our children that honesty is not always the best policy but decided instead to teach them that silence is golden. Haha.

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

48 posts, the OP was crazy and hasn't returned.

Boy, we do put an effort in for naught around here.

 

[quincy]

48 posts, the OP was crazy and hasn't returned.

Boy, we do put an effort in for naught around here.

We are just prolific posters. Not much time has passed since the original post was posted yesterday.

We really cannot expect posters to hang around all day on a forum. They probably have some sort of a life.

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

We really cannot expect posters to hang around all day on a forum. They probably have some sort of a life.

This one should. After all, she is being held hostage.

 

[quincy]

This one should. After all, she is being held hostage.

Haha.

I think s/he might need some time away from the computer to guard the house against illegal entries.

 

[Just Blue]

This one should. After all, she is being held hostage.

OP might be busy raising the ransom...

 

[justalayman]

One of my neighbors actually had photos posted on a real estate site of the interior living area with garbage cans. We're not talking someone taking a clean/new garbage can and storing some items in it; we're talking about visibly dirty garbage cans in bedrooms with stuff haphazardly piled all over the place. The waste basket was actually in the bathtub in the bathroom photos. Most the photos were crooked, out of focus, or both. The house was part of an estate being settled. One heir + spouse and kids were living there (letting their own residence go into foreclosure, so they couldn't hope to buy out the other heirs).

I’ve sold houses that had walk paths through the detritus to get from room to room

I’ve had friends sell houses that were so flea infested the gal agent said it looked like she had dark nylons on. (She burned her clothes after taking them off prior to walking into her own home.

Cats can make a terrible odor


But if the price is right, there is usually a buyer.

 

[TigerD]

I love looking at house with dog or cat odor. It smells like money. Pretty easy to fix and you get fantastic discounts.

TD

 

[quincy]

I love looking at house with dog or cat odor. It smells like money. Pretty easy to fix and you get fantastic discounts.

TD

Those are the type of houses we purchased for rentals. We used to be active home-renovators.