Brooke Wolford

By Brooke Wolford

Random things are bound to happen when you show homes.  There are always the typical things… the pictures online do not match the house, they didn’t show the dead squirrels hanging on the wall, they didn’t say that people smoke in the house, etc.

Recently, in one day I had the most abnormal things happen with one client.   Now I do have to say, this happened all in one place.

So my clients were a husband and wife investor couple.  We were looking at some properties that were rental properties.  Here are the events as they happened:

House #1: It was a huge four-plex, the agent of course had talked me up about how terrific the place was.  So there were renters on the property.  I was told that none of them would be there.  I knocked on unit #1.  Nobody answered.  I unlocked the door and walked in.  Suddenly I screamed!  To my surprise the renter was still there… sitting naked on the couch with a beer in his hands… passed out.  I told my clients “Maybe we should move on to the other units and come back.”  They said, “That’s, ok, we will just walk through.”  I kind if chuckled and said, “OK, whatever you feel comfortable with.”  Just then, the renter woke up and started looking around. He then decided to cover himself up.  I said, “Hello! We have a showing scheduled.”   He nodded and waved us through. Awkward, completely awkward! Continue reading »