The names have been changed to protect the innocent...
SO...I had an appointment to show a house the other day and as usual I knocked on the door to announce my arrival. After a few more knocks and a few more minutes of waiting I proceeded to use my lockbox key to enter the residence where I came upon a totally nude male asleep on the couch. Mind you, it was around 2:00 in the afternoon. I quietly backed up, locked the door and bolted to my car. I don't think I left a card for obvious reasons.
Other "surprise" showings included showing a house that had a note on the front door that said "my son is asleep on the couch-but go ahead and show the house." Sure enough-there was a teenager asleep on the couch with a note on his head that asked us to talk quietly. Then there was the time I walked into a house near the university and walked in on a group of unsuspecting college students, who were nonetheless talented in their "kegness", obviously forgot about their scheduled home showing.
The Wal Mart fan. I had a very nice client that only had one criteria...she wanted to be as close to a Wal Mart as possible. She didn't work at Wal Mart, wasn't tied to the Walton family...she just liked Wal Marts. Price and style were not of importance. So after we located all of the homes available surrounding Wal Marts in the area, we finally found one that-yes-backed up to the parking lot of the Wal Mart in Washington. Her back fence actually had a door that opened up to the Wal Mart-and she has been very happy their ever since!
There's cheap...and then there is very cheap. One time on a final walkthrough with a client before the closing, we realized the seller had taken all of the batteries out of the smoke detectors in the house. When we asked why, he said that they were pretty new and he was going to put them in his new house. Needless to say...they ended up staying with the house!
