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Services for Real Estate Pros with Coleman Real Estate Services

I worked for 6 years as an agent's assistant, making flyers, running errands, etc.  My boss got a new listing and sent me to take pictures.  I arrive and notice a chain link fence around the entire property.  I look around and see that no one else within sight has one.  I also notice that there's a truck in the driveway.  I knock to see if anyone's home.  No one answers, so I let myself in.  About half way through measuring and photographing the interior, I look through the back door and see a pair of feet propped up.  I'm a little startled because this person obviously doesn't realize I'm in his house.  I quickly gather my equipment and exit out the front.  I walk around the side of the house to see if I can get this person's attention and let him know why I'm there and what I'm doing.  As I peer around to the back, I see a deck... on the deck I see a leaning lounge-type chair... in the chair I see a man... a NAKED man. 

I leave... quickly.  I pull into a parking lot around the corner and call my boss. 

"John... it's Ryan.  This new listing you have... there was a man sunbathing in the back yard... and I think he might've been naked."

"Oh Ryan, I'm so sorry.  I forgot to tell you... that man is a nudist."

I get back to the office.  My bosses laugh... hard

Luckily for me...

1.  He didn't see me.

2. The angle I had didn't allow me to see anything I wouldn't be able to see at a friendly trip to the beach.

Now I am a independent real estate photographer, and I ALWAYS make voice contact with the seller before arriving at the property.

 

-Ryan