One of my past clients calls me to list his house. Really nice guy and former Realtor. He gutted the house and among other things put in new Bamboo floors. The house looked spectacular and I was excited to get the listing.
Then we go to the unfinished basement. It has a strange odor and he says ”oh! that”, let me show you. Very carefully I walk across the basement to the other side and there I see boxes, tanks (as in fish) and cages.
The box has a tarantula the size of a football and fuzzy. As I gasp for air and step back a few feet he explains to me that it looks like there are 2 of them in there but there is only one. Eventually at this time of year they shed their entire body and just walk out of it and grow a new one. GROSS! 
Then there is a turtle that’s older than one can imagine and just doesn’t move at all. He is the size of a basketball.
Next are the lizards (3 of them) and really long and ugly. We have to be quiet because if we wake them they will poop and pee in their cages and the owner will have to clean them out because it stinks so bad.
He has to do that before each showing and round up the 3 BIG dogs and 2 cats and get them all out of the house before anyone gets there.
Naturally we had lots of showings and he was a busy guy doing this comedy act every day.
Then one day a curious buyer lifted the covers and open the spider box .
You can just imagine the feedback the showing broker gave me.
The house did close after all.
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