UPDATE>>>

We went pass today (during daylight, call us chicken later) and the house was freezing.  I checked the thermostat and I thought it was nuts,  It said 68 degrees.  My two agent friends laughed and said that maybe the house was going through menopause and we all laughed for minutes.  I still felt like I was being watched, really bad feeling. 

I left the other two agents in the house and walked the outside just asking GOD to bless the house and I that feeling never left me.  I could hear men laughing but being that we were three women on an adventure, definately didn't jive.  So I knocked on the window to get the attention of my two nutty friends who convinced me to do this crazy mess to only hear doors slam.  Next thing i heard were screams and the two nuts (my friends) running out of the house saying, the doors to the closets slammed shut and they heard men laughing. 

SO GHOSTS GOT JOKES!!! I have a good one on them.  I have called a few friends who are spiritialist they will be there Saturday Morning at 3:00 to talk business.  I will keep you guys updated. 

By the way... One of the agents swore that one of the ghosts was wearing a dirty shirt and confederate army pants.  But she has convinced herself that she forced the thought into existence.  THE SAGA CONTINUES...

*****ONE QUESTION... DOES A BUYERS AGENT HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUBLICIZE A HAUNTED HOUSE OR ARE WE BY BEING AN AGENT HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD OF PRIVACY AS THE LISTING AGENT?*****

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Last evening some clients ask me to show them a few houses in Central Virginia near the Civil War Battlefields(need I say more).  Of course I will, well here we go.

So I walked in quickly as my husband, and the couple walked around the house.  Room to room I ran, this house is gorgeous, it smells great (like fresh strawberries), and it felt so cozy.  But I felt like I was being watched.  The was a newly constructed super colonial with all the bells and whistles.  Just as I got over the being watched, every walked in and I kid you not... THE FRONT DOOR SLAMMED AND THE GAS FIREPLACE LIT.  Wow!!!!!!

I chuckled and said welcome home and the wife asked the question of the night, "Is this house haunted?" I told her with a straight face, "Naw... I think a little spirited, maybe".  We both laughed.  Suddenly all of the the lights blinked off and on, and I swear we both stopped in our tracks.  I personally thought about running like the wind but my professionalism kicked in and I tried to continue the tour. 

As I took them upstairs, the climate became ice cold.  As we went back down it warmed up.  We went into the kitchen and one of the burners lit up.  My mind was in full motion.  I told the client, maybe the house is rigged as a smart home!  The husband was like, "THAT'S IT!!"  But one problem nothing in the literature indicated such technology.  So, I called the listing agent, who basically said he never went there alone after getting lockout of the house while getting ready for an open house.  He told me he had unlocked the door, and propped the front door with a table, so that he could see as anyone approached.  He told me that it was impossible for door to have slammed shut.  So he called the sellers and asked if they could come over and open the door, they told him, "NO WAY!!!"  He explained again, and they told them never again will they step foot on that land, that they live in the house only 2 days and vacated to a hotel on the 3rd.  That the movers moving in, had furniture move right in front of them and doors lock while they were moving in their belongings.  Their dog was freaked out to the point that he would follow them, looking around as I he was being followed.  The final straw was when the wife was dressing, and exited the closet and saw two shadows in the hall outside of the master bedroom.  NOW REMEMBER, I AM STILL IN THE HOUSE LISTENING TO THIS, ALONE IN THE KITCHEN!!  And we had had more than we could handle happen already.

Just as I said, I don't want to hear anymore, we all heard a man's voice yell, "NO!!" and we saw two shadows literally walked across the great room.  My clients laughed and the husband said in a quiet voice, "Let's leave now, I have a very bad feeling about this house!".  We knew it was definitely time to leave.

My husband asked me did I hear anything.  Not one thing.  Just as I was literally running through this huge house turning off lights, the wife let our an ear piercing scream and said leave the lights, I don't want to be here when it gets dark.  She said something touched here.  I didn't need to be told twice. But, well you know the rules. Lights out when done.  My husband, her husband and I turned off all the lights in record time.  And when we got to the door, the fireplace relit and we decided to run to the car.

My clients said they were going to call the local paper.  The listing agent said he has had it with the house, the sellers are relatives, 3% beginning buyer agent coop and a sizable selling bonus.  He has had only 6 showings in almost two years and 5 of the 6 left without turning out the lights or locking the door. 

What would you suggest, the listing agent said he would gladly give up the listing?  I feel so sorry for the owners, it took them two years to build the house, they lived in it to 2 days and its been on the market for over a year and they have been paying the mortgage the entire time because they are building another home to replace this one.  They had the land blessed before breaking ground on the new house.  But, I would have thought that the builder had experienced similar occurrences?  Would you take the listing?

By the way, the listing agent is a fellow Rainer!! And he wants (needs) suggestions on this as well. So be gentle.  Neither one of us are crazy and the house is gorgeous!!

Happy New Year!!!