The Voodoo That You Do (To Sell Your Home?!)

Tried it several times on properties that were most difficult to sell ,for various reasons, they sold. I've read this practice was started in the 12th Century by a nun, if not mistaken, using a coin with the image of the St., for divine intervention to be able to purchase a piece of property for the church (it worked)

I guess it reinforces the power of attraction, when you bury the statue and say/read the prayer with the intention to attract the right Buyer for the home. 

Amy:

I know people who have tried using St. Joe's with good success and with no success.   It is a wive's tale which I don't believe in. St. Joseph has other things to do, I don't think he is concerned with selling homes.  However, if my client believes I am right there helping the client bury St. Joseph.

Hi Amy, I agree with Evelyn, above, that St. Joe has other things to do. Besides, if he helps sell the home, do I owe him part of my commission?

I've had many sellers dig and bury the statue.  I often wonder how many statues are in everyones yards and is that something the seller should disclose?

have a great holiday weekend 

St Joseph must have many roles...I remember always praying to him when something was lost..Patron saint of the Lost & Found!!

Paddy in #53:  I remember that the sisters taught us that the Patron Saint of the Lost and Found was Saint Anthony.  I can still remember repeating the prayer the Sisters taught us in grade school... "Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony, please look around.  Something is lost, and it must be found."

Those dear, dear sisters.  I remember them fondly.

Karen Anne... a Nice Catholic Girl from Cleveland...

Don't laugh, but I used to work with an agent who did primarily listings. I had a buyer who needed to sell their house in order to buy the house I found for them.

We were getting nowhere with the listing. We tried all sorts of "tricks" to help. Yes, even the statue of St Joseph. I was speaking to my buyer about the house we had under contract, and she was REALLY worried. Somewhere in the conversation I asked about the statue. She asked her husband if he had done as asked with the statue. He had put it right side up, in the front yard. WRONG! 

She immediately made husband relocate statue EXACTLY as directed.

Wait for it...got an offer accepted THAT AFTERNOON!

I can't believe that you haven't heard of this. I did a post on the 'correct way' a few months ago for our spring market.

Wish I had known of this when I had listings that would not sell! I could have tried and seen if this really worked.

I've used ST Joseph 4 times.  Twice it worked - or we thought it did.  Twice it did not work.  The two houses it did not work on were overpriced, soooo . . . . It's was probably more right price than statue!

I love voo doo - and the reason why it works: belief. You can't fake it - positive thought has to actually BE positive. It all ties in to the law of attraction...

This is a very interesting post. I cant wait to get a listing so I can try this. Let us know if your next listing sells when you bury the little St Joseph in the yard. :)

I have heard of this, but have never tried it.  I think Voodoo has to involve at least one dead chicken, and a goat.  (joke)  Good luck!

I've heard about this, but don't anyone who has done it - or at least will admit to it!

Happens all the time here.. I was even told you could call the church and ask for the "real estate kit"

I have heard of this and I think people should certainly have the freedom to do what they want to do, but it seems strange to me.

I've heard of this over the years and did actually try this with my own home which we were having a hard time selling. When we finally buried the statue, the home DID sell...coinsidence...? But it's important that people read the full instructions and that you dig the statue back up afterwards and then display it in your new home...which I did and it now proudly sits in my curio of my dining room china cabinet :-) They even sell the statues at some of the Realtor stores! 

I have an "ecojoe" in my office... A local moving company gives them out to realtors in the area - it is a ceramic St Joe with instructions so it doenst harm the environment...

I have run into this before and they swore it worked.  Who knows?

I've heard of this before. I don't think I would add it to my marketing plan.