Special offer

"Thin is a fixer" - The Straight Skinny on MLS Bloopers

By
Real Estate Agent with Sotheby's International Realty BRE # 01362887

It’s Blooper Day again, my friends. I think the summer heat has fried a few brain cells… or perhaps I am just new to “creative marketing.” You be the judge. Thanks to Bryan Robertson of Palo Alto, CA and Jane Peters of Los Angeles for their side-splitting contributions. Names have been withheld to protect the incompetent.

Off to the Races

“Great ride off” (It’s a house, pal - not the Kentucky Derby!)

“New obligation system installed” (If you're in Jersey, that's Carlo “The Convincer” Capolini and his friendly vice grips.)

“Fool pad” (The soft spot between your ears?)

“Thin is a fixer.” (Try telling that to Bruce Willis’s hairline.)

“Please scab then email” (Isn’t it illegal to send body tissue through cyberspace, Mr. Lecter?)

Can’t Get Out of the Gate?

“Builtin shives” (Those will come in handy when you're doing time in San Quentin.)

“Limed draperies” (‘Sounds like someone went “man down” while doing Tequila shooters.)

“Beautifully remolded…will sell quickly(Methinks the dead guy on the floor clutching his torn Hazmat suit might slow sales a bit…)

“Hand ribbed” (Apparently God is creating another Eve.)

“This is mine blowing!” (Hence the dead canary in the cage, Jack.)

Trailing Far Behind

“Pool for Royal baby’s birth at grand open” (Did you really think Kate would shoot out the royal progeny from atop a diving board at your open house?)

“Custom shelves for your collectors” (In my opinion, collectors are better used as dart boards.)

“Drawing for trip to Gran Caveman” ('So you're going to visit your Neanderthal brother?)

“Pool with slide and broad” (Uh, I think it's illegal to sell a house with your mother-in-law anchored to the pool drain.)

Time to Give Up the Reins

“Play area for the tits” (Ahem. Nope, not goin’ there. Thank God I'm only on my second martini. Knockers up, everyone!)

 

That’s it for this week, folks. Remember: Spell well and sell!

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE - THANK YOU!

 

Please visit me at www.gwenbanta.com, or visit to see my new magnificent listing: "LAKE ARROWHEAD WATER FRONT TROPHY PROPERTY - OFFERED AT $15,900,000. http://tours.tourfactory.com/tours/tour.asp?t=976810 Thank you!

 

marti garaughty
garaughty.com - Montreal, QC
a highly caffeinated creative type...

@Gwen... hmmmm, T & A in the same blog post, Happy Friday!!! ;-)

Aug 09, 2013 09:28 AM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

Most would be hoping that the pool slide came with something other than the mother in law.  Just sayin' ...

Last time I went off a pool slide it was knickers up for me.

Aug 09, 2013 09:30 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Patty, it's even more amazing to think they are working at all!

 

Patricia, then I have done my job well. (Incidentally, I have to check everything because I type as though I have hooves.)

 

Marti, TGIF!

 

Jay, that beats knickers down!

Aug 09, 2013 06:37 PM
Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

Gwen-- these are so funny.  Looks like some folks have had one too many  :)  I recently saw one that said "toilet does not convey".... I hope the out house stays! LOL

Aug 09, 2013 10:44 PM
Mike Cooper, Broker VA,WV
Cornerstone Business Group Inc - Winchester, VA
Your Neighborhood Real Estate Sales Pro

I hear that Gran Caveman is quite the vacation if you don't mind eating raw brontosaurus.  For me, I'll stick to the play area.  Have a great weekend, Gwen, and keep'em coming.  I know we will.

Aug 10, 2013 03:27 AM
Brad MacKenzie
Brad MacKenzie - Duxbury, MA
Turning Houses into Homes on the South Shore

I've been looking for a house with a little extra play room.

Aug 10, 2013 09:21 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Hey, Gwen!  I included this post in today’s Last Week’s Favorites.  Please drop by and check it out, and have a great week!

Aug 10, 2013 09:27 PM
Bryan Robertson
Los Altos, CA

Thanks for the props!  OK, "Play area for the tits!" - really?  OMG!  How does someone even type that in?  Talk about a Freudian slip.

Aug 11, 2013 01:15 AM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

Gwen, I have heard therm referred to as toys for boys, but didn't know they had their own play area as well.

Aug 11, 2013 04:37 AM
Carla Muss-Jacobs, RETIRED
RETIRED / State License is Inactive - Portland, OR

Another hilarious read, thanks for the laughs Gwen . . . I don't know why these bloopers aren't corrected prior to be published in the MLS, but I'm sure glad they aren't!!

Aug 11, 2013 05:44 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Joan, these people drive ME to drink!

 

Mike, you are such a trooper - always to be counted on for making the sacrifice :-)

 

Brad, you'll have to share it with Mike...and he's greedy :-) (# 21)

 

Patricia, you made my day - THANK YOU!

 

Bryan, was it Freudian or intentional? Hmmm......

 

Ed, we women have known that always :-)

 

Carla, we must first correct the brains behind these gaffes! 

 

Aug 11, 2013 06:05 AM
Tammie White, Broker
Franklin Homes Realty LLC - Franklin, TN
Franklin TN Homes for Sale

I jsut don't even know how to respond to that last one. These are too funny.

Aug 11, 2013 01:58 PM
Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI, SRES
Eagle Ridge Realty / Signature Homes & Estates - Gilroy, CA
REALTOR and Broker

Those are all good ones.  I'm still surprised that people in their office do not contact them and correct it.

Aug 11, 2013 05:38 PM
Sally K. & David L. Hanson
EXP Realty 414-525-0563 - Brookfield, WI
WI Real Estate Agents - Luxury - Divorce

You CAN'T make this stuff up....it's unbelievable...love 'em as always...thank you !

Aug 11, 2013 08:11 PM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

Keeping a list of my own for a future post. Just picked up one this week about a "hoe that is well mainatined."

Aug 11, 2013 09:32 PM
Women of Westchester Working Together
Women of Westchester Working Together - West Harrison, NY
Women helping Women get ahead

Gwen - thank you so much for the great laughs.  I'm so glad that Pat featured this in her list.

Aug 11, 2013 09:39 PM
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Thin as a fixer - you bet that they are talking about my thighs again.

Aug 12, 2013 02:31 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Tammie, that's why I tried to remain mum!

 

Gary, perhaps some of these were later corrected - but cyberspace never forgets!

 

Sally and David, you are right...and I am just not that clever!

 

Gary, be sure to let us know about your post so we can all enjoy.

 

Welcome aboard, Women of W. Please join us every Friday for the Blooper Blog.

 

Lyn, I doubt that - but they may have been referring to my derriere!

Aug 12, 2013 05:12 AM
Marte Cliff
Marte Cliff Copywriting - Priest River, ID
Your real estate writer

OK - I'm tired of everyone telling me I have to eat more. Just because I'm thin doesn't mean I need to be fixed! 

Aug 16, 2013 06:37 AM
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

I enjoy reading these posts . Did you ever have a week where you could not find any bloopers?

Aug 16, 2013 11:25 PM