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Realimericks: Real Estate Poetry in Five Lines

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Real Estate Agent with eXp Realty WA 47927
Ade HouseOne of my favorite forms of expressions is the Limerick, a five-line poem. Ogden Nash may be the most famous practitioner of this art form. I started to write my own back in college in Switzerland, some of them in mixed German and English which was a lot of fun. When I started in real estate and was facing that “nobody-knows-me-how-am-I-getting-started-in-this-business-mountain” I vented some of my frustration more or less creatively by writing some real estate limericks. Below are a few of them. I call them Realimericks.

 
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To buy a home in Seattle
you better prepare to do battle;
with multiple offers
and money in coffers
and nerves that don’t easily rattle.

  Ade House

The home down the street was for sale
the neighbors learned through the mail;
the sellers liked skiing
so much they were fleeing
to the snow-covered mountains of Vail.

  Ade House

There was in Kirkland a condo
the owner said: sell it pronto.
I don’t like the rain
it’s really a pain
I’ll move to the African Congo.

  Ade House

A home to be inspected
by the owner severely neglected
was on the market for so many days -
cancelled, re-listed in so many ways
that a sale was no longer expected.

  Ade House

The sign on the lawn said “for sale”
It sat there through hot and through hail;
covered with snow,
the market was slow
and the sale grew increasingly stale.

  Ade House

A first time buyer from Kent
was fed up with paying the rent;
so he bought a home
with an FHA loan
and earnest money well spent.

 Ade House

An owner was selling
a darn dreary dwelling;
made minor repairs
and covered the stairs
with carpet – so there was no telling.

  Ade House

The offers on my neighbor’s home
were so low to make him moan:
”I’ve made the decision,
we’ll build that addition
first with a lien than a loan.”

 Ade House

There was an old home in Bellevue
with windows installed like brand new;
the agent was selling the dwelling
praising the home on the phone but not telling
that the home was lacking a lake view.

 

 

© 2006, Gerhard N. Ade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Comments (2)

Geri Sonkin
Douglas Elliman Real Estate 516-457-7103 - Merrick, NY
Long Island Real Estate & Staging Expert

Gerhard,

I love limericks, always have, so here goes: 

In the year of two thousand and six
When few Realtors® are getting their kicks
From listing for more
Homes that can't make a score
With agents whose buyers say "nix."

Aug 26, 2006 12:12 PM
Geri Sonkin
Douglas Elliman Real Estate 516-457-7103 - Merrick, NY
Long Island Real Estate & Staging Expert

Oh I wish you hadn't started this. :-)

In the days of long long ago
When real estate was less of a show
A young man who was new
And who had not a clue
Sat back waiting for money to flow.

Aug 26, 2006 12:22 PM