Please, please let the fleas be gone.

They are probably worse than roaches to get rid of.  The problem is the eggs keep hatching and you get new fleas. 

Barbara, have you ever heard of using "grated orange peel."  I swear, I tried in when we had them in a house and it either worked or unseen forces intervened:)  Some times there actually is some truth in these old folk remedies.  Plus it makes the house smell nice.

Oh I feel for you! Some years ago, I showed a foreclosure property to an elderly lady. We both had white tennis shoes on and it was clear/sunny. We waved to the neighbor sitting on his porch across the street as we walked up to the door - I unlocked and we stepped in. Not ten seconds later we were running out of the home!

The neighbor came across the street laughing. He told me the listing agent had done the same thing a week before! The home was infested with fleas - listing agent "forgot" to tell me that! Our white shoes were BLACK!

I was paranoid for weeks of finding fleas in my home, car and office.

 BarbaraI once visited an awful foreclosed home that was so bad that my pants were black with the little boogers. I pulled into a car wash and vacuumed myself.

You just walk around the house with an orange, and grate the thing while you walk---just takes a little everywhere.  Also, you guys down there have tornados and hurricanes and hella thunderstorms-----are you sure fleas aren't just another kind of weather?

I haven't been in a flea infested house in years. You have to keep spraying until you get rid of all the generations. It does take awhile...

That is a really disgusting picture. I used to sell homes that were infested with fleas.  Back in the days when we wore nylons. I'd come out of the house with legs completely black with fleas.

Barbara - round 'em up, sell 'em to a circus (help with those marketing costs). I have generally found that two bombs usually work, kills the adults and then, after the eggs hatch kills the little ones.

I have had cats for years and fleas can be a huge pain. Vets love them because they make money off cat allergies. Or you can do like Charlie, just get used to them and try to not scratch when anyone is looking.

I have heard of chiggers. Do they burrow into your hide? I could, of course, do like Charlie and race to Wikipedia and then tell you more about them than I actually know.

Isn't the REO business great!!!! Never know what your going to get when you walk thru that door for the first time.

Never had the flea ordeal so no advice from me as to killing the little buggers.

Make sure you take before & after pictures for your reimbursement. LOL