Palm Bay, Florida- Margaret Fleeger has no idea when she'll see her next commission check, but when she does, part of it will be spent on a new La-Z-Boy recliner for Larry and Ronda LaRue.
What started out as Ms. Fleeger's last listing presentation of 2008, turned into what neighbors close to the LaRue's are describing as "The shoot out at La-Z-Boy Corral."
Sources claim the realtor became agitated after Mr. LaRue refused to sit at the table and participate in the listing presentation where she was discussing current market conditions, comparable home sales, and home staging suggestions. LaRue wanted to stay in the living room so he could watch his favorite TV program.
According to Fleeger, she was invited to the LaRue home by Ronda who seemed very anxious to sell. "Ronda was just as sweet as she could be," said Fleeger. "She offered me coffee and listened intently to my presentation while ‘La-Z-Boy-Larry' watched Bay Watch reruns, drank beer, and passed gas."
"He told me to go ahead with my presentation and that he could hear everything ‘just fine' from the living room," Fleeger added.
"He was so rude and disgusting that I finally just snapped. I couldn‘t take one more of his revolting beer burps or stupid comments about ‘not taking a nickel less than $175,000' for a house that's worth $89,000 on its best day.
"What finally pushed me over the edge," Fleeger continued, "was ‘La-Z-Boy's' statement that realtors make too much money and that people could kiss "his royal ass" if they thought he was going to rearrange furniture or move his recliner to a storage facility while the house was on the market"
According to police reports, Ms. Fleeger calmly pulled a .357 Magnum out of her briefcase, ordered LaRue out of the La-Z-Boy and proceeded to empty 7 rounds into the chair and one 'grand finale' round into Pamela Anderson's fanny on the big screen TV.
Charges for property damage and firing a weapon inside city limits are pending.
Disclaimer: This "News Item" was written by Ralph the real estate dog. It is a work of (comic relief) fiction. Only the MLS photo is real. Any resemblance between the characters, persons or Realtors® is purely coincidental.
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As far as I'm concerned that was a perfectly acceptable reaction to the situation. Thanks.