Maybe you've heard of Saint Joseph as being the patron saint of real estate. Now, I'm not Catholic but I am a Christian. We protestants don't necessarily know a whole lot about saints as this is only really prevalant in Catholicism. But one such tradition that I've come to learn more about recently is burying a statue of St. Joseph upside-down in the yard of a house that is on the market and he'll help sell the house.
There are many variations of this tradition: bury him upside-down, right-side-up, facing away from the house, facing towards the house, front yard, backyard. Whatever. The first I had heard of this was on the Bravo TV Show, Flipping Out, starring the eccentric Jeff Lewis and his cast of followers that, for some strange reason, put up with his over-obsessive-compulsiveness as he subjects them to his dramatic torture of words and strange actions. This guy has house blessings complete with candles and a psychic. Not surprising that he would bury a statue of St. Joseph in the front yard of one of his renovated investments in hopes of selling it. Little did I know that this was a long-standing, Catholic tradition that some sources say goes back 1000 years.
I have a fellow real estate friend who is Catholic and had her house listed for about 9 months with little to no activity. After a Catholic friend of her told her about the St. Jospeh legend, she promptly purchased a small statue and buried it in her front yard, upside-down, facing away from the house. She sold the house less than a week later for full price.
I've seen other blogs about this subject even on this site. But I've yet to try this out on my own. I'm curious to know if this has worked for anyone that is not Catholic.
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