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"House has morte" - Death by MLS

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

Welcome to this week’s blooper reel, friends. We all know that selling homes is a skill, not a game of cards. However, with some of these agents, selling must be a game of luck and chance. Thanks to Jane Peters and Jan Pastras, both from right here in LaLa Land, for their great submissions. Check out these classic MLS bloopers – the Joker is wild!

Deal ‘em

"Harry won't last" (Neither will you, pal.)

"Buyer to check date” (For what – condoms?)

"This house has morte” (...As evidenced by your rapidly declining career.)

“Very unicorn house” (Very horse’s a_ _ agent.)

“Canyon cottage w/ querty decor” (Let me guess – idiotic from A-Z?)

This Hand Stinks!

“Extensions added” (Explained Snoop Dogg when asked why his dreadlocks were stuck in his bong.)

“Ope 12-5″ (First line of Ron Howard’s contract on the Andy Griffith Show.)

“Bach nearby” (Epitaph on a headstone in a German cemetery.)

“Park trails – enjoy rubbing” (Sign spotted at a park in West Hollywood.)

“Dog ran” (So should your seller…)

Don’t Bet on This One

“For those who want tall” (Post-It Note stuck to Yao Ming's forehead at his first NBA draft.)

“Autocratic sprinklers” (If you don't conform to their dictates, you get hosed.)

“Yard with windy pats” (Crikey - if Pat is that windy, she needs a colonic!)

"Close to shopping canters" (Hasidim or  Clydesdale?)

“Can’t be sirpissed” (Yellowed and stained sign next to the Men's urinal.)

Gin is What You’re Drinking!

"Laundry shoot" (That's everyone's dream - underwear that will take a bullet for you.)

“Note smoking buns in Laurel Canyon area.” (Are you referring to our homegrown crop or the  a_ _  on Jennifer Lopez?)

“This house has soup nuts” (Alas, my ex had the same problem.)

 

That’s it for this week, folks. Remember: Spell Well and Sell!

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Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Donna, that may be due to the fact that we have better drugs. Just sayin'...

Dec 05, 2012 09:27 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Mike, it's so nice to hear from the Weaver of Words, the Connector of Clauses, the Sultan of Sentences, and the King of Smut...er, "sput." :-)

Dec 05, 2012 09:30 AM
Andrea Swiedler
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties - New Milford, CT
Realtor, Southern Litchfield County CT

Gwen, you are BACK! And in full force I might add, sporting some of the best idiotic bloopers yet. I am, as I say every time, greatly relieved to know there is no short supply of these puppies.... and we all know what that means.

Hope you are feeling better! Mending well... back in the saddle again?

Dec 05, 2012 09:41 AM
Jane Peters
Home Jane Realty - Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles real estate concierge services

As usual, hysterical, Gwen.  Your comments are equally hysterical.

Dec 05, 2012 09:44 AM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Good evening Gwen,

Your post is so funny...love the comments..they are the funnest!! So glad to see you are back...missed you!!

Dec 05, 2012 09:53 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Andrea my pal, I laughed so hard at your comment in my "accident-taking-a-break" post (about my failure to use a lap top) that I knew I had to return - like a one-legged Phoenix...on drugs, in a sling and sarcastic as ever. Thanks for the push!

Dec 05, 2012 10:13 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Thanks to you, Jane, I am always in fully supply. Uh, your contributions, that is, not your bloopers. :-)

Dec 05, 2012 10:15 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Thanks, Dorie - I missed my AR family...and my martini Fridays!

Dec 05, 2012 10:18 AM
Jill Sackler
Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc. 516-575-7500 - Long Beach, NY
LI South Shore Real Estate - Broker Associate

I hope you're feeling much better. You hardly took any time off at all and we're all happy to have you back.

Dec 05, 2012 11:02 AM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

So glad you are feeling better, Gwen! 

Dec 05, 2012 11:21 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hi Gwen -- welcome back and hope you are feeling better.   As always, thanks for providing some comic relief even if it is sad to know it's directly from some of our peers -- or as some will say our "piers".    

Dec 05, 2012 11:45 AM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

I, for one, would love to inspection the unicorn house with the querty decor.  My inspections are thorough, really, from A-Z.

Dec 05, 2012 08:01 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

P.s.   I hope this post means you are feeling better.  Falling off a roof 16 years ago, and shattering everything on the left leg side, I had various casts and such for 18 weeks!  I did over 50 inspection on crutches!  Hope you really are feeling better.  I feel FOR you!

Dec 05, 2012 08:03 PM
Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Gwen - I love these, and your commentary is better than even the bloopers. Thanks for the laughs.

Dec 06, 2012 02:38 AM
Steven Cook
No Longer Processing Mortgages. - Tacoma, WA

Gwen -- glad to see that you are doing better enough to be off the meds to do your listing of errors.  However, looking at some of these, you might be feeling need for more meds. 

Continued prayers for you ongoing recovery.

Dec 06, 2012 02:59 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Jill, thank you so much. I am still recovering away from home, so it's wonderful to have my AR family to keep me company.

Dec 07, 2012 03:09 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Thank you, Bruce - and thank you for all your uplifting messages since my accident. Your humor and support helped me fight back, and I am so grateful.

Dec 07, 2012 03:10 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

LOL - thank you Michael. It seems that some of our "piers" are sinking fast! 

Dec 07, 2012 03:15 AM
Lisa Von Domek
Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX
....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

Good morning Gwen,

First - I hope that you are feeling better, and the break is mending?

Second - thanks for another great list of bloopers.  Some of these are obviously victims of spell check/correction, proof that one still has to read what they write for errors!

Dec 07, 2012 11:28 PM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Thank you, Lisa - my body parts are slowly coming together again - like Humpty Dumpty. I agree that with all the spelling programs we have, nothing precludes a final proofread!

Dec 14, 2012 04:22 AM