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"Raid House" - Hilarious Marketing Bloopers!

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

Welcome to this week’s edition of “Dazed and Confused." I am not sure how any of this hilarious ad copy will help sell the properties being marketed. Nevertheless, these bloopers do provide some giggles, so please enjoy:

 

Well, of course!

“New bullit house” (Just another day in Bonnie and Clyde’s ’hood…)

“Please request paperwok” (Not unless a fire extinguisher comes with it…)

“Nicest house aground” (Real Estate ad in The Shipwreck Times.)

“High Def TB included” (That explains the X-Ray machine in the driveway.)

“Free-sanding house” (I think Habitat for Humanity already came up with that idea.)

Well off-course

“Drawing for new Druid” (Good,we all need to update our sorcerers.)

“War family gathering spot” (Sign above bar in John Gotti’s basement.)

“Leak phone message” (Questionable advice attributed to Edward Snowden’s ex-psychic.)

“Raid house” (Don't kill the roach, smoke it, dude!)

No Recourse

“Threats for kiddies” (Where is this house - Whoville???)

“Fridge now porking” (I guess that’s how the mini fridge in the den was created.)

“As easy as A-B” (Reason # 1 not to sniff paste while typing.)

“Put your prophet to work for you” (I did. My prophet said my readers should send me money.)

And just plain coarse

“Our lender has constrictions” (Has he considered buying bigger briefs?)

“Now some wringle room” (I’m glad your lender and his "wringle" took my advice…)

 

That’s it for this week, folks. Remember: Spell well and sell!

LIVE IN LOVE - HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

 

Eric Kodner
Madeline Island Realty - La Pointe, WI
CRS, Madeline Island Realty, LaPointe, WI 54850 -

Maybe some of the above bloopers were composed on a smartphone. I've read that auto-complete can be one's worst enema.

Feb 15, 2014 09:51 PM
Carol Zingone
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Florida Network Realty - Jacksonville Beach, FL
Global Realtor in Jax Beach, FL - ABR, CRS, CIPS

Gwen - great list! I have yet to scour our MLS for similar bloopers, but am sure they exist!

Feb 15, 2014 10:11 PM
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Gwen, these are some good ones. Thanks for the humor this morning.

Feb 15, 2014 10:14 PM
Dan Derito
Success! Real Estate - Brockton, MA

Thanks for posting this Gwen.  It's a good way to start the day with a chuckle.

Feb 15, 2014 10:15 PM
Anonymous
John Muscarella
Thanks Gwen seems like a long time since your last post. Keep em coming.
Feb 15, 2014 10:16 PM
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Frank Iglesias
Working With Houses, LLC - Atlanta Real Estate Investments - Lawrenceville, GA
Atlanta, GA Real Estate Investor

Thanks for sharing, Gwen! 

Feb 15, 2014 11:15 PM
David Shamansky
US Mortgages - David Shamansky - Highlands Ranch, CO
Creative, Aggressive & 560 FICO - OK, Colorado Mtg

Those are a RIOT but my personal fav is the Prophet telling us to send you money!!! LMAO

Too funny

Feb 15, 2014 11:46 PM
Lynn Afton
Greenridge Realty Oakmont - Big Rapids, MI
REALTOR® Near Big Rapids, MI, Mecosta County

Thanks for the chuckle... You just have to laugh when you see silly errors on listings!

Description is such an important part of a listing, and needs proofreading!

Feb 16, 2014 01:44 AM
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Gwen~ All 4 in the "No Recourse" category are priceless. I was doing a home search on Friday for a new investor clients. The descriptions weren't bad, but OMG, the photos! 

Feb 16, 2014 05:36 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Myrl, a think some of these blooper agents were caught in a fog sale!

 

Kat, you need a Rosetta Stone to decipher some of these.

 

Jeff, I love those ads. I also enjoy the ones that say, "Offers accepted on ___," which is usually a date somewhere in the distant past.

Feb 16, 2014 05:54 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Brian, I find it intriguing that a wringle requires its own room...

 

Jason, that is hysterical. I need to quote that!

 

AJ, I agree...assuming the sellers aren't equally spelling-challenged, which may be a risky assumption.

 

Greg, if you can figure that out, you are the next Bill Gates!

Feb 16, 2014 05:59 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Laura, sadly enough the answer is yes.

 

Jan, thanks for dropping in!

 

Jeffrey, that's a whole post unto itself!

 

Richard, that's not a great way to be memorialized, is it?

 

Donald and Gary, I am so pleased you enjoyed the post. Be sure to check in in 2 weeks for another Blooper Blog.

Feb 16, 2014 06:02 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Jim, you are so write. ;-)

 

Nina, I'm delighted to hear you enjoyed it.

 

Eric, I am laughing so hard I can barely breathe!!!

Feb 16, 2014 06:05 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Carol, be sure to send me anything you find.

 

Michael and Dan, thanks so much for reading.

 

John and Frank, it's wonderful to hear from you both!

 

David, I was waiting for someone to catch that. P.S. - He meant it.

Feb 16, 2014 06:08 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Lynn, we have to laugh - it's the only way through the collective embarrassment. :-)

 

Donna, some photos are so funny you have to wonder if they were intended. I love the ones with the half-naked photographer's reflection in the mirror!

Feb 16, 2014 06:11 AM
Richard Bazinet /MBA, CRS, ABR
West USA Realty - Scottsdale, AZ
Phoenix Scottsdale. Sellers, Buyers & Relocations

Thanks again Gwen. Always enjoy reading your bloopers and your comments. Soon, or perhaps already, you have enough material for a book?

Feb 16, 2014 02:47 PM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Richard, after five years of writing the Blooper Blog, I do have enough material.  Maybe in my retirement years I'll compile something...but by then I may not be able to spell ether. I mean either.

Feb 16, 2014 03:11 PM
Fred Sed
Fred Sed Group ~ Your Premier Southern California Realtors - Irvine, CA
Your Southern Cali Realtor, Why? Because Fred Se

Very funny Gwen! It's always good to laugh at these kinds of mistakes. Some things you just can't blame on autocorrect.

Feb 17, 2014 04:08 AM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi gwen, you keep us smiling on every blog.  Keep it up.

Feb 17, 2014 10:05 AM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Oh, wow....it is almost scary how many 'marketing bloopers' you found in your local mls. Do these agent know about a spell check?

'fridge now porking'!~ hahaha

Feb 27, 2014 12:42 PM