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Is St Joseph and his statue your Real Estate Agent?

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When it comes to an urgent action the sell a ome, most Sellers will use many different methods to speed up the closing. And guess what.. one of my clients told me recently that he had buried the St Joe statue at the front of his yard to speed up the sale.

Sceptic of doing it, I mostly recommend Feng Shui improvements and Staging in a home when listed with me.

But I had to find out about the ritual done by many sellers as of these days.

Here is what I found:

Most commonly, a statue of St. Joseph is placed inside a protective cloth and buried upside-down in the front yard. People differ as to whether the statue should be upside-down or right side-up, and whether the yard should be the front yard or back yard, but worrying about such things is unecessary.

Then a prayer to St. Joseph is said. 

When the house is sold, God and St. Joseph are thanked, the statue is dug up and given a place of honor in your new home, and you, of course, tell others about the power of St. Joseph's intercession.

Is this custom superstitious? It is if one doesn't believe in the intercession of Saints and the good of making outward signs of prayer. Given that  kits are sold in internet at a very convenient price including the shipping charges and an effective prayer to St Joe.

Believe it or not, I'd been showing that house more than other ones...may be Joe has a good offer for the Seller....

 

St Joseph SELL MY HOME! - KIT

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Comments(5)

Joeann Fossland
Advantage Solutions Group - Tucson, AZ
Master Certified Coach to Motivated Agents
I would say whatever works! And maybe part of it is believing it will work:
Apr 10, 2008 11:43 AM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
Maria, That's interesting, I know Realtors who use one method or the other also but many do use St. Joseph.   I have heard of the backyard and he must be dug up when the home is sold.  And I know they are available online as entire "kits."
Apr 10, 2008 12:15 PM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
Maria, That's interesting, I know Realtors who use one method or the other also but many do use St. Joseph.   I have heard of the backyard and he must be dug up when the home is sold.  And I know they are available online as entire "kits."
Apr 10, 2008 12:16 PM
Elizabeth Cooper-Golden
Huntsville Alabama Real Estate, (@ Homes Realty Group) - Huntsville, AL
Huntsville AL MLS
Maria,  I actually had a client use one last month. Funny story. I agreed to list their overpriced home, only because they were past clients and her husband had MS. They were not in any hurry to sell and wanted to get as much as they could. Fine. Long story short, she buried a statue, and I'll be darned if it didn't sell for MUCH more than it should have....Most expensive house per square foot to ever sell....amazing!
Apr 10, 2008 01:19 PM
Cameron Wilson
Labrum Real Estate - Murrieta, CA
The Short Guy - Murrieta,Temecula,Menifee Californ

 I had a client bury St,Joe in the front yard but it didn't sell until they listened to me and lowered the price where I suggested. Ain't nobody gonna bury my buns upside down i the yard. LOL

Apr 10, 2008 01:55 PM