It's not unusual for a homeowner to help facilitate the sale by burying St Joseph in their front yard. I have had many sellers tell me that they did so, or ask if I have a supply.
I consider myself a good Real Estate Agent, but even I will take any help offered.
The evening before close of escrow on a property, the sellers asked me to stop by for a visit. We settled on the back patio to have a glass of wine and discuss the difficult escrow period that we were all happy was coming to an end.
Selling the house was difficult enough in a slow market so after 3 months when we got a contract that we accepted everyone was thrilled. Then reality set in. During the inspection period, the buyer supplied us a long list of somewhat silly repairs, which the seller agreed to do, because after all they had a buyer and did not want to jeopardize the sale over a GFIC that may or not have been needed 10 feet from any water source.
After finishing the repair list, the AC quit working, we needed a new thermostat, then a tree died in the back yard, the spa quit pumping, and a windstorm tore off the roof to the patio, the mailbox fell over and the grass got an infestation.
So sitting on the patio we all rejoiced about the impending COE! It was then that my seller told me she had planted St. Joseph on the first day of the listing, she was sure he brought the buyer to us, I had worked hard, but hey, I agreed, why not, could be?
Then she explained the reason for all the fiascos that fell upon them during the escrow period. It seems that very morning she had gone over to dig up St. Joseph and found she had decapitated him sometime earlier. She thought back to the last time she was digging in the garden. After the inspection period ended, she decided to replant some flowers for the new buyer and while digging she thought to herself, where is St. Joseph? Must have buried him deeper. It was on that day, the problems started with the house. THAT was the day of the mutilation.
We all laughed for a while and she said "So you see it was all my fault" I laughed and laughed then I agreed, why not, could be?
WELL IT COULD BE!
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