Three embarrassing moments as a Realtor...
- My mom sold her house and decided that she gave away so much in the negotiations, that she was taking the light bulbs from throughout the house. She had two grocery bags full. I slipped in and replaced all the bulbs before handing over the keys. Two years later my sister and I were going through mom's things to help her move again and there sat those bulbs.
- One cold winter morning, I was accompanying a women home inspector on client's inspection. All that was left was going underneath the house and she was putting on some knee pads and a respirator to finish the inspection. The opening was small but it appeared to have a new black vapor barrier. The inspector entered the small opening of the crawl space, first head and she started kicking like Michael Phelps. I couldn't hear her but I heard what I thought were screams. So I grabbed her legs and pulled and all I could see was she was wet and needed help I pulled so hard, her shirt got torn off in the opening. Under the house was a fresh water spring and under the plastic vapor barrier lie 2 to 3 feet of water.
- I had to drop off some paperwork at a local escrow office on a Saturday morning. I entered the front door and I heard that noise that Realtors detest, the alarm count down noise. Since the front door was unlocked and the lights were on, this sound was a shock. I yelled out, no answer. Now the alarm started wailing and the phone call from the alarm company came so I answered. I told them to "Call the owner, I am not going anywhere."The owner arrived about 10 minutes later just as embarrassed as I.
I, like most have had so much fun with my job as I think back. Where else could you meet so many people in so many situations?
Authored by Paul S. Henderson, Realtor ®, RE/MAX Professionals, Dupont & Lacey, WA.
(http://phenderson.net) or http://www.lacey-washington.com
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