REALTORS® have seen it all - the good, the bad, and the downright hilarious. We talked to a few Missouri REALTORS® about the funniest things they have encountered on the job, and the answers really did have us laughing out loud. Here are a few stories from our members!
“We had a great buyer, sweet as the day is long. She came in on the day of closing, very excited for her new home. It would usually be a safe assumption that once the buyer closes, the seller will follow closely behind. Late in the afternoon, we were struggling to get a hold of the listing agent. When she finally returned the call, she explained that her seller had gone missing. The seller's agent had been sitting at the title company waiting for the seller to arrive. The seller never arrived. The seller was reported missing by her family and 3 days later was located. She had been so distraught over selling the home, that she checked into a mental hospital on her way to closing. After another 60 days and much patience on our buyer's part, the transaction finally closed.” - Michelle Walker, ST. CHARLES REALTORS®
“I had a buyer call me two hours before closing to tell me his wife had surgery and was too uncomfortable to make it to closing. We can do mobile closings, provided she's not medicated..... but he left out that ‘surgery’ was that she had given birth four days prior and was at home, not wanting to get dressed to go out and drag the little one along. Two months of home searching with him only, and he left out that his wife was arriving to the country and very much expecting a child!” - Brianne Sides, PULASKI COUNTY BOARD OF REALTORS®
“A funny moment I remember was when I was in the process of having a property management agreement signed. The owner was elderly, and when he read over the paperwork he stated he would not sign it. When asked why, he stated: ‘This contract says "where indicated the masculine shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural."’ I explained what that meant, but the owner stated that he knew it meant we would be renting to transvestites.” - Isabelle Jimenez Walker, GREATER SPRINGFIELD BOARD OF REALTORS® INC
“A number of years ago I had a father/daughter from Iowa come into our office wanting to look at lake properties. Father was retirement age, daughter was middle aged, but she asked about snakes in Missouri. So I covered that with her. When we were at one of the properties, the father had gone outside to look at the wellhead, which was at the corner of the house, close to driveway but hidden. I walked up to ask if he found everything ok, look down and see that, unknown to him, he has his left, booted foot on the head of a snake. I looked at him and calmly asked him if he knew he was standing on a snake? And then zooooom, I'm outta there! I immediately ran to the front of the house. Left my poor client there. He crossed the driveway to me, told me he picked it up and threw it into the woods. We went inside and made sure that his daughter did not go outside! They never came back.” - Nancy Hilburn, TRI LAKES BOARD OF REALTORS®
Thanks to everyone who shared their funny moments with us! Share your own in the comments below, or join the discussion on Common Ground.