Real Estate Humor

Stay Christmas Eve & Morning in A Christmas Story Rent The Christmas Story House For Christmas Eve and Day

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If money were no option, this could be the Christmas present of a lifetime for a fan of the movie A Christmas Story. On eBay there [...]

30Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

A Classic Home Sale Mess - Read It To Believe it

What do you get when you rent a home to a buyer before the home’s sale is complete? Any seasoned real estate agent will tell you a mess.
Now add into the equation that the home is technically owned by the 2 year old daughter of an illegal alien. She was the owner to get a [...]

17Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 3 comments | Continued

How Not To Clean Cobwebs From Ones Eaves

A Georgia man learned an important lesson when cleaning out cobwebs from his house.
DON’T USE A BLOWTORCH!
Yep, this guy did not use much common sense as he used a blowtorch to to clean the cobwebs from his one story house outside of Atlanta, Georgia. The homeowner set fire to his attic and now has [...]

9Nov2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Real Estate Agents Threaten Scientist Over Climate Change

Or so he says…
An Australian scientist, Professor Andrew Pitman, is telling the media that real estate agents are threatening him over his climate change research. He claims that the agents who are selling coastal property disagree with his conclusions and are threatening him for publicising them.
The research concerns coastal erosion and the potential loss [...]

29Oct2008 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Bobcats Take Over California Foreclosure Home

You would think after seeing the reports that the housing market in California has gone to the dogs. But now we know that instead the cats have taken over. Bobcats that is.
A Tuscany Hills home in the foothills of Lake Elsinore that has been sitting vacant for the past 6 months have a new family of bobcats [...]

7Sep2008 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

Do We Really Want Internet Connected Refrigerators?

Appliance makers are all worked up about designing internet connected appliances that can communicate together with other appliances. But the real question is, does the consumer really care about this convergence?
I have to tell you, and I am pretty tech savvy and into the internet, I could care less if my fridge had wi-fi… To [...]

25Aug2008 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Even The Dead Are Leaving Detriot - No Wonder Housing Prices Are Dropping

Everyone knows that Detroit is having trouble keeping people in the city. Housing prices are below scrap costs, there are no jobs to speak of as the auto industry implodes, and the Mayor is in and out of jail.
But it is a surprise to me that the dead are even leaving the city. Over the [...]

12Aug2008 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Castle and Island Sells For $26,500 in Entropia

But can a person earn 6 percent commission on the deal?
Not likely as this castle and island, with full mining, taxation, and resales rights only is available online. It is located in the virtual world of Entropia, a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPGs) that has taken off with over 750,000 players around the world.
Reading about this transaction has [...]

1Aug2008 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued