Real Estate Humor

The Big Wig and the Chair Man of the Board - Some Fun History

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!We get so caught up in the 9 to 5, 4 bedroom and 2 and a half baths routine that we do not take much time to have some fun. Since I can not take all of my readers […]

11Oct2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Selling the Unsellable Home - With Pictures

Michael Baden is a kindred soul as he is willing to take on the impossible just to see what happens. A real estate agent in the Phoenix, Arizona region he has taken on the impossible home to sell, a 150,000 dollar fixer upper (which only a real estate agent could call a fixer upper) in the most disreputable […]

30Sep2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Love The Mont Blanc Feel Without The Mont Blanc Price?

As a real estate professional, note taking and contract signing is a way of life. The Mont Blanc pens are renowned for their style and feel as ink meets paper. Well, if you are like me, the 200 dollar price tag of a Mont Blanc is beyond what I will pay for a pen.
However […]

26Aug2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Yesterday, Bankruptcy seemed so far away…

This was sent to me by a reader named Ralph, another funny adaptation on the present real estate situation. Goes right along with The Day The Subprime Died.

Yesterday
by Jesse F. yesterdaycamesuddenly@hotmail.com
Yesterday, Bankruptcy seemed so far away, Now it looks as though it’s here to stay, Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly, I’m half the […]

23Aug2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

President Of Impac Mortgage Pulls Money Out of Countrywide Bank

If a run on a bank was not so serious, this would be even more funny than it is. Bill Ashmore, president of Impac Mortgage which just barely survived going into bankruptcy and is essentially a holding company now, raced over to the Countrywide Bank offices to get his money out. He had a $500,000 […]

17Aug2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

This Advice Would Have Been Good 2 Years Ago

Thanks Athol for finding this gem…

14Aug2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued

Does Blogging Success Make You a Pariah in the Office?

There is a wonderful commercial that Holiday Inn put out last March about blogging. Dave Winer referenced it yesterday and as I tend to do, I put it in a real estate agents perspective.
Blogging is a wonderful tool to get your name and face out in the world as an expert. And the speed that […]

14Aug2007 | Tom Royce | 2 comments | Continued

Life of a Blogger - Knocking Off Early

If you work for yourself out of the house, Adam at Home is one of the great comics. He captured yesterday perfectly for me.

Click on comic for full size and to read more.
Tags: Adam-at-home

12Aug2007 | Tom Royce | 0 comments | Continued

Ironic: Buffalo Has An Anti-Flipping Task Force

Real Estate fraud in the city of Buffalo has gotten so bad that the mayor has created an anti-flipping task force. Or the possibility that in this dying city that is so dependent on government jobs, it is another boondoggle that will supply lots of nieces and nephews safe employment and good benefits.
With housing prices […]

6Aug2007 | Tom Royce | 4 comments | Continued

Thank Me For Not Attaching A Picture To This Post

Could you imagine showing homes and driving down the main street and seeing a senior citizen walking down the city just wearing a fanny pack? That was what happened in Brattleboro, Vermont this past week. They have had a casual approach to nudity in this city but I guess this goes against the pale.

After […]

16Jul2007 | Tom Royce | 1 comment | Continued