I've written a bunch about the emotional aspects of the home buying experience.
In a series of posts on Sex And Real Estate, I reviewed the excellent book by Marjorie Garber by the same name. The emotional triggers that cause us to fall in love with a home often overwhelm the "information" that is presented about. There's no denying it. I have personally rationalized away the fact that the home I was about to buy didn't have enough bedrooms because it just "felt like home." I was in love with it.
I couldn't resist posting this hilarious video. It illustrates just how strong these triggers can be. It wouldn't be so funny if it weren't so true. :)
Jeff Turner aka respres
Jeff - GREAT !!! The "thing" in the cellar, dead clown but excellent school zones. What a Realtor ! :)
Jeff, No! Homes are bought on emotions?!? The video was too cool! I was hoping that he would venture into the cellar.
LOL that is awesome! I was laughing my arse off. I love british humor too it's the best. Thanks for the post keep them coming.
That's a great video!
I was really hoping he wouldn't manifest himself today. I love it. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah what do you mean that people do things on emotion? Shop? Shop for a home? Come on now the world we live in today it would never happen.
Hope all is well... loved the video
The video hits it spot on, love it when the wife gets annoyed with the husband about asking too many questions that needs to be asked but the wife is so in love with the house, she doesn't see the problems. Classic
hahahahaha - That was great Jeff! Thanks!
Too funny!!! I think a good stager could have done something with the clown to make him less malevolent looking - no problems.
It's kinda like "Oh, the water in the basement? No big deal. It only happens when it rains." I loved the video. The woman seemed to be OK with the unsepakable evil. Hmmmmm. (just kidding!)
Too funny, Jeff! I too have bought a money pit home based on emotion. You haven't lived until you've been through a complete exorcism remodel.
I guess what is true about attraction to people is also true about attraction to real estate. Sometimes love is blind.
What a wonderful way to make a point. I really like the point of fact about so many agents trying their darndest to get the sale. Great post.
Jeff- This is hysterical- In the interest of full disclosure you have to appreciate this agent!
I got a kick out of that. The funny thing is that we have a logical guy that has issues with the scary clown and the evil... and the wife is ready to look at the closets.
But if it has a big garage...
Great video - somehow I think the dead clown would have gotten me too.
I thought the agent did a stellar job on disclosing adverse conditions.
Come one. We all know the good schools will override evil and foreboding, every time. LOL!
Laughed until my sides ached. Got to love the Brits!
Way too funny, my friend! And the dead clown sealed the deal for me - gotta go! Thanks for sharing!
"So, is this thing a problem"
"Not unless you look at it. Never look at it."
Even with out the thing in the cellar is their an extra cost for supernatural beings? What a little mold be glad you don't have dead bodies in the lower level. How fussy can a buyer be?
Jeff I saw this one when it came out. It is pretty good satire :)
Love how the wife is just wishing he'd shut up -- she's loving the house!
"... it feels nothing but hatred toward anybody who wishes to make it their home. And as you can see, the windows let in an awful lot of light." :)
That is a great video. I love it.
This is a classic and so true. Of course The Thing is exagerated reality, but people do this all the time. Thankfully they wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat and figure it out...
Oh my gosh. Jeff what would we do without you to let us know about "the evil things" that and live in a home. Yikes!
Just a house guest that does not go away. What a great video. it takes all types and that one is out there. Thanks for this mornings laugh.
Jeff, it looked more like the wife was in a different dimensions!!! LOL. She was not even listening to a word the Realtor had to say about the "it".
Thanks Jeff! The lighter or darker side of real estate! Dead clown in the basement unfortunately reminds me of Gacy in my area. LOL, Agent was really a good salesperson.
Chiming in to add my thumbs up for this post.... great video and yes, it's so true! I loved the agent, so cool and collected.
Jeff, I think she had a sale. We all know who the decision make is. AJ
Oh my! This is the home I showed last week - we are writing on it tomorrow!!
That's uncanny!
That was pretty funny... I bought my townhouse without even looking at it until we did the home inspection. I got lucky :)
That video is hilarious! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Never look at it.
Awesome
That was a hilarious video. Thanks for sharing with us.
Sean Allen
The British do have a great, quirky sense of humor. I wonder if you have to disclose a dead clown...material fact:)
Diane... dead clown seems like a trivial detail to me. :)
now THAT'S funny!
That's hysterical! I've had people turn away from a house just because it was in Valhalla which is know for its cemeteries. The fact that the name is derived from Old Norse as the "Hall of the Slain" doesn't help/ The families involved were worried about spirits even though the homes I showed were not known for being permeated with"unspeakable evil." But I guess you never know. Just for the record, we weren't anywhere near the cemetaries.
Tooooo funny! Great reasons to consider Staging when selling a house. Thanks for posting.
Great video. Glad you found it and shared it.
Now I'm off to share it with some others.
Great video. Glad you found it and shared it.
Now I'm off to share it with some others.
That is just way too funny but oh so real!
Susan
That is a great video Jeff! Very funny and creative. Thanks for ending my day with a laugh.
Thanks for the laugh! I think we should all take lessons from this Realtor on overcoming objections! I think I'll pull that one on an unsuspecting client sometime and see how it goes! LOL (okay, it's got to be the right client, but wouldn't it be so funny??)
Jeff, that was absolutely great. Sometimes a house just feels right. I always say that I can work with anything as long as it has some basics. That video just cracks me up though. Thanks for posting.
I once had a listing with the address 666 and some people refused to even look at it because of that. The sellers just laughed.
Jeff, completely bizzare. Way over the top, but completely in the realm of believability! ;-)
I love it, love it! The agent discloses it all so cheerfully.... "the house is actually permeated by unspeakable evil ".... "basically a shapeless mass of malevolent energy".... And yeah, Kristi, I love that e-trade commercial, too. I think the phrase "underestimated the creepiness" has worked its way into my regular thought processes.....
P.S. I think you need to watch it 3 or 4 times to pick up all the little subtleties ... but it's short...
Hi Jeff, that was just too funny and perhaps too real at the same time. I suppose there are REALTORS like this and it was certainly entertaining if nothing else. How do find all this stuff?
Now that's funny. I was going to write a post about egative enery in homes, but I think this has it covered.
William... somehow this stuff finds me. :)
Jeff - OMG... too funny - you have the best "stuff"!
P.S. - loving the real estate shows...
Debbie... thank you!
That was a great video and I am off to share it with others!
Jeff,
You are The Beatles of the real estate marketing community.
The Walrus
aka John from Benson,Az
Well, that's quite the compliment. Thank you.
OMG! That video was hilarious. LOL LOL
You are absolutely right. Truth is i=oten stranger (and funnier than fiction) I love that video too!
Hilarious video! I love Real Estate ... we deal with so much we can all share and laugh at!
I have had houses that I thougth were posessed before.
This shows it bluntly.
Richard