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☆ Fake Guns and 500-Pound Boars: The Strangest Things Home Sellers Have Left Behind
  + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +3 min
Q: What’s the strangest thing a seller has ever left behind after closing? In 2014, I was working with some buyers who wanted to live on a working farmoff the grid. The sellers had 16 horses, 25 chickens, threegoats, a huge potbellied pig and a Russian boar named Kevin. Aswe got closer to closing, the sellers were panicking because Kevin had escapedhis pen and was running loose on the property. We didn’t learn it wasn’t real until I called the sellers to tell them they left something behind.
Persons: Mary Aronoff, Douglas, Kevin, —, Abby Nelson, Realty, ‘, ’ Organizations: Cleveland National Locations: San Diego, Calif, Descanso, Russian, Fla, Florida
☆ Personal Finance - The Latest News, Guides and Analysis on Retirement, Mortgages, Credit Cards, Taxes and Debt to Help You Better Manage Your Money
  + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Tom Herman | Amitabh Chandra | Victoria Eardley | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Recommendations from Buy Side from WSJThe Buy Side editorial team is independent from The Wall Street Journal newsroom. The Best Savings Account Rates This Month Looking for a place to stash a little extra cash? Here are the accounts that pay the most. The Best CD Rates Right Now If you don’t need ready access to your money, certificates of deposits offer better yields than traditional savings accounts.
Organizations: The Wall Street Journal
☆ Vodka Vaults and Human Centerpieces: Real-Estate Pros Dish on Over-the-Top Open Houses
  + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
So, we decided to throw what we called a “vodka vault party” to encourage people to sample vodka on the terraces. We hired a fabulous bartender and offered the guests vodka tastings from brands such as Anestasia, Barr Hill and Purity. We also hired a DJ, and by the end of the evening, everyone was dancing in their faux fur. The penthouses sold a few months later. One sold in August 2016 for $1.625 million, and the other in September 2016 for $2.999 million.
Persons: Samantha Rose Frith, Coldwell Banker Warburg, Joel Moss, Barr Organizations: Coldwell Banker Locations: New York City, Chelsea
☆ Buyers Are Getting Home Loans From an Unlikely Source: The Seller of Their House
  + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. https://www.wsj.com/articles/seller-financing-to-avoid-high-mortgage-rates-cd93d705
Persons: Dow Jones
☆ ‘I Screamed and Ran, Called 911.’ Three Home Showings That Went South Real Fast.
  + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-screamed-and-ran-called-911-three-home-showings-that-went-south-real-fast-a9c0d47c
Persons: Dow Jones
☆ ‘I Screamed and Ran, Called 911.’ Three Home Showings That Went South Real Fast
  + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-screamed-and-ran-called-911-three-home-showings-that-went-south-real-fast-a9c0d47c
Persons: Dow Jones
☆ Tornados! Fire! Ice Storms! These Real-Estate Agents Risk Life and Limb for the Sale
  + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +3 min
Illustration: A Richard AllenWhat is the worst weather you have ever had to contend with while showing a home? I see wall clouds all the time, but for those not familiar with them, it’s a giant tower of clouds, and it’s very dark and ominous-looking, so it can be scary. My buyer, who claimed to have been some sort of weather watcher, started freaking out, saying things like, “That’s a wall cloud! I wouldn’t say this was the worst weather, but it was definitely the weirdest. The sky was red and black, and all we could see was a small circle of light in the sky.
Persons: Richard Allen, Justin Fox, Max, —, hysterically, Victoria Rong Kennedy Organizations: Cottage, Corcoran Group Locations: Cottage Grove, Minn, New York, N.Y, Manhattan
☆ Finding the Right House Can Take a While. For One Buyer, the Process Spanned ‘91 Homes in Total.’
  + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
What is the most houses you’ve had to show before a buyer made a purchase? When I started in real estate, I worked as an assistant to a top producer. He also probably realized it was going to take a lot of work and a lot of driving around. We would go out several days a week and see an average of five houses each time. I saved every printed listing from our showings and counted them up—there were 91 homes in total.
☆ ‘I Went Through the Doggy Door.’ When Real-Estate Pros Get Locked Out of Listings.
  + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
I didn’t have a key, and the woman wasn’t responding to my phone calls so I frantically called the man. He gave me the garage code, which I tried several times with no luck. I called my client again to let him know the garage code didn’t work. He then said, “Why don’t you go through the doggy door in the back? I was wearing a dress and heels, so I took off my shoes, got down on my knees and went through the doggy door.
☆ ‘I Went Through the Doggy Door.’ When Real-Estate Pros Get Locked Out of Listings
  + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
I didn’t have a key, and the woman wasn’t responding to my phone calls so I frantically called the man. He gave me the garage code, which I tried several times with no luck. I called my client again to let him know the garage code didn’t work. He then said, “Why don’t you go through the doggy door in the back? I was wearing a dress and heels, so I took off my shoes, got down on my knees and went through the doggy door.
☆ For These Stranded Real-Estate Pros, a Backhoe, AAA and a Mom Van Saved the Day
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
It was about 1,100 feet off a dirt road. We took pine branches and put them under the tires to give them some grip, but it didn’t work. I had to call an excavator because we were so far off the road that a regular tow truck couldn’t reach us. The excavator actually drove a backhoe from his farm down the dirt road to find us. And they didn’t buy the property, so all of that trouble didn’t result in a sale.
☆ How Do Full-Time RVers Get Mail or Pay Taxes? ‘You Can’t Just Fly by the Seat of Your Pants.’
  + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
After Covid-19 decimated the hotel industry and caused closures throughout the nation, Wendy Heineke, 55, found herself at a crossroads. With 35 years of experience, she resigned from her position as a senior vice president at a hotel real-estate investment trust, sold her house in Maryland and hit the road full time in a 42-foot luxury motor coach with her fiancé, Jimmie Steinberg, 53, a serial entrepreneur. The first year was uneventful, and the couple had “an amazing experience” in the $635,000 RV, Ms. Heineke said, traveling 16,000 miles criss-crossing the country. But then they faced an unexpected challenge.
☆ ‘I Was Happy to Never See That Cat Again.’ When Pets Have It Out for the Real-Estate Agent
  + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +2 min
Matt Vinci, real-estate agent, The Corcoran Group, New York CityAbout three years ago, I was representing the seller of a three-bedroom apartment in an older co-op building on the Upper West Side. Two kept to themselves, but the third was an older, grumpier cat. I yelled and stepped back, but the cat kept lunging at me and swatting at me with its paws. After about 20 minutes, the cat was still hissing and swatting at the sliding door, so I decided to try barking like a dog, which finally got the cat to back up. I gingerly opened the balcony door, grabbed my stuff and got out.
☆ She Wanted to Buy the Boston Penthouse—Mummy Head and All
  + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
It turns out it was a hidden door that led to a closet, and inside was a brownish sarcophagus mummy head on a display table. I don’t know if it was a real mummy or not, but it sure looked real. I then showed the apartment to a buyer, and she hit the door and the mummy head appeared. I told my seller she really loved the apartment and wanted to put an offer in, but that she wanted the head. The condo was listed at $2.5 million, and we ended up selling it very close to ask, with the head.
☆ How to Protect Your Wine From Heat, Power Outages and Earthquakes (Yes, Earthquakes)
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Eric LeVine lives in a 7,000-square-foot Foursquare Craftsman home in Seattle that was built in 1912. In 2007, he completed a 2,000-square-foot addition that included a garage, a home theater, a sunroom and a deck. Mr. Levine, founder and chief executive officer of CellarTracker, a website and app for cataloging wine collections, and an avid wine connoisseur, also built two subterranean wine cellars as part of the addition. With 500 square feet of space, the cellars can hold 8,000 bottles, although his personal collection currently consists of 3,200. “Having a nice, purpose-built cellar, either a showpiece cellar or a more functional cellar, is the single best thing that will preserve your collection.”
☆ Home Buyers Flock to Florida Cities Devastated by Hurricane Ian
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Robyn A. Friedman | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Less than a month after Hurricane Ian caused widespread devastation to southwestern Florida, investors and other buyers are scouring for housing deals in a region where home prices have soared in recent years. Demand remains strong from both locals and out-of-staters, according to residential real-estate agents in Naples, Fla., and other areas near the path of the Category 4 storm. They say they have received numerous inquiries from people still interested in relocating to the Sunshine State, or hoping to pick up distressed properties.
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