Today, I was closing the deal on this beautiful $200k ranch in the country. The buyer soon pulls up and we get to discussing the contract terms, soon the buyer asks the seller," Wow why is this house going so cheap?" The seller replies, "Do you believe in ghosts?" There goes my $8,000 commission. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I spent 3 hours trying to close a simple $400 deal with a homeowner. He spent 3 hours telling me about his life story including his marital problems, his philosophical views of the world, AND he read me 20 pages of haiku poems. Only 3 hours later did he tell me he couldn't accept my deal. FML
Today, after days of working with a client on plans for a project, I received a message halfway through completion, saying the deal was off because my prices were "so low, it seems like a scam." FML
Today, my new neighbor informed me with great relish that the house I have just bought is haunted because 30 years ago a man shot himself in the kitchen. I'm now paying a huge mortgage on a house I'm frightened to be alone in. FML
Today, I found out that my childhood vacation home was on sale for 149K. We sold it for 99K 9 months ago. FML
Today, I bought a home at a bargain. It will need 5 grand in repairs to fix plumbing and electric, but it's mine. When I pulled up the listing to show pictures to my friends, there was a new listing that was in the same neighborhood, and a larger, nicer house that is move in ready. Same price. FML
Today, I submitted an offer on a house. I got a call a few minutes later saying that it had collapsed. FML
Today, I found out that the piece of vacant land I purchased for $20,000 is illegal to build a house on, due to acreage restrictions. Thank you, realtor. FML
Today, after saving for years, I was finally ready to buy a home. I found a decent place. I put in an offer. A hedge fund bought it 7 minutes later, for cash. FML
Today, my partner and I went to the inspection of a house we wanted to buy. The whole roof was illegal. This is the second time our realtor has shown us a house with major issues. FML
Today, I was supposed to close on a house. Unfortunately, our lender decided that they couldn't finance us and denied us a loan, after 3 months of us digging up paperwork, saving money, and packing. Now we have to scramble to find a new place, while our insane landlady screams at us. FML
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Dukedj 0
Wow. That is totally screwed up. I hope the seller was saying that as a joke, if the seller wasn't then they are a total idiot.
Darth_Taco 14
You got the wrong buyers. If I had the money, I would've bought the house BECAUSE of the ghosts. Unless they were vengeful spirits. I'm sorry though, that really sucks. Especially in this global economy XP.
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Comments (126)
Loe_307 0
Seller = Fail. That's pretty lame.
HeyyyBrahhh 0
Aww, that really sucks.
lovergirl9008 0
you only get 4%? that sucks. most realtors i know get 6%.
01100110 0
I wouldn't want a new movie called "The haunting in the beautiful 200k ranch house in the country" based off of a true story of me being killed by a haunting.
Abirys 0
lol ghosts
Kat_MS 0
#7 - IMO the seller totally deserves it for saying something like that in front of a buyer =/. Whereas the OP was just doing their job, trying to earn a living.
cwdeus 0
#7: The seller lost 200k for their own stupidity. The OP lost 8k for other's stupidity.
Rasnosaur 0
to #7..the problem is...dontaskdonttell was trying to do his job to earn this money but the owner was stupid enough to say something to get the deal off...and the owner wasn't the one who did all the work..conclusion : owner deserves what he got...not dontasktonttell
Ashora 0
"psychological condition of the house" LOL
kamranbird 0
Lol wow you should get TAPS to come.... theyre on the show ghost hunters on the SciFi channel.