“I showed a property that was supposed to be vacant, but when we went upstairs to the bedrooms, there were two tourists in separate rooms. The property was illegally being used for an Airbnb by a non-owner. We were all surprised.”

“There was a sex dungeon in one of our listings. Awkward!”

“I was showing a client a potential flip property. It had been abandoned and was in really rough shape. No utilities in the home. We went upstairs and there was a room full of shelves. On every shelf, there were a dozen or so enclosures with dead tarantulas and a football-sized hole in the roof.  Needless to say, we did not buy that particular property.”

“While performing a showing, I came across a very beautiful and unique chandelier that was custom-made and imported. My clients and I were in awe.”

“The strangest and scariest thing I’ve gone through while preparing a listing was finding a snake in my client’s basement. We were touring the home together going over notes to prepare the listing, and we stopped in the basement in front of the HVAC equipment to talk further about that. I put my hand behind me, thinking I was about to lean on a wall and instead, felt glass. I turned around as soon as I noticed it wasn’t a wall, and I was greeted by the face of a giant snake. I literally screamed at the top of my lungs and jumped. Luckily my client took it well and laughed it off. I now ask about all animals in the house before going in so I am prepared.”

“I showed a house that had a large spot in the shape of a person on the wood floor from a decomposed body, not the most unusual thing. except that the fluids had leaked from the top level to the lower level.

I showed a house that had people sound asleep in nearly every room at 2:00 p.m. The showing was confirmed with notes “seller might be home at the time of showing”. 

I have a phobia of snakes and have run, screaming, right past my buyer clients to the safety of the back porch.

I’ve had out-of-town clients follow me through the city looking at homes and I got lost…twice. Oops.”

“I’m quite strict with my clients in terms of how I’d like their homes to be presented so nothing on that end. I’ve come across very bizarre, and creepy paintings that have made my skin crawl during showings in otherwise beautiful homes.”

“I haven’t come across anything strange, but I’ve been in many unique homes and often come home with some great ideas!”

“This situation was quite funny and very stressful.  My male client and I were attending a home inspection.  We had arrived early, and the home inspector had yet to arrive.  My client was getting anxious and wanted to check the attic while waiting for the inspector.  We had no ladder for him to get into the attic, so we used a dresser in one of the bedrooms for him to stand on.  I used my scarf to cover the dresser.  My client climbed onto the dresser and opened the attic hatch.  He attempted to climb into the attic but realized the opening was too small because of his jeans and belt.  Determined to get into that attic, he took his jeans off and handed them to me.  He was standing there in his boxer underwear.  Needless to say, I was somewhat embarrassed and stressed thinking that the inspector was going to show. How was it going to look, me holding his jeans?  My client got into the attic and started to look around. He was telling me what he was seeing.  As I suspected, the inspector showed up, I’m holding my client’s jeans and my client’s head is popping out of the attic opening and he says to the inspector: “Hi nice to meet you. I’ve already inspected the attic and it looks good.”