[Tim Shepard Destin]

We meet and work with people from varying backgrounds, occupations, lifestyles, etc. What' your funniest, strangest, or most unique experience in the business.

I'll tell you mine:

I had a lady in her late 50's that was looking to move up from S. Florida. She found me online and we had conversed via email and telephone for several months before she finally came up to look around.

Her budget was fairly meager and I put together a list of homes in the areas that she could afford. Don't get me wrong, I weeded out the really seedy, high crime parts of town and were showing her the best available given her situation.

I picked her up at her hotel about 9:00 a.m. and started showing her around. After we had looked at 4 or 5 houses she says "Tim, I don't really like this part of town. It doesn't look too good". I spent a couple of minutes reassuring her that this was the best that she was going to do here and that this neighborhood wasn't all that bad. I wasn't very convincing and she told me that she wanted to look further North in some areas that are more rural.

I agreed, pulled in the next driveway, and turned around to leave the neighborhood. After I'd made a couple of turns and gone a few blocks, my client says "What's going over there?" I looked over to the house on the right side of the street and was shocked to see a LARGE COMPLETELY NAKED LADY CHASING A DOG. Fortunately, my client burst out laughing and didn't hold the previous neighborhood testimonials against me.

That's the only time I've ever seen a naked woman chasing a dog in my life and the timing couldn't have been worse. We don't even have clothing optional beaches in this part of Florida.

My client is happily living in her house in the country but she never forgets to mention this when I talk to her.

[andyReloans]

I was showing a couple a home that was just on the outskirts of town, mind you this was later afternoon, early evening. Well we arrived to find the back door open, which was odd as the owners should have been gone so we walked in and after calling out for a few moments with no answers we continued to look around the home. Everything was going great until the husband asked to see the basement.

The basement stairs were right behind the backdoor, so we walked past the door that was previously open and down stairs. I flipped the light on and was shocked to see a 6 point buck at the other end of the basement!

Needless to say the wife was the first one up the stairs and out the door. We went outside and I called the authorities and the current homeowners at the time. As we sat outside and waited the buck emerged from the door and ran into a thicket behind the house.

[RESteve]

Funny story, Tim! Andy, your jaw must of hit the floor when you saw it. Do you think the owner was keeping it trapped down there?

Domesticated bucks anyone?

[Business with Greg]

I do not go out in the public as much as you agents do or visit homes. But, I did have a customer come in and discuss how she has not visited a gynecologist for 30 years out loud to the entire office and she was my customer.

I did not ask but I am fairly sure that is not the only professional she has not visited regularly because she was missing some teeth.

Why did you have to remind me..?

[andyReloans]

Ya I was pretty shocked, when the owners did finally show up it seemed that their son had left the door open and the buck must of smelt his doe scents in the basement. Guess the guy was a big hunter lol.

[First Time Home Buyers]

I once had a small dog barking in a house my buyer's were seeing. They looked around, and I tried to calm the dog down, but he wouldn't stop.

I followed the dog down into the basement where the master bedroom was, and saw a small piece of doggie poo on the floor after I got down there.

I then looked over in the bedroom and saw the dog on the bed (with white sheets) who continued to bark at me, and saw him poo-ing all over the bed!!!

So, I picked up the poo, and met my buyers back upstairs where they told me that Mrs. Buyer was the teacher of the Seller's daughter (a la pictures in the house). Oh, and this was a Short Sale.

So, needless to say, we left and didn't come back for a 2nd showing.