Sherlock of Homes

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Real Estate Agent - Sotheby's International Realty - BRE # 01362887
A very humorous Blog that highlights gaffes from the MLS & ad bloopers.

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2011 

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Friends, check out my neighbor's legendary house in Laurel Canyon. It was once an army base where they shot propaganda films during the war, but now it is a single family residence! It is currently for sale if you want to buy it for $6.3M and be my neighbor. (I live in the dump across the street....
08/31/2011

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I propose that Realtors be asked to take a spelling test if they plan to write their own listing remarks. Kids in school have to pass spelling tests, so why shouldn’t we? However, I must admit that’s a tall order. When I think of how many agents actually pronounce “Realtor” as “Real-a-tor,” I sh...
08/26/2011

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There was a spelling circus on the MLS this week, friends. Kim McMahon sent us a beauty from Chicago and Marco Giancola from Ft. Lauderdale found a side-splitter.  Enjoy the performance! Under the Big Top “Buy or tent” (Offered by Ringling Brothers Realty.) "Foot served" (How does the other one ...
08/19/2011

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Please pray for the victims of the Indy State Fair disaster, and their families. And God bless the people who jumped INTO the pile of metal to try to save others. We honor your courage and selfless response to those in need. You are heros. VISIT GWEN BANTA AT WWW.LAHOMESITE.COM IF YOU WOULD LIKE...
08/15/2011

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Are you guilty of littering the MLS with cast-off listing remarks, egregious misspellings, and idiotic utterances? These MLS bloopers prove that some agents are. Thus, if the shoe fits, wear it…even if it’s the only shoe you have left. Thanks to Michael Jacobs from San Marino for his great contr...
08/12/2011

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Laurel Canyon has a special event on one Sunday in October every year: Laurel Canyon Photo Day. All the residents of our peaceful, mellow, rock-n-roll canyon go to The Laurel Canyon Country Store for food, music and conversation. It's as friendly and folksy as you would expect the "Home of Rock-n...
08/10/2011

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It seems many agents just don’t understand that spelling is part of selling. Last week’s MLS and the local real estate ads provided definite proof that some agents couldn't manage an alphabet if it were in their soup. There were also a number of slips that would indicate that some serious partyi...
08/05/2011

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          How many times has a song taken you back to a moment in your life that filled you with joy or made you weep? It always amazes me how a song can transport us to places we have been…and to places where we have never been. The Happenings are currently singing “See You in September” on my ...
08/01/2011
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