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.
RECENT BLOG POSTS
Only a week has passed since the last Blooper Reel, and I have enough submissions to write a book. Some of these made me laugh aloud, but of course, I do drink a lot… Check out these humorous gaffes, which I hope will make your holiday even more fun:  This is a Gas “Gassy yard with trails” (When...
07/05/2013
  Hi, Friends – welcome to this week’s MLS blooper reel. I know we all depend on technology to expedite business transactions and marketing, but I wonder what is being lost in the process. Spelling? Proofreading? Common sense? Be sure to spell check AND proofread before hitting “submit,” or you c...
06/27/2013
  Attention all agents: Are you experiencing summer daze? Ah, yes, my friends, it seems the MLS and other advertising outlets never run out of hilarious bloopers. Thanks to Matt Stigliano of San Antonio, Texas, for his great contributions this week. Yes, we are all human, so we all make mistakes,...
06/20/2013
Whoa, there sure were a lot of bloopers on the MLS and in real estate advertising this week, friends! As the market picks up, the spelling and proofreading seems to go down. Get a load of these “quackers”: Quack Quack "Duck work not complete" (That explains the webbed foot in the driveway.) “Use...
06/13/2013
  It’s Blooper Day, friends, and all I can say is, “bombs away!” Thanks to Andrea Swiedler of Connecticut for some great finds. If you want a few hearty laughs, check out these MLS and advertising listing remarks that self-detonated: Incoming! “Seller wood carry” (What is he - an Oregon lumberja...
06/06/2013
Hi, friends. It’s Blooper day, and as usual, I had more than enough to fill a clown car… and I am not just referring to the agents. Ba-dum-bump. Some of these were simply classic! Read ‘em and weep: What’s Your Beef? “Make this home your cattle” (I wouldn’t know whether to tan it, milk it or eat...
05/30/2013
It’s Blooper day, and the MLS never disappoints. Thanks to Indiana’s own Bruce Walter and to Jan Pastras of Los Angeles for a number of great contributions this week. I hope you can help me with the last one by adding your comments. I laugh so hard every time I read it that I cannot come up with...
05/24/2013
It’s Blooper day once again, my friends. There were enough typo casualties in the nationwide MLS listings this past week to fill an English Grammar ER. These are the cases that required serious triage, and of course, I was happy to help.  Please enjoy: The Oozy “Nice wounded area” (The area wher...
05/17/2013
Hi, friends – as usual, there were a lot of gaffes and laughs in the MLS and real estate advertising outlets this past week. Thanks to Michael Jacobs of Pasadena for his hilarious contribution about a very special townhouse. Thanks also to Patrick Martin of Los Angeles for some great finds, incl...
05/09/2013
The blooper reel is back, friends. Never does a week go by without a rash of contributions of bloopers from all over the U.S. Some are baffling, while others are simply hysterical. These were my favorites from this week’s whoppers. Please enjoy: The Walking Dead “Be part of the housing doom” (Ye...
05/02/2013