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irvinehomeowner

irvinehomeowner

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Stole this from OCReader (props to Cameray):
https://twitter.com/reconfidential
What happens on a home tour does not always stay on a home tour... Every story shared here is true and straight from the source, our very own Redfin agents.
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A funny one:
Spare bedroom painted purple, filled with Prince memorabilia. The kicker: Velvet portrait of Prince as Jesus, complete with crown of thorns
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Any of our agents or shoppers find anything interesting on their home tours?
 
irvinehomeowner said:
Stole this from OCReader (props to Cameray):
https://twitter.com/reconfidential
What happens on a home tour does not always stay on a home tour... Every story shared here is true and straight from the source, our very own Redfin agents.
Click to expand...
A funny one:
Spare bedroom painted purple, filled with Prince memorabilia. The kicker: Velvet portrait of Prince as Jesus, complete with crown of thorns
Click to expand...
Any of our agents or shoppers find anything interesting on their home tours?
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I've seen all kinds of stuff, one of those most interesting things I saw with one of my buyers was at a Westpark condo.  The sellers were in the condo when we were viewing it.  The seller's wife had a newborn that was about a month old.  As we started going into the hallways we started to see these black and white pictures of the wife while she was pregnant.  Not really a big deal other than she was not clothed in all of the pictures (there was no real nudity other then a few side profiles).  There were like 10 pictures of her in the hallways and two bedrooms....just a little weird.
 
In Aliso Viejo there was a house that had a HUGE mirror built into the wall angled downward right where the bed would be in the master bedroom.  There were also holes in the wall where equipment(?) could have been mounted.  There was also an extensive pron (misspelled intentionally) collection in the garage in boxes.  Not sure if any of it was filmed 'on location'.  It became known and was referred to as the pron house to my wife and in-laws.
 
I'd carry one of those blue "CSI" evidence lights and some Luminol along on that home tour.
 
One of the houses I toured was a foreclosure that still had a mirror on the ceiling in one of the bedrooms.  I joked with my wife about how romantic it would be.  It kind of embarrassed our realtor.
 
irvinehomeowner said:
This recent one was haha:
REConfidential said:
Arrived at a home and found another Realtor who had been locked on back porch (3 stories high) for 4 hours with no phone.
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LOL...poor realtor. I could see myself doing something like this. I once got stuck in a restaurant bathroom and had to scream for help. Soooo embarrassing.
 
traceimage said:
irvinehomeowner said:
This recent one was haha:
REConfidential said:
Arrived at a home and found another Realtor who had been locked on back porch (3 stories high) for 4 hours with no phone.
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LOL...poor realtor. I could see myself doing something like this. I once got stuck in a restaurant bathroom and had to scream for help. Soooo embarrassing.
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I am pretty sure I know the realtor that was stuck (and I almost did the same thing).  The property was in Laguna Beach up off of Bluebird Canyon...  ;-)

-IR2
 
Mirrors w/frame tend to be heavy and dangerous when mounted over your bed -- if it falls on your head.  There are lightweight glass-less options avail that are easier and safer to install.  Just Google it.

pr0n production doesn't usually use ceiling mirrors.  I think it has something to do with interference with lights & reflectors.  Those in the photography business can probably shed light on this subject.


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(I was pretty shocked when someone at Shinsengumi in Fountain Valley played a Wink CD last year.  Must have been a fan back in the 80's, LoL).

 
This one started off as the typical weirdness... but the realtor's last comment made me laugh:
Full-length mirror on the floor. Electric body shaver. Short, dark curly hairs all over the mirror & carpet. I've seen much better staging.
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Ok... so we've heard about the stripper poles, mirrors on the ceiling etc... but this one takes the cake:
Redfin said:
Toured a $1M house with a credit card machine hooked up & sitting on night stand in the master bedroom.
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How convenient... but so traceable.
 
irvinehomeowner said:
Ok... so we've heard about the stripper poles, mirrors on the ceiling etc... but this one takes the cake:
Redfin said:
Toured a $1M house with a credit card machine hooked up & sitting on night stand in the master bedroom.
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How convenient... but so traceable.
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Instant HELOC access!
 
irvinehomeowner said:
Ok... so we've heard about the stripper poles, mirrors on the ceiling etc... but this one takes the cake:
Redfin said:
Toured a $1M house with a credit card machine hooked up & sitting on night stand in the master bedroom.
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How convenient... but so traceable.
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address!  too funny...
 
Not all Irvine Johns carry extra cash. Credit card machine on the nightstand is for the upgraded options.

irvinehomeowner said:
Ok... so we've heard about the stripper poles, mirrors on the ceiling etc... but this one takes the cake:
Redfin said:
Toured a $1M house with a credit card machine hooked up & sitting on night stand in the master bedroom.
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How convenient... but so traceable.
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Eh one of the bank owned places we went to, lots of cosmetic damage, the kitchen looked pretty beatup, windows cracked, hole punched or kicked in a cabinet, it did look malicious but nothing major. But the worst part was when someone "forgot" to flush LOL, looks like they most likely did that on purpose. The place has been in escrow twice but fallen out, I think there is some hidden damage there that only surfaces later after a deeper inspection.

Not as cool as the Prince story but still stuck out lol
 
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