After the financial crisis of 2008 the economy hasn’t been the same, and as a result, selling your house, condominium or apartment can be very difficult. The average time that a home stays on the real estate market is longer than ever, and original asking prices are often slashed lower and lower before an offer is finally made. In light of these challenges, many homeowners and real estate agents are resorting to…how shall we say…more “creative” sales methods.
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13 Funniest Real Estate Commercials
Check out some of the most ridiculous–albeit undeniably original–real estate ads we’ve stumbled across!
1. We agree that selling your own home can be painful, but is it that bad?
2. Honesty has to be worth at least something, right?
3. On behalf of your neighbour, “point taken”.
4. Thanks for clarifying, Mr. McSpadden!
8. A spacious yard with the newest technology in lawn care: “pixilated turf”!
9. Does he come with the house?!
10. Well in THAT case, where do I sign?
So folks, after all that—what do you think? Creative?Horrible?Desperate? Regardless, one thing’s for certain. You can’t blame ‘em for not trying!
LOL! Thank you for posting this. I needed a laugh today. I think my favorites are #6 (plus Chicken) and #10 (free Chicken). I think these folks got the whole “Never go shopping on an empty stomach” thing a little mixed up.
These are great! They definitely are attention grabbers, and I love the ones that are really honest. Although that can backfire, because I wouldn’t be keen on house with asbestos. If nothing else, I applaud the sheer creativity. Nothing like a poor economy to bring out the imaginative side of real estate.
These are great ads! I know many agents who go out of the way to distinguish themselves in the real estate market. The Free Pizza with House sounds nice! Wouldn’t mind moving into a new house and have dinner covered.
However, some of the signs like “my next door neighbour is an asshole” is definitely not appealing to anyone! If the owner wants to move, then why would anyone want to move in next door to a horrible neighbour?
In America people will do anything for a free t-shirt or pizza so I think that’s a kick ass strategy! Honesty is an interesting sales tactic. However the sign about the Asshole neighbor makes me want the seller for a neighbor instead of wanting to purchase their house.
Chicken, Pizza and a bad neighbor. Sounds like these people are pretty good at giving you something that is worth very little. The hottest realtor in LA does not surprise me one bit! That is SO LA.
But I really loved the “touched up” lawn. Nothing says they are hiding other problems as a lawn that has been painted in by the owner on their Paint program.
Just craziness.
A few of them are very creative and funny. I particularly liked the “neighbor” one. Some of them made absolutely no sense, like the buying a $450k house for $750k. And some of them were just downright stupid, like the pixelated lawn. There was clearly something to hide.
Desperation is never is never good! Such a state of mind usually leads to wrong actions.