Urban Legend

It seems like today, no one is free of the annoying friend who never ceases to transmit or urban legends glurge (Little Timmy who is dying of AIDS, cancer does not get his wish trip to Disneyland if you don ' did not send the 43782195704 people!). And if you're in the real estate market, chances are that people are more willing to get you into real urban legends. Some of them are true, false, and many are in between. Enjoy!

Snopes.com is your friend in these cases. Most of the time, if you get a worn sent a message, Snopes.com have the answer as to whether it is true, false, multiple values of truth, indeterminate or unclassifiable veracity. However, reading the Snopes has compensated me interesting real estate related urban myths that bear consideration. In many cases, the truth is stranger, more poignant and interesting than fiction

A legend is definitely unclassifiable only people selling houses can speed things up by placing a statue of St. Joseph on the property, usually buried. St. Joseph is the patron saint of home sellers and home in general, and a host of other things not unusually closely related to real estate, such as Canada, Pioneer, fathers and those in doubt. Although, I suppose if you were the father of one of the pioneers in Canada, which questioned the sale of the house goes well, you have an advantage over your St. Joseph-bury the competition. According to Snopes, real estate agents across the country swear by it. "Hey, it can not hurt!

A story run on President George W. Bush (then governor of Texas) said he "refused to sell his home to blacks. In 1995, Bush has indeed buy a house with a racial alliance said that only whites were to own and live in the house (ideally, the alliance has made the presence of officials of color). What the email does not mention that the Covenant has been left over from 1939 when it was still the norm for many properties. In 1948, the clauses that exclude potential homeowners based on race were outlawed, if it was not a problem from the beginning. The Section acknowledges that the parties involved in the transaction would not see it covered, it is very likely that Bush had no idea this even existed alliance.

Good credit really go for a walk on the wild side when a real estate agent, frustrated at the amount of junk mail he received, says: "Never waste a tree" on the application and sent to the company. To his surprise He obtained a credit card by mail, delivered to "Keep Tree. After sharing a joke with friends (and the world through Snopes), he cuts. Snopes has noted that some bags of fertilizer have been symbolically appropriate.

The truth is certainly not help the next story goes around - the story of the house beer is verifiable. E-mail is usually sent with some great photos of a house buried in boxes of beer. A real estate agent alerted their property manager to find a town house that the realtor was inspection. When he got there, he saw beer cans covering the entire house. The tenant has been reliable with the rent, which explains why he was able to engage in its 24-day habit can for the last 8 years. According to the news station covering the story, the void brought about $ 800 at a recycling center.

Another house, presented as the smallest house "Brooklyn" has been around the Internet several times. The only problem is that this house is not in Brooklyn. He is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and even has its own website: thelittlehouse.ca

A legend is actually based on "57 percent" story. Basically, a pastor sees a little girl cries in front of his church because she could not go to Sunday school, which was full. The pastor led her inside and found a place for her. A few years later, the child died and the pastor handles the final arrangement.