Happy Halloween!! Some scary times in empty houses.

Our dinner conversation this evening was reminiscing on what Halloween was to us as kids, and what we used to do to scare ourselves. My group used to seek out abandoned homes, or barns, in the surrounding MD countryside, and we would explore, attics and basements included. This would get the blood going in this thirteen year old, as empty basements are scary, even in the middle of the afternoon!

Afterwards, I started thinking about the same feeling, which I still get when previewing empty homes for prospects. There is still the surge of adrenalin, as each room holds the unknown, until you see that it is just another empty bedroom with carpet that is a little scary! But at least twice this year, I have truly left homes with the hairs up on the back of my neck. One because I just got a very bad feeling, and another because of the strength of the unidentified odor.

I guess it is just another thing that I will not miss about this market we are in-ALL of the empty homes. Let's hope next Halloween is a little less scary!