AGENT AND BUYERS ALMOST EATEN ALIVE....A STORY YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS...!!!!

Ahhhhh the ever so reassuring Agent notes that almost landed us in the hospital and with a law suit to fight..WHAT ARE PEOPLE THINKING...???????

I try to prepare myself just before showing homes. I speak with the Listing Agent, find out anything special I need to know, comment or question any unusual Agent notes...and thought I was good to go!

It's 90 degrees, I showed 4 houses, we have two more houses to see, and you are about to walk into something that you were never planning on when you put your Realtor Badge on.

With listing in hand, I glance down at the Agent notes just to remind myself as to what special needs this home has. "Please leave card, make sure all lights are shut off, friendly very old dog pete will be laying in his bed"

Well I think you all know where this TRUE story is going....We entered the home and sure enough, little old pete is curled up in his bed, barely raising his head to see who we were...and I began to show the home....

Taking a little extra time, I believe we may have a winner here. How about we find the cherry on this sundae and see this lovely finsihed basement.

We begin to go down the steps, I have my buyers lead the way to get the full effect...and from the corner of my eye..I see LITTLE OLD FRIENDLY PETE MAKE A DASH TOWARD THE BASEMENT DOOR WITH TEETH SHOWING.... I SLAM THE DOOR SHUT AND I REMAIN STANDING ON THE TOP OF THE STEP WITH MY HEART IN MY HAND...

I HEAR FROM MY RIGHT EAR...OHHHH WHAT A LOVELY BASEMENT...LOOK THEY EVEN HAVE THE WET BAR WE ALWAYS WANTED..AND ALL I CAN HEAR FROM MY LEFT IS..IS PETE,,AKA,,,KUJO SNARLING AND GROWLING....

I STOOD THERE FROZEN.....I COULD JUST READ THE HEADLINES...AGENT AND CLIENTS EATTEN ALIVE BY FRIENDLY OLD PETE...I NOW TAKE MY CELL PHONE OUT..TO FIND...I AM IN A "DEADDDD ZONNNEEEE"

I'm at the bottom of the steps..with a PAINTED SMILE ON MY FACE...AS I PRETEND TO BE LOOKING AT THE BASEMENT BUT I'M REALLY PRAYING THERE'S A HOUSE PHONE DOWN THERE...WHICH THERE WASN'T.

I look at my Buyers and say, we have a slight issue, do you have your cell phone on you? We may have an issue with the dog. They said yes...and they too had no service.

We now have no choice but to make a run for our lives...I go up the steps first crack the door open a little, I neither see nor hear the dog. I step out keep the door open to block the kitchen and tell my Buyers to RUNNNN..as I follow them in the dash of our lives..I see OLD PETE, WHICH MAY I ADD PROBABLY NEVER MOVED THIS FAST EVEN IN HIS PRIME...

AS I LITERALLY PUSH THE BUYERS OUT THE FRONT DOOR...PETE LUNGES UP AND ALL I COULD DO AT THIS POINT WAS PUSH MY HANDS DOWN AND PULL MY KNEE UP TO BLOCK HIM..MY KNEE CATCHES HIM UNDER HIS CHIN AND HE FALLS BACK..I GET OUT THE DOOR AND SLAM IT SHUT....

I LOOK BACK TO FIND THE COUPLE RUNNING INTO THEIR CAR AND NOT LOOKING BACK...

I LOCK THE DOOR AND GET ON THE PHONE WITH THE PHONE WITH THE LISTING AGENT..ONLY TO HEAR..

"GEE HE MUST HAVE BEEN IN ONE OF THOSE MOODS!!!"

I HOPE THAT THIS STORY CAN HELP AN AGENT OR A HOMEOWNER, THAT FEELS COMFORTABLE THAT THEIR FRIENDLY PET, TO NOT TAKE THE CHANCE. ALL IT TAKES IS "ONE OF THOSE MOODS", TO GET SOMEONE HURT, OR TO GET THEM A POSSIBLE LAW SUIT.

CATHY CATALETTO

732-489-3044

PS

YES MY BUYERS BOUGHT SOMETHING..BUT NOT THAT HOUSE!!