Welcome back for this month’s Untold Story of a Boise Realtor! This story is one that I’ve told so many times and remains my most shocking experience yet as a Realtor. It happened about 6 years ago with clients of mine that are so so so dear. I ADORE them! These clients had 5 kids at the time (6 now :) and these sweet kiddos usually joined us when we looked at houses. Grandma and Grandpa also joined us most of the time. This particular day we had several houses lined up to see. I want to say it was at least 5. When I’m showing houses, I have to line up a tour and make appointments with sellers to show their houses. So for this day of showings, I had arranged appointments at each of the houses on our list. We saw a couple and were running behind the schedule that I had arranged, so I was keeping in close touch with the other sellers to let them know we were running late, etc. The house in question was no different. I had been in contact with the seller numerous times. He told me, “No problem! We can be flexible! The house will be ready when you get here. FYI - there is a dog in the back yard.” Great! Nothing unusual about any of that.
We finally arrive at this house - my clients, their 5 kids, and Grandma and Grandpa (I actually don’t remember if G&G were with us on this trip but they usually were). I access the key from the lockbox and open the door to let us in. We all pile in and the first door to the left of the entry is closed. Many houses here in Boise have an office in that location, so 
I was pretty sure that was what that door led to. So I said, “let’s start here in the office” and swung the door open to reveal the office. At least that’s all I thought I would be revealing. Instead, we found a very large man, scantily clad laying in a hospital bed! WAS HE DEAD? SLEEPING? Would he wake up and wonder why all 10 of us were in the office with him staring at him with mouths agape? WHY DID THE SELLER NOT FEEL IT IMPORTANT TO TELL ME THIS MAN WOULD BE IN THE OFFICE? He seemed to think it was important to tell me there was a dog in the backyard! The best part, though, is my awesome clients just backed out of the office, shrugged, and went on to see the rest of the house. It may go without saying, but it wasn’t the house for them :). Lesson of this story is, as a seller, if you’re harboring a large, partially naked man in your office, PLEASE LET REALTORS KNOW! I continue to be affected by this showing as I still have a hard time opening closed doors while I am showing houses.
Written by Becka Marston
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