They should hand out an award for realtors who have to deal with certain nightmare tenants who are simply NOT worth any amount of commission whatsoever. Here's one (two actually) of them.

I was selling a home that had a two bed. basement suite.  Nothing unusual about that, I thought to myself as I first opened the door to the suite.  My nose recoiled and shrunk back into the base of my skull.  It was revolting.  I had been told that two skateboarders lived there, with no offense to the many skateboarders in this fine country who are respectable citizens.  The 2 skater 'dudes' who lived in THIS basement were two of the most disgusting human beings I have ever come across.

Each week I would have to throw blankets over their pornography collection strewn about the suite. I often wondered where they got the money to buy that many D.V.D.'s.  They also had full sized posters of their favourite 'stars' of the same smut throughout which posed a challenge to censor (I used a little tape if anyone else has the same problem).

Of course the home wouldn't sell because of these two clowns (did I mention the marijuana baggie with pipe on the kitchen table?) and I couldn't convince them to throw in the 'smut collection' as part of the deal.  At least then I could market the home to perverts and introverts.  I could see the MLS heading now.  "STUNNING FOUR BEDROOM HOME...ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS....INCLUDES DEBBIE DOES DALLAS VOLUMES 1-4!!!"

The one time I had people come back to visit a second time, the toilet had clogged right before we got there and, of course, the skater dudes hadn't cleaned up the river of sewage streaming down the hallway. 'Surf's up', they probably thought. As the other realtor peeped around the corner, I asked her if everything was alright. She couldn't reply immediately because she was dry-heaving and gagging too heavily.

I believe the home is still for sale to this day.  Moral of the story--Realtor DO earn their commission.  Please go to www.truerealestatestories.com for more from our collection.