Real estate orientated movies can make for some of the funniest movies because they resonate with so many. Home improvement ideas gone array, a best friend moving in with newlyweds, buying/selling a home a haunted house, and so forth. The movies can be a crazy place yet when looking at these movies truth is stranger than fiction and here is a follow up to Spooky houses in Snohomish County for more real estate related humor.

The Money Pit

1986 saw the release of The Money Pit. Starring Tom Hanks and Shelly Long, The Money Pit featured a young couple buying a Colonial style home that needed some work to bring it back into grandeur. Little did Walter & Anna know, this home would become a living nightmare of repairs, lazy contractors, and … a money pit. The story is full of humor and my favorite is when Walter has fallen into the floor and held up by a rug for hours till Anna comes homes to rescue him.

You, Me and Dupree

Ever had a roommate that just didn’t work out? Well that is the case in the movie You, Me and Dupree. Owen Wilson (Dupree) is a good friend of a newly wed couple who settles into their new home when life intervenes and Dupree becomes, what appears to be a permanent, a fixture in their home. The house guest wears out his welcome to Carl, however, everyone else just doesn’t see it that way. Dupree gets caught up in being to friendly of a house guest yet it all eventually works out to create a fun newlywed comedy.
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Trolls, every social network community has them yet it is always frustrating to deal with them. Trolls make there presence known through their creative use of the English language, clever insults, and all around inaccuracy of information. For more clarification on what a online Troll looks like just take a stroll through YouTube.com comments and you’ll be an expert in no time.

Yesterday, I received an email from a person claiming to be a reader of the SeattleBubble.com. I read the SeattleBubble as the sites primary author, Tim, puts together well written posts which make mine look like a 5th grader wrote them. Occasionally I’ll comment yet most of the time I still feel like a rookie over there.

I admit, I’m not always perfect with opinions or analysis yet I try and do the best I can – this is a free country and the site hasn’t barred me yet from commenting. So, without further ado, here is Joe M. Maugh’s email.

Real Estate Troll’s Unedited Email

Zero down! Except you have to pay cash for the lot! And it’s a plastic house in an area that will be a ghost town in five years! Yes, I spent thirty seconds on your website! Losers! Tell your loser buddies to lose the Josh Powell facial hair! YUK! And your posts on the bubble? Annoying! I’m a lurker, I just annonomously flame assholes and morons. No need for my negativity to get on that website. So, so long asshole!

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When you look at this place; what do you see?

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ended homesteading. As in previous real estate humor posts, this one generated a funny exchange of banter on Facebook.

Elvis isn’t dead; he just moved to Snohomish County.

Just when I though I’d see it all, this extremely blue 2-story single wide mobile home showed up while out showing.

This home brings new meaning to the term Mother-in-Law apartment.

This home caused quiet the stir on Facebook.

Happy Friday and to kick off the weekend here is one funny real estate video. Bubba, your friendly backwoods real estate agent, is here to conduct a buyer’s presentation. How does he do?

Most of us have seen websites and emails from sites like There I Fixed It or pictures showing a severe lack of job safety training. Well today, I was treated to my very own fail install. People designing make shift wire harnesses, using ladders atop of ladders, or having a truck so packed full of stuff that the term ‘overflowing’ is an understatement.
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Have you ever been driving down the road or out viewing homes and thought to yourself that homes is creepy? It is usually at the end of the street, over grown bushes and trees block portions of the windows and entry ways, and it is dark and not welcome. One of the most iconic homes ever inTV history was residents to Herman, Lily, and Grandpa. Yes, the Musters. With its Victorian design, crusty old dead trees, and the Munster Koach out front who could fight the urge to pull over and view the property. Not necessarily the most frightening of houses especially when compared Lizzie Borden house in Fall River Massachusetts or the Winchester Mansion in San Jose California.

In and around Snohomish County you won’t find any stories of ghostly specters or haunted mansions once owned by famous people but you will find some creepy homes just waiting for the right buyer to come by and give them some love. So here are 10 worn down wrecks currently for sale in Snohomish County.
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Crazy neighbors. From time to time we all have had them, our friends or family lived next door to them, or just heard some stories that seem to come right out of the movie “The Burbs“.

Today, I was talking with a previous client and she shared her recent experiences. Living in the golf course community of Gleneagle in Arlington, one wouldn’t expect to find to much craziness. This is not the case of Julie (real name not used).
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People in Snohomish County are probably wondering why their property taxes have increases while the real estate market has softened. It is because the property taxes are based on the County’s evaluation and typically includes historic values of comparable properties.

Through the early 21st century people where watching their home values increase while property taxes stayed relatively low. Now in today’s real estate climate it is the opposite side of the spectrum. Property taxes are increasing while property values are decreasing. In the coming years this will change to reflect more accurate home value to property tax ratio because of the market correction Snohomish County has experienced
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Would you still buy this home if the schools where good?