Category Archives: Humor

By the hour

Posted on November 23, 2014 by grim

From HousingWire: Realtors don’t deserve 3% commission? Should Realtors and other real estate agents be just paid hourly, or should we stick with the 3% commission? … Some posts on other forums suggest paying Realtors by the hour. Really? Really. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, General, Humor, Unrest | 44 Comments

Housing market in NJ haunted?

Posted on October 20, 2014 by grim

From the APP: Toms River still haunted by ‘Amityville Horror’ For some Toms River residents, the filming of Amityville Horror in the late 1970s and its subsequent and less memorable sequels of the 1980s, was in fact a real life … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, New Jersey Real Estate | 103 Comments

Oh hell no

Posted on October 13, 2014 by grim

This one was completely random, caught my eye scrolling through news stories this morning, from CNN: Straight out of a nightmare: 5,000 brown recluse spiders inside home A home in an upscale Weldon Spring neighborhood that has been overrun by … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 57 Comments

Mickey Mouse Deadbeat Renters 1936

Posted on September 21, 2014 by grim

Mickey and Donald miss 6 months of rent payments then avert the Sheriff Sale by packing up their belongings and skipping out the back door. The more things change…

Posted in Humor | 10 Comments

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Posted on July 28, 2014 by grim

From the Star Ledger: Snooki’s and JWoww’s Jersey City ‘Guidette Barbie house’ for sale Jersey City’s very own south Jersey Barbie dream house is now on the market. The one-time home of Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and Jenni “JWoww” Farley near … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, North Jersey Real Estate | 100 Comments

Mr. Makowsky builds his dream house

Posted on June 14, 2014 by grim

From the NYT: A ‘Money Pit’ No More The Long Island mansion used for “The Money Pit,” the 1986 comedy starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long about the ultimate fixer-upper fiasco, is poised to go on the market for $12.5 … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 38 Comments

Most exciting places in Jersey? Discuss.

Posted on June 4, 2014 by grim

From Movoto: These Are The 10 Most Exciting Places In New Jersey If you’re in New Jersey and you’re bored, you’re obviously doing something wrong. Just look around—this state is absolutely full of awesome places to be and awesome things … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, New Jersey Real Estate | 123 Comments

Midweek Laugh (or Cry)

Posted on May 14, 2014 by grim

From AOL Money UK: Posh car ‘pushes up house prices’ Having a posh car in the driveway can push up property prices, according to a survey. As many as a third of people reckon having a luxury motor outside their … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 153 Comments

Northern New Jersey Snowblower Report

Posted on February 12, 2014 by grim

Open discussion about snow removal, mass transit, traffic, collapsed roofs, ice dams, broken pipes, snow drifts, end of the world. I should have stayed in Key West.

Posted in Humor, Unrest | 114 Comments

Loveshack case gets more interesting

Posted on January 15, 2014 by grim

From the Record: Real estate agent, accused of having sex in Wayne client’s home, claims extortion in countersuit Pay me $990,000 or have your love nest exposed and your reputation destroyed. That’s the choice a Wayne real estate agent claims … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, New Jersey Real Estate | 95 Comments

Loveshack baby loveshack!

Posted on December 23, 2013 by grim

From the Record: Suit: Real estate agents used Wayne home for sex A former president of the Passaic County Board of Realtors is accused in a lawsuit of steering potential buyers away from a couple’s vacant Wayne home so he … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, New Jersey Real Estate | 69 Comments

As if anyone needed a reason to be (or stay) here

Posted on November 6, 2013 by grim

From Movoto: 28 Reasons You Need To Move To New Jersey 1. Diners Are the Only Restaurants You Ever Need 2. Taylor Ham, Egg, and Cheese, Salt, Pepper, Ketchup on a Roll 3. You Know in Your Heart North Jersey … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 117 Comments

So much for that Code of Ethics

Posted on July 8, 2013 by grim

From the NY Daily News: Real estate agent fired from job after dumping dead animals on neighbor’s property: cops If good fences make good neighbors, these folk should have opted for barbed wire. Two Pennsylvania realtors have been cited for … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Trash | 82 Comments

Cost to raise a kid in Manhattan just went up by $6.2 million

Posted on April 1, 2013 by grim

From the Atlantic: A $6.2 Million Apartment for a 2-Year-Old? Such is NYC’s Luxury Housing Market Talk about investing in the future. A Chinese woman recently purchased a $6.5 million condo in the One57 building in Midtown Manhattan, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 62 Comments

Buyer must feed squirrels

Posted on January 12, 2013 by grim

From the WSJ: Can I Buy Your House, Pretty Please? Rob and Julia Israch won a fierce bidding war for a three-bedroom townhouse in Mountain View, Calif., late last year even though their $750,000 offer—while $92,000 above the asking price—was … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 67 Comments