Unpleasant Discovery During Home Tour
Did you read about this in the local news? If not here's the article.
A Janesville, Wis., real estate practitioner heard a client scream while she was touring them through a home.
“I thought it was a dead mouse,” says Linda Chabucos-Galow, who went to investigate and discovered her clients staring at the owner of the home, who was lying dead on the bed.
An autopsy determined home owner Linda L. O'Leary, 55, had been dead for two to three weeks, Rock County Coroner Jenifer Keach said Wednesday. The cause of death remained under investigation, but O'Leary appeared to have died of natural causes and no foul play was suspected, the coroner said.
Chabucos-Galow says she set up the showing without knowing the home owner's identity. After entering the home, she noticed a faint odor but thought it was from the mess in the house or the countertop full of dishes.
Gale Kent, the Coldwell Banker First United Realty agent who listed the house, says the property was on the market "for a while," but didn't say how many times it had been shown in recent weeks.
Source: Associated Press (05/02/07)
I guess this is just another good reason to make sure as an agent, we're checking in with our sellers on at least a weekly basis.
A Janesville, Wis., real estate practitioner heard a client scream while she was touring them through a home.
“I thought it was a dead mouse,” says Linda Chabucos-Galow, who went to investigate and discovered her clients staring at the owner of the home, who was lying dead on the bed.
An autopsy determined home owner Linda L. O'Leary, 55, had been dead for two to three weeks, Rock County Coroner Jenifer Keach said Wednesday. The cause of death remained under investigation, but O'Leary appeared to have died of natural causes and no foul play was suspected, the coroner said.
Chabucos-Galow says she set up the showing without knowing the home owner's identity. After entering the home, she noticed a faint odor but thought it was from the mess in the house or the countertop full of dishes.
Gale Kent, the Coldwell Banker First United Realty agent who listed the house, says the property was on the market "for a while," but didn't say how many times it had been shown in recent weeks.
Source: Associated Press (05/02/07)
I guess this is just another good reason to make sure as an agent, we're checking in with our sellers on at least a weekly basis.
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