Omaha Real Estate

Omaha Real Estate Horror Story: Incompetent Agent Starves Buyer to Death

This tale comes to us from long ago in the fast-paced and long forgotten Omaha real estate market of 2005.

It was closing day. I got a call just after closing from my sellers. The seller asked me, "Were we suppose to leave the refrigerator?" I told him, "No, the buyer didn't ask for it in the purchase agreement so it's yours to take." I asked why he was asking. Apparently what had happened was as the sellers were finishing loading their moving truck the buyer showed up to start moving in, and he expected the refrigerator to stay. The seller said he would explain what I had told him to the buyer.

A few minutes later I got a call from the buyer's agent. He said that the buyer was planning on the sellers leaving the refrigerator. I told him that since it had not been asked for in the contract that the sellers were taking it. To this he replied, "But it was listed in the MLS." I explained that my clients accepted the price the buyer had offered because the buyer was not asking for the refrigerator. Had the buyer asked for the frig then my sellers would have needed a higher price so that they could afford to buy a new one.

Any agent should know that what is advertised with a home is not part of the sale unless it is included in the contract.

End result? As a result of this agent's incompetence the buyer moved into a house with no way of keeping his food from going bad. He soon withered away and died. Okay, maybe he didn't die but he was probably hungry and very disappointed in his agent's lack of skill.

What should have happened in this situation? The agent should have admitted his mistake and bought his client a refrigerator.

Don't want to end up a corpse in the real estate graveyard? Contact the Trumm Team for all of your Omaha real estate needs at 402-943-9494.

Enjoy being scared? Read this other chilling stories of real estate horror:

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Omaha Real Estate Horror Story: The Scheming Renovator

Omaha Real Estate Horror Story: The Vanishing Listing Agent

Real Estate Horror Story: Dead Silence

The sale of my listing at 3309 S 44 St in the Pratts subdivision of Omaha closed and the buyer was represented by Kimberly.

Working with a good agent makes my job much easier. It is time consuming selling over 50 homes a year, but having a good agent on the other side of a sale makes closing a deal much easier. 

Kimberly made this an easy sale and I hope we can do business again.

The sale of a property I was representing in the Escalante Hills subdivision of Omaha at 5269 N 111 Cir closed and Mary Rae represented the buyer.

Working with a good agent makes my job much easier. Mary Rae did a great job and made the sale very smooth.

I hope we can do more business together in the future.

Move to Omaha and You will Always have something Healthy to do

Ever wonder what you are going to do today?  Well Omaha has found numerous ways to answer that question.  No matter what the season Omaha has something for all sports and recreation enthusiasts.    Omaha has more than 50 public and private golf courses, more per capita than any city its size.  And is home to the Cox Classic sponsored by Chevrolet golf tournament at Champions Run.

Those who prefer water sports take to area lakes for fishing, boating and swimming, or visit the Missouri, Elkhorn or Platte rivers.  Greater Omaha Features many private aquatic facilities and water parks as well as 19 city-operated swimming pools, as well as the CoCo Key Water Resort at the Holiday Inn Omaha Convention Center.

Omaha boasts over 80 miles of hard-surface bike trails, 63 miles of mostly shaded trail along the Wabash Trace Nature Trail, and Omaha is creating a 20-mile bicycle street route connection the Riverfront Trail with the Keystone Trail in central Omaha and the Creighton University campus to Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo.

And During winter, sledding and cross-country skiing are popular.  And Omaha has many public ice skating rinks that offer skating year round.

Bored with where you live now? Move to Omaha. With so much always going on here how could you ever not have something to do. If you are interested in moving to Omaha or in Omaha real estate, give the Trumm Team a call at 402-943-9494.