Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate with Leigh Brown - Episode #101 with Susie Nelson-Crowley

Is this stripper pole structural? Susie Nelson-Crowley, realtor
and CRS in the Tampa Bay area, will tell you that a pole, stage,
DJ booth, and party tubs don’t necessarily mean an impossible
sale. Tune in to learn how Susie allows her clients the space to
see and experience the potential of their new home – despite
themed rooms and a party house website.  


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Time Stamped Show Notes:

00:35 – Susie is from Tampa, Florida

00:58 – She’s been in Real Estate for 15 years and is a CRS,
she services the Tampa Bay area

02:05 – She is a Certified Residential Specialist: She is a
realtor with additional education and enough transactions to be
identified as a cut above the rest

03:22 – Her crazy story in Real Estate



03:28 – Was working with a new client and was mostly working
with husband (wife worked in an office and was less flexible)

03:44 – They wanted to put sweat equity into their investment

04:03 – In the era of short-sales and bank-owned properties,
they found a home in a rural area and went to the home

04:35 – Home must’ve been grand in its day, and it was
beautiful with corridors and windows...until they saw a stage and
a pole

05:35 – Embarrassed with the new client, she looked up to the
roof and said, “Gee, I wonder if that’s structural”

05:52 – As they walk through the house, what it was used for
becomes more obvious

05:58 – There was a bar, a coat check room, a DJ stand, and
upstairs the rooms had titles (The Safari Suite, The Jungle
Suite), party tubs, and fitting wallpaper

06:44 – They could see where cameras must’ve been in the
rooms

07:10 – She was thinking, “Don’t touch anything in this
house!”

07:25 – Her clients bought the house; they could see what it
could be

07:35 – Home inspector is dry, walks through home saying, “We
won’t have any problem knowing which room is which!” They’re
already named!

08:09 – Neighbors were happy it was purchased, they had the
address changed with the municipality because it was listed
online as a “party house”



09:01 – Home inspectors need to be focused and detailed, it’s
not based on personality

09:28 – The inspector protects the buyer and the realtor, and
can be the best to-do list if you’re getting a fixer-upper

10:10 – A realtor’s personal distaste for a property could
cloud the potential the client sees in the house – let them make
their own decision

10:55 – Realtors need to take a backseat and let the buyer
experience the home themselves



11:30 – Realtor provides important information as needed

11:42 – If you are looking for a realtor in the Tampa/Tampa
Bay area, contact Susie through her website at:
tamparealestatepulse.com and check out her blog

3 Key Points If you are realtor, consider becoming a CRS – It
shows that you are a cut above the rest. Select a home inspector
based on their attention to detail and work – not personality. As a
realtor, let your clients experience the home themselves; they may
see potential where you don’t. Credits

Audio Production by Chris Mottram

Show Notes provided by Melissa Valder