Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate with Leigh Brown - Episode #40 with Koki Adasi

Koki has not 1, but 5 crazy stories to share—and, to our dismay,
we don’t even get his most crazy one! In this episode, Leigh
interviews Koki Adasi, an associate broker and team leader for
Long and Foster Real Estate in Washington DC. With 10 years in
the industry, Koki is no stranger to the debauchery that can be
found behind closed doors.


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Time Stamped Show Notes: 

00:21 – Introduction for today’s episode

00:27 – Introducing Koki Adasi to the show

00:47 – Koki is a Team Leader and Associate Broker for Long
& Foster, in Washington, DC

01:03 – Koki has been in real estate for 10 years

01:55 – There are so many stories Koki has from his 10-year
experience

02:07 – The best story Koki has can’t be shared

02:18 – One of Leigh’s brokers told her before, “If you don’t
wind up in litigation at some point, you really aren’t busy in
real estate”

02:39 – Koki shares about the crazy mural

02:42 – Koki had a short-sale listing 5-6 years ago

02:48 – The house was in disrepair

02:54 – The seller had a knee problem and asked Koki to
go upstairs by himself

03:07 – Koki found this huge mural across the wall which
was the picture of the owner in a thong!

03:27 – When Koki went downstairs, the owner’s boyfriend
looked at him, laughing



04:14 – Koki’s second story just happened recently

04:18 – He was in Virginia, showing a luxury property

04:23 – He arrived at the property before his clients

04:42 – He pulled up to the house and looked to see if
anyone was there

04:46 – A highschool kid answered the door

05:00 – Koki’s clients arrived and they went through the
house

05:06 – They went into their son’s bedroom and saw a
young lady in the bed, under the sheets



05:37 – Koki shares his third story

05:43 – Koki called the owner early and she said she’ll
be home for the showing

05:52 – Koki and his clients knocked, but no one answered

06:00 – As soon as they walked in, the condo smelt like
marijuana

06:14 – They proceeded to go in and walk around

06:26 – The master bedroom door was wide open and they
found two people doing the deed

06:45 – Koki’s client wanted to watch, but he proceeded
to leave



07:28 – Koki shares a dog story

07:38 – Koki was previewing a property

07:41 – The owner said there are dogs in the house that
are super friendly

07:52 – Koki arrived at the property and tried to make
some noise – no dogs in sight

07:57 – He walked upstairs and heard dogs barking from
the basement

08:04 – He went to the top of the stairs and saw
not-very-friendly looking pitbulls

08:21 – He turned and ran to the bathroom, while the dogs
barked ferociously

08:28 – The dogs made it to the top of the stairs and
were banging the bathroom door

08:33 – He wasn’t comfortable leaving the property so
Koki waited 30 mins for the agent to fetch him



09:20 – Koki’s last story happened while they were doing a
home inspection

09:37 – They knew there was one tenant who was unhappy
that the owner was selling the property

09:44 – The tenant was following them around

09:54 – The tenant threatened Koki’s client that if they
proceeded to buy the property, he would kill them

10:15 – Koki’s client is handicapped

10:34 – They followed the tenant to his unit and tried to
diffuse his anger

10:50 – Koki’s client said they weren’t buying the
property



11:52 – Previewing means your realtor goes out to check on
the property prior to any showings

12:00 – Leigh believes agents should preview a property
before bringing a client over for a viewing

13:12 – Connect with Koki on his website, Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram

14:04 – Tweet Leigh Brown for your very own crazy story in
real estate 

3 Key Points Definitely expect to have MORE than one crazy
real estate story over the span of your career. Property owners can
sometimes be uncooperative in unexpected ways. Realtors should
always preview the properties before the actual showings for the
client. Credits

Audio Production by Chris Mottram

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Cover Design by Two Minds Design

Original Music by Rimsky Music