Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate with Leigh Brown - Episode #11 with Sharon Mcrill

Summary:

If you’ve been in real estate long enough, there’s a good chance
you’ve run headlong into a hoarders—hoarders are everywhere!—and
your next client could be one. Listen as today’s guest Sharon
McRill shares her outrageous experiences with hoarders—from
finding a single ruby earring in a room with piled up stock
perspectives, to discovering photos from the 1930s and tracking
down the original owner.


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Time Stamped Show Notes:

00:30 – Introducing Sharon McRill

00:41 – Sharon is the owner and founder of Betty Brigade

00:58 – Sharon works with hoarders

01:43 – You have no idea what you’ll find in a hoarder
home



02:18 – Sharon got hired to an estate sale inside the house
and get all the stuff out

02:32 – Her client hoarded stock perspectives from 1960s
until she died in the 2000s

03:02 – There were two rooms full of perspectives

03:11 – The crazy part? There were actual live stock
certificates and Sharon and her team had to go through each
pile!

03:25 – They found $8,000 cash, a gold coin collection,
and loose gold

04:36 – The daughter asked Sharon’s team to find a single
ruby earring in the room

05:08 – They found the ruby earring that had been in
there for 30 years!



05:43 – Hoarding is an illness

05:53 – Sharon also worked with a lady who hoarded things she
dumped out of her purse

06:06 – There were gum wrappers, candy, half pens,
crumbs, cookie packages, and all kinds of ridiculous stuff!

06:35 – Sharon would put the blank receipts in the trash
and the client would get it back because she couldn’t let it
go



07:55 – Real estate agents walk away from listing these
houses

08:22 – There is a way to get the hoarded items cleared out
quickly without having to put them in trash

08:36 – Calling up an estate seller is not always the best
way to go

09:04 – Sharon is picky with her staff and makes sure they
are fully background checked

09:16 – There is no special insurance, just a bonding
certificate

10:31 – Sharon is in the tool room of another client which
hadn’t been cleaned for 50 years!

10:48 – The tool room had layers of dirt and a lot of
mice

11:00 – Sharon found a cupboard with a tool shelf full of
bank statements from the 1960s and 1970s

11:41 – There were photos of the home owners from the
1930s which Sharon gave to the daughter



12:17 – Reach Sharon at Betty Brigade

13:00 – Are you a listener with a crazy story to share? Ping
Leigh at crazyshitinrealestate.com

3 Key Points Hoarding is a disease. When working with a
hoarder, always return what you find. Secure a bonding certificate
to protect yourself and your clients from liability. Credits

Audio Production by Chris Mottram

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Cover Design by Two Minds Design

Original Music by Rimsky Music