Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate with Leigh Brown - Episode #10 with Tony Iacoviello

On today’s episode of Crazy $hit In Real Estate, Leigh sits down
for an interview with The Real Estate Geek, Tony Iacoviello.
Listen as Tony talks about the time he wandered into a nudist
mobile park, only to end up selling and listing many of the
properties in there. Tony will also highlight other nude
encounters and explain how he handles a lack of clothing in the
professional setting.


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Time Stamped Show Notes:

00:37 – Tony’s introduction

o 01:00 – Tony does real estate in Toronto, Canada

o 02:24 – Tony seems to attract nudists



03:36 – Tony’s first story starts with the mobile home park

o 04:53 – Tony started working in a nudist trailer park

o 05:02 – Meet a lot of clients there



05:10 – Nudists don’t mind if you show up wearing clothes

05:25 – “You’ll hear a lot of stories there”

06:20 – Trying to be a professional, Tony took his first
meeting with grace

o 07:02 – Try your best not to stare!



07:34 – Don’t talk about it (nudity) much

08:01 – Tony’s friend had monopoly on the park’s listings

08:26 – One gentleman from the park approached Tony

o 08:58 – The gentleman pulls Tony to the side and starts
sharing stories



09:18 – Tony and the gentleman developed a certain kind of
friendship

10:05 – Tony runs into the gentleman in the bar and the
gentleman buys him a drink

10:20 – Tony and Mike were sitting at the bar and Bob comes
in

o 10:43 – Mike says he gave Bob a heart attack 25 years
ago

o 14:40 – Bob makes his way to Mike and Tony at the bar

o 14:47 – Tony quickly finishes up his beer to go home

o 14:55 – As Tony was about to excuse himself, Bob turns
to him and says, “Did Mike ever tell you the story of how he
gave me my first heart attack?”



15:25 – Tony worked as a buyer’s assistant with his friend on
the nudist park

15:49 – Tony sold a bunch of the mobile homes

16:28 – Another nudist client emailed Tony

o 16:53 – The client wanted to sell his home and buy one
in Hamilton

o 18:08 – The client says he wanted to be comfortable in
his own home

o 18:18 – For the listing presentation, client says he
wants to be naked the entire time!

o 18:38 – The client’s name was very similar to a person
Tony knows



19:00 – Tony gave it a shot

19:37 – The client seemed to get the impression that Tony was
going to get naked with him!

19:45 – Tony explained that he dealt with different clients
with different backgrounds

o 20:45 – Hamilton is a multi-cultural place



21:06 – Client says he frequents one of the nudist parks –
Ponderosa

21:26 – Tony declined going to Ponderosa

21:38 – Before going to the client’s house, Tony phoned his
friend, Conrad

o 22:02 – “I just wanted you to know the lengths I would
go to, to make you money”

o 22:09 – Conrad got nervous so Tony told him the story
–and Conrad wished him luck



22:23 – Tony went over the house and the client was actually
clothed!

22:47 – Client confirms to Tony that he’s okay with the
nudism thing –and stripped down naked!

23:08 – They ended up the listing presentation that way and
client again asked Tony if he wanted to try it

23:18 – Tony declined politely

23:57 – Find Tony through The Geeky Agent

24:06 – Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube

24:30 – Are you a listener with a crazy story to share? Ping
Leigh at www.crazyshitinrealestate.com

3 Key Points In real estate, you have to be prepared for
everything—even nudist clients. Respect other people’s beliefs and
their way of life. Decline politely when offered something you
don’t want. Credits

Audio Production by Chris Mottram

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Cover Design by Two Minds Design

Original Music by Rimsky Music