Real Estate Fails: ‘The Broke Agent’ Pokes Fun At The Most Hectic Homes, And Here Are 40 Of The Worst Of Them (New Pics)
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You’d expect contractors, architects, and designers all to have good taste… or at least something more or less passable. Alas! Some of them have the aesthetic sensibilities of someone who has never seen how actual human beings live. The decisions they sometimes make lead to some truly wacky interiors that are as hilarious as they are horrifying. Especially how they design bathrooms.
The worst of the worst end up getting shared on the ‘Real Estate Fails’ Instagram page, an account that's part of the popular ‘The Broke Agent’ brand that has since expanded and evolved into 'Broke Agent Media.' We’ve collected some of their most jaw-droppingly offensive interior pics to share with you today, Pandas, to remind you to look at everything during house viewings.
Scroll down, upvote the pics that you think are spookier than your Halloween costume this year, and let us know in the comments what you genuinely think, Pandas. Oh, and those of you who have a background in Good Taste(™) might want to place your hands on your face in advance—you’ll be facepalming either way.
Read on for Bored Panda's follow-up interview with the founder of BAM. And when you’re done enjoying the utter and complete lack of taste and good design in the photos in this list, check out our previous feature about ‘Real Estate Fails’ right over here.
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Great toiletres storage if them stairs dont lead to anywer 🤷
The mastermind behind ‘The Broke Agent’ and the ‘Real Estate Fails’ Instagram pages is Eric Simon, a former licensed realtor. Since Bored Panda's last article last year, he no longer sells real estate and has been focusing on 'Broke Agent Media' and the 'Broke Agent' brands as his full-time job.
According to Simon, he and his team's goal is for them to become the biggest media company in real estate. "We now have a podcast network, daily blogs, and live shows on our YouTube channel with daily contributors."
"The secret behind The Broke Agent's success is always posting timely, relevant content and constantly evolving with social trends and posting styles," the brand founder told Bored Panda.
"We decide what's good enough for our audience by going through a testing procedure on other apps like Facebook and Twitter, seeing how they perform, and then posting to Instagram. We also have been creating funny real estate content for 7+ years and have developed a great sense for what will hit with our audience."
According to Simon, the perfect time to buy a home is "when it's right for that buyer." In short, everyone's situation is specific and individual. There are a lot of factors to consider.
"Everyone has a different reason to move and economic conditions are not always a contributing factor," he noted.
The founder of 'Broke Agent Media' quipped that the biggest pro of being a realtor is that you "have a built-in excuse to get out of any social plans because real estate is 24/7, 365."
"I get invited to a Sunday brunch I don't want to go to? Open house. I get invited on a hike for Saturday morning? Inspection. I get invited to dinner? Sorry, I have a call with my clients. Realtors can get out of anything." It's so true that Simon even made an Instagram video about this phenomenon.
However, no job is perfect. And being a realtor isn't all sunshine and roses either. "The cons about being a realtor is that it is 24/7 and you have to be available to take a call, respond to an offer, or follow up with a client wherever you are. Your success is solely determined by you," he told Bored Panda.
"There's constant anxiety and everyone is mad at you until the deal is CLOSED. To have a good career in real estate you must go all-in. No part-time bs."
Even if I could handle the gross bits, I wouldn't want to share a space with whatever has been gnawing on that tub.
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The Rifle Shape in the wall? Also, a slip and severe tetanus/gangrene danger.
At first I thought this was a broom! Might have had explained a lot then perhaps?!
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#1 AirBnB. $500 per night. $200 cleaning fee. $200 recycling fee. $1000 you're lucky we let you stay here, say wonderful things about us online, pleb, fee.
Wait a minute!!! Look at the grey part at the top of the back wall!!! Is this on the opposite side of the grey rock basement??!! It has the same color and grey sheen.
There was a town near where I used to live called Shenandoah in northeastern PA. It's an old coal cracker town. This would be called shendo move in ready. 😐😳
it looks like there is a man inside that big crack that looks like a sniper
At least they put some thought into staging with that new-ish shower curtain?
That wall looks like a gun was glued to it than ripped away... depending the jacuzzi maybe?
That hole in Wall on the left side if bathtub looks like a perfect sniper rifle
I love deep tubs to have nice baths. I've never been desperate enough to want to use this one.
This is the kind of tub you would expect to find someone sitting in ice with a missing kidney.
Get the enamel on that tub redone and I’ll take it. I’ll take it someplace else, but I’ll take it.
Do you WANT a serial killer to move in here? Because this is how you get a serial killer to move in here.
I think it’s just the wall, but it sure does look like it. If it’s real, I’d say it’s appropriate in this situation. Whatever this situation is.
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During an earlier interview with my colleague last December, he spoke about the social media project. He started posting as ‘The Broke Agent’ over seven years ago. His goal? Focusing on showing the ‘inner monologue’ of a “struggling realtor in Los Angeles.”
“As a licensed realtor, I basically started making fun of everything that was happening to me and put it online in blog form, YouTube Videos, and short-form content like memes, tweets, and Facebook posts. It blew up really quickly and now has well over half a million followers across all platforms,” he told Bored Panda previously.
there's no excuse for not being able to reach the cobwebs in the corner
Part of Simon’s plan to grow ‘The Broke Agent’ network and platform meant creating ‘Real Estate Fails.’ So far, it’s been a roaring success and has helped strengthen the foundation of the entire brand. But it’s not all about business, views, and likes: the founder enjoys managing the account as well.
"Everyone likes looking at housing pics, especially luxury or real estate 'fails,' so it resonated with an audience outside of the real estate industry as well as real estate agents,” he told Bored Panda last year during an interview.
"Real estate agents love the account because it exposes marketing blunders, property description errors, and other mistakes agents make when uploading their marketing online. It also gives them a platform to submit all the crazy stuff they see in the field and out on showings. The account also casts a wider net on the industry, attracting contractors, appraisers, inspectors, handymen, etc.,” he said.
I want a horror movie about this. Except every time she turns the lights off and back on, the toilet is closer.
"Most of my posts come from other realtors in my DMs, but I also get submissions in my Discord, through The Broke Agent, and in our real estate Facebook pages and groups," he said that managing the community is pretty much straightforward.
“Most of the photos come from agents actually spotting these crazy fails in the field on showings, inspections, or open houses. We also have a series called #ThingsWeSeeAtShowings on The Broke Agent stories."
Since Simon is a licensed realtor, he’s got a great eye for what might be considered to be ‘out of the ordinary’ posts that will do well online. It’s a skill that he’s sharpened over all these years of posting on social media.
He noted that the content that performs best on ‘Real Estate Fails’ includes anything related to toilets and stuff that’s provocative and/or erotic. “The audience goes crazy for it," he said. Something else that’s popular is staging fails where sellers try to cover up various issues with the house.
The brand founder told Bored Panda that the best way to engage followers is to urge the audience to share their opinions. "The best way to [do it] on these posts is to say something in the caption like 'describe this like it's in a property description.' That way, agents can put their humorous twist on a housing feature and highlight it in a positive light like a realtor would do in their marketing,” he said.
"Hi, I'm your real estate agent, and you're living Disney Channel. Bum bum bum bum." And yes, I'd wave an invisible wand.
"Our goal is to make real estate professionals laugh through the daily stress of the industry and also help improve their business with our marketing, consulting, and content platform,” Simon shared his mission with Bored Panda.
Which of these designs made your jaws drop the most, dear Pandas? Did you actually genuinely like any of these pics and are there any halfway decent designs among the junk? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
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I was kind of hovering over the possibilities. I haven't seen any "vases" like these, but back in my day, "vases" were larger, and several people could smell the flowers at once.
I was kind of hovering over the possibilities. I haven't seen any "vases" like these, but back in my day, "vases" were larger, and several people could smell the flowers at once.
