The 10 Most Hilarious, Bizarre, and Awkward Moments Realtors Have Had While Showing Houses

No dogs allowed

When crazy yellow lab Marley barrels through the front door of an open house, out the back, and jumps into the pool in the movie Marley & Me, Owen Wilson, playing Marley’s owner, feigns innocence by asking “Who’s dog is that?” It seems some owners might need a lesson or two in dog etiquette.

“I had an open house in my building, and a neighbor who was not looking to move told me her dog wanted to see the apartment—so she brought him,” Rena Goldstein, senior vice president at Halstead Property told the Realdeal.com. “She walked him through the apartment while I stood there stunned and unable to speak.”

Pets are great, but some people forget their fur babies aren’t human. In fact, on The Steve Pomeranz Show, a weekly financial radio show on NPR WLRN, veteran real estate agent Terry Story noted that 89 percent of pet owners would walk away from a home purchase if the property had restrictions against pets—while 61 percent would not buy a home or have it altered if they believed that it was not a pet-friendly environment.