We’ve seen how developers and brokers are rolling out the incentives to attract buyers in a slowing market, but the folks at Seattle Real Estate Professionals pointed us to a uniquely Texan carrot that a real estate agent in suburban Houston is dangling in front of potential buyers: a Glock.
There’s a catch, of course. You have to be a cop to get the gun. The Houston Chronicle reported on the agent, an associate with Realty Associates in Pearland, Texas, who is offering the pistols to police officers who spend more than $150,000 on a home. She has an ad running in a publication called Badge & Gun– not to mention an untold amount of free exposure on real estate blogs– and has already given away two guns.
Guns in Texas seems natural– any ideas on Chicago-centric giveaways for local homebuyers? A snow blower? A lifetime of free pierogis?
Dining set used to reserve parking would be a great giveaway in Lincoln Park
How about a supply of rubber bands for securing ample-denomination bills to your driver’s license…you know…so you can “pre-pay” the fine directly to the cop.
In Albuquerque in the 80s landlords were offering new tenants the following options with a six-month lease:
– a 27-inch TV
– a weekend in Vegas
– a 30-30 rifle
Hardly anyone took the rifle, since they already had one.
Every Chicago homeowner needs ‘a guy’. Alley needs paving? Call the guy. That little yappie dog needs to disappear? Call the guy. Corner tavern needs shutting down? Call the guy. Neighbor’s house needs landmarking so that it can never be as big as yours? Call the guy. He’s your municipal liason and has no office, just a pager.
Better watch out about the tavern issue – “the guy” just might be an owner or employee of that very place!
Once upon an un-PC time “the guy” was known as “the Chinaman.” The reasons are quite unclear, since more often than not “the guy” would actually be of Irish ancestry.
If Tank Johnson lived in Texas, rather than Lake County, we wouldn’t have this issue… Wakka, wakka, wakka!
“Wakka wakka wakka?” Wow, Eric, were you a fan of the old “Fame” TV show in the 80s? That was one of the trademark catchphrases of one of the characters.
Anon… It’s Fozzy Bear from The Muppets! “Fame”… not so much.