30 Of The Most Hectic Homes As Shared On ‘The Broke Agent’ Instagram Account
The Broke Agent is a media brand that creates entertainment for real estate professionals. But the beauty of it is that you don't have to be in the industry to enjoy its content. Sure, that would unlock a deeper level of understanding and appreciation but it's not necessary.
Just look at its project Real Estate Fails, for example. Full of ridiculous architectural and interior design hiccups, it shares pictures from the ridiculous side of the housing market, proving that some agents don't have everything under control. Whether it's due to their own fault, the owners, or unfortunate circumstances, there are plenty of things that might deter potential buyers.
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We managed to get in touch with Eric Simon, founder of The Broke Agent, and he was kind enough to have a little chat with us.
"Just over six years ago, I started posting as The Broke Agent on Instagram, producing content that focused on 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."
Even if we were to talk solely about its target audience, there's still room for The Broke Agent to grow as there are over 2 million active real estate agents in the U.S.
Who Needs Inspections?
We had a good example here at work. Dude owned a camping site with houses. The firefighters did a surprise inspection. Dude got fined for not having any fire alarms or smoke detectors. He then proceeds to glue smoke detectors to ceilings without connecting them to anything. The firefighters came back, opened the detectors and found his little scam. Dude got fined AGAIN and then called us to install things properly. 😂
Apparently The Description Read “Stainless Steel Appliances”
Simon started Real Estate Fails to grow The Broke Agent brand and to reach people who aren't necessarily just real estate agents but he quickly realized that it's just a really fun account to manage.
"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."
"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."
According to Simon, curating the account is pretty straightforward because by now the community around it has gotten big enough for him to receive a steady stream of content.
"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 explained. "Like I said above, 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."
My Worst Nightmare
Get a doormat. If that is an important vent, get one with holes.
You couldn't find another person more suited to run the project. "Because I am a licensed realtor, I have developed a good eye for what is 'out of the ordinary' and what will perform well as a post," Simon said. "Also, I've been looking at and posting real estate content every day for 6 plus years so that helps with my judgment for what to post."
"The best performing content on Real Estate Fails is toilet content and anything that's sexual. If it looks like a penis or is provocative in any way, the audience goes crazy for it."
Another successful ongoing theme is staging fails where people try to cover up eye sores or contracting issues. The keyword here is 'try'.
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The F**k Is This?
The Most Insane Apartment Complex Of All Time?
Simon constantly searches for ways to engage his followers. "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."
The man behind the show also highlighted that The Broke Agent has much more to offer; it's a full-on real estate media company with Podcasts (The Over Ask Podcast), blogs, YouTube videos, contributors, and more. "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."
Light Mold
congratulations! you just got yourself a free houseplant! or dinner, if you’re feeling lucky
The Things We See At Showings…
bad idea, good execution. at least whoever thought of this was pretty good at drawing
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"Beautiful Balcony Looking Over The Palatial Entertaining Area"
Innovative
Is It?
I disagree. You can party super hard and pee and puke simultaneously!
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I laughed at this for two straight minutes.
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Is that a random door k**b on the right? What’s above it? Do you stand in the bidet to shower? This is bending my friggin’ brain!
The shower is on the left hand side. It looks to me like it’s over the last two steps. I hope that’s just the angle of the shot, though.
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Fellas, who else is peeing from the top step? You know you would...
Dammit beat me. I’ll leave my comment but recognize you were first.
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I went to a pizza place where the toilet was in a creepy basement. First I refused to go there but I had to. I was genuinely afraid
You could build on that theme: paint the floor and walls black.. . . .:-)
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Did anyone notice the doorknob to the right and above the toilet. Where does that even go? How do you open it? So many questions
It looks a lot like the downstairs toilet at my sister's. Though hers is narrower. Yes, whomever designed it probably thought of themselves as a genius.
I swear doctor I fell down the stairs while brushing my teeth and hit my head on the toilet.
Or, worse: "Cause of death: fell downstairs while brushing teeth, was knocked unconscious and drowned in the toilet."
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It has a certain bizarre charm. It grows on you. . . (like warts)
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Ugly and dangerous. The shower head looks like an old gas light fitting.
Don’t miss the shower fixtures (right next to the vanity light switch), which apparently drain into the floor?
I have so many questions. Firstly...what kind of family dynamic do they have or diet are they on that installing a separate bidet is actually a preferable option to just replacing the old toilet with one? We'll ask about the steps later.
Holy hell, this isn’t even a half bathroom, there’s a full shower down there. This is wild!
I think was originally ment to be just a step down shower only and someone decided to add the rest of a bathroom to it for an extra full bathroom. Although if there was a step down shower I don't understand why the rest of the bathroom wouldn't be at the top of the steps. This one makes me scratch my head! 🤦🏼♀️🤔
He came across it? It isn't very far really I don't guess so I could totally see some guy cuming across it. Hopefully his aim was impeccable and if not I hope he cleaned up his mess
Still beats a dirty hole in the ground with "near misses" and a hose. My mother had to use one of those squatting toilets when 9 months pregnant with me at the hospital where I was born in West Africa (the area was called Halfdie because half the people died). Lucky I was not born "into" the toilet. So this pictured WC is definitely not that bad a toilet. But it is badly designed,I'll give it that.
This screams opportunity for boys to boys and make a game out of it. (I was going to say young but that’s relative - I know some men who would probably try it after proper hydration 🍻 )
Another bathroom perfect for nasty boys. Pinning this for my contractor.
If you fell down these stairs, breaking a leg wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen when you landed.
This may be the inside of the earlier picture of a really thin staircase??!!
Oh man. My very first thought was hopefully no one ever needs to use the restroom when they're drunk
I was going to say “at least there’s no shower.” But there’s a shower. 😑
A shower and a bidet. No need to lift a finger... Uh... You know what I mean...
"The bathroom of this small property embodies a commendably efficient use of limited space."
I didn't notice the shower at first, oh my a is a tiny Murder room. Throw someone down the stairs and flush it all away!
What has to happen if you want a bidet in a really small powder room.
At least they had the decency to put those black strips so you at least have a chance of not face planting into the open toilet
I just realized the "shower" just floating there over top of everything.
This concept maximize the output of stench exile , as air tend to flow upward thus increasing the freshness of air quality there
If my drunk a** needed to go in here to vomit, I'd simply be found dead the next morning
Imagine paramedics trying to get someone out of there, especially an obese person who is unconscious.
Always liked bathrooms with a windows, or in this case, window with a bathroom... looks like entrance to Egyptian tomb
Innovation at its finest. Never take a dirty sh** again with our all in one toilet shower set.
You can shower and sh** at the same time. Innovation at it’s finest
i don't know if you could be able to use the sink with the steps there?
This is one of those photos where are the longer you look the more weird things you find.
Not surprising. I could see that in Pennsylvania. Very old house that is to have out house that never had room for a bathroom at all.
Yep, this is messed up! The left towel bar has no bar in it, is just the ends! Instead of fixing it, they just added another on the right. WORST. BATHROOM. EVER.
That's actually a bidet next to the toilet, it's for washing your nasty junk with water instead of smearing it through your Crack with dried tree corpses.
Better hope you don't fall down the stairs. You will die. Although I appreciate the no skid strips. 😊
I'm waiting for some horrific clown to press its face up against the window😧
is this where the expression "HOLY CRAP ! " came from...I'd think so
I like it! It isn't nearly as bad as that bathroom next to those stairs from earlier in the list.
I'll still take it over the loo squeezed in an alcove over the stairs with a drawbridge!
Gross. They better clean constantly, cuz please believe every guy has tried to see how many stairs he can go up and still hit the toilet. Sticky stairs 🤢
Swing to the right, swing to the left then don't forget to wash your hands on the way out
That's the space to the other picture where the stairs are blocked. Ohh I see
An example of the OTHER type of bidet that is far LESS sanitary than TP...
Ye gods, I hope no one ever gets drunk and needs to throw up! One stagger on those stairs and this becomes a crime scene!
There's toiletries... someone actually uses the shower there... *shudders*
I cannot imagine kneeling awkwardly on two stairs to wash my face.
Whoops
Maybe this is the bathroom from the story a few days ago about the anti-masturbation family.
What In The Fresh Hell Is This?
Ah yes, the sideways toilet. Sometimes you make it in the bowl, sometimes you hit the TP.
“4th Bedroom”
It's a room. There's a bed in it. The car's been repossessed anyway, so what the heck
Staging In Tampa...
I faked a bed in an empty bedroom with cardboard boxes and a couple of blankets. It's pretty common when occupants have already moved.
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