I thought I would make my first blog entry about real estate as fun as possible. Opposed to educational, I think a nice comical piece would suit me best.
While many Realtors train others on how to properly stage a house, I thought it would be more entertaining to train on how to stage a haunted house. After all, even haunted homes need to be sold. 
First order of business, never take a prospective buyer to a haunted house in the evening. Noon to 3pm showings work best. Make sure rain and thunder is not in the forecast as these are optimal conditions for apparitions to show themselves.
Opposed to terms like “run-down” or “dilapidated”, consider sayings such as “historic” and “rustic”. Don’t be afraid to say it is a “fixer-upper”. That way, the new homeowners won’t get discouraged when the ghosts get upset and start breaking things.
A word to the wise (that I learned the hard way), review all pictures of the home before posting them to MLS.
It is best to move fullsize families into haunted houses opposed to single buyers. This way, those noises they are hearing will at first be blamed on the kids.
If doors begin slamming during a showing, tell them it is just a little draft in the house and you will see what you can do about the current owner laying some caulk around the windows.
Lastly, and this is very important, your prospective buyers are sure to hear voices during one of the showings or walk-throughs. My suggestion is to pay a vagrant to stay in the house during showings. This way, when the paranormal activity, loud noises, and voices begin seeping from the walls, just say “That’s Stan. Don’t worry. All the squatters will be gone before you move in.” Then chuckle.
It is imperative you, as a Realtor, stay completely calm and non-chalant when showing houses infested with spirits. While this will anger the poltergeist to no end, this will put your buyers at ease and keep the home in consideration.
Make sure you go to a car wash after each haunted showing and purchase a vanilla air freshener for your car. Not only do ghosts hate water from car washes, much like humans, the smell of vanilla air fresheners makes them sick. This way, they are unable to follow you home.
When you are able to finally take a home filled with ethereal beings off the market (be they kind or evil in nature), I think a pleasant new owner gift should be wind chimes. Lots of wind chimes. It will cover up any shrieks of mayhem coming from the undead.
I hope you enjoyed my attempt at a humorous blog. Obviously, I will be writing in the future more for my clients (past, present, and future) than for other Realtors, but I felt it necessary to have a little fun and show a little of my personality on this, my first blog.
Great article – very fun.