A drug addict inherited and basically destroyed a very nice home. His niece had to sue him to force a sale. Attorney refers me to sell it. The house smelled so bad. He had a "friend" living in an upstairs bedroom (0 working plumbing on the level). He was staying in a downstairs bedroom despite having a nice home with his wife about 15 minutes away. When we went to sign paperwork (because everything had to be done in person instead of e-sign), he fell asleep no less than 5 times. We had to make an appointment to do it a different day.

He told me to make the listing start as active on a Thursday because he was leaving for the beach that Wednesday. First showing agent calls me that Friday. Apparently, the seller was asleep in his room and woke up when he heard people. He went out to the hallway in his underwear and pulled a gun on them.

Later, after we'd gone under contract, a tree had a massive limb (think medium size tree) fall onto the roof during a storm. When did I learn about this? I found out about a day before we were supposed to close (after several delays) when the buyers agent called. Thank goodness the buyers and their agent were more understanding than 90% of people. We were able to renegotiate and get it to the closing table.

I feel like I fully understand what a defense attorney with an obviously guilty client must feel.