Janie Coffey

One Sotheby’s International Realty has named Janie Coffey the firm’s director of sales and brand experience. Coffey, who was nominated as one of the top 100 most influential people in real estate by Inman News, first joined One Sotheby’s in January 2011. She is also an ambassador for Inman News.  [more]

Jane Coffey, past president of CREW Miami and founder of the Miami Real Estate Tech Forum, has joined One Sotheby’s as an agent. “Janie has a unique niche,” said Beth Butler, president of One Sotheby’s. ”She focuses on historic homes with a concentration in Coral Gables.” Coffey is also the founder of #MiamiRealEChat, a Twitter chat held every Sunday evening. She is also a former finalist for Coral Gables Chamber Woman of the Year. TRD [more]

The Real Deal asked a number of residential real estate agents what the strangest thing is that they’ve seen at an open house. The responses ran the gamut from a man crawling into a bed to check out the mattress and dozing off to a broker having to basically carry a client off a railing-less bridge to being chased by a wild boar while showing houses.

Here is a sampling of what the agents have encountered:

Andy Weiser, Coldwell Banker, Fort Lauderdale: There is the ordinary finding, the couple having sex in the bedroom. Every realtor worth his salt has seen that. That happens all the time. Some people do that as part of their whole fantasy thing. On a more serious note, it would have to be the guy who crawled into the bed to see what it would be like, and then fell asleep. That’s one of the more bizarre things. Click here for more. Compiled by Alexander Britell
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