Real estate listing including ‘rehabbed ex-husband’ goes viral

PANAMA Town Beach, Fla. (WMBB) — Serious estate investor Crystal Ball’s home for sale in Panama City Seashore, Florida, arrives with a special aspect involved: a free of charge ex-spouse.

The listing for the residence at 3819 Quail St. went viral on social media just after it was shared on the well-liked Twitter account Zillow Gone Wild. Ball reported she is selling the $699,000 home to probable buyers with her ex-husband as the tenant.

The shots aspect Richard Chaillou in foolish poses showing off distinctive rooms in the home.

In the listing, Ball explained Chaillou as a “wonderfully rehabbed ex-husband” with extra-big ears who is a aspiration in the kitchen area. She said the divorce has not been simple for the pair, but humor has gotten them through it.

“I applied comedy and humor to get by way of a quite, extremely complicated condition, and I was in a position to maintain an intact marriage with him,” Ball reported. “We co-parent quite intently. He’s a phenomenal father.”

Ball also reported it has been a useful discovering knowledge, both in get the job done and everyday living.

“That’s type of what genuine estate investing has taught me,” she stated. “If I retain a good perception of ambiguity by way of all the ups and downs in life and just use comedic reduction and humor to get via it… Now I however have a really higher level of details I use to do my work, but it results in a superior final result for absolutely everyone, and which is what I have finished. The young children are content.”

Ball reported it’s typical for genuine estate investment decision properties to be offered with recent tenants, so she options to market the home, and her ex-husband will do a lease-back for the very first two years.

Nonetheless, she explained the quirky listing hasn’t occur with no backlash from “haters on the world-wide-web.” The listing was also eradicated from Zillow and MLS, but Ball explained she designs to insert the house to “for sale by owner” web-sites.

“Social media has transformed the way we connect,” Ball mentioned. “A large amount of the households I market, or a great deal of the purchasers I connect, is performed through social media.”