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Rainmaker
2,890,422
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

None in any of my listings or Buyer's Home Inspection Reports. But I had a very strange thing happen around Thanksgiving. I noticed large holes along the foundation (big enough that my old bowling ball fit and there was still room around the ball). I called the Wildlife Control people and found out it was Armadillos! Now that was very expensive and troubling!

Feb 03, 2023 08:57 PM
Rainmaker
628,814
Buzz Mackintosh
Mackintosh REALTORS - Frederick, MD
“Experience, reliable, leadership”

All of the above & bats, snakes, raccoons, ground hogs....🦝

Feb 04, 2023 04:21 AM
Rainmaker
5,216,409
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

The tried and true ones, termites, raccoons and bats! Had some woodpecker problems but no nesting.

Feb 04, 2023 04:03 AM
Rainmaker
2,241,053
Andrew Mooers | 207.532.6573
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker

Sounds like squatters...come in all types and sizes. Squirrels filling up a plumbing vent pipe with hazlenuts meant they planned on staying around for the winter and inviting family and friends over for the feast. Come on in, the door's open.

animals in house

Feb 04, 2023 02:50 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

I dont recall that in any inspections, however it is a constant struggle to keep vermin out of rural homes and cabins.

Feb 04, 2023 12:45 AM
Rainmaker
4,572,183
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

A bat.  

Feb 03, 2023 07:14 PM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

All of the above + snakes & bats.

Although I wouldn't consider either of them critters - critters usually have some sort of cuteness about them!! Snakes & bats definitely DO NOT!

Feb 03, 2023 07:08 PM
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Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I went to show a house once and there was a very busy nest of bees right near the front door. Yikes. There was also a dead squirrel inside one house on the floor. And yes to termite and ants.

Feb 04, 2023 04:44 AM
Rainmaker
5,104,931
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

OMG! Never heard of such a thing. In 23 years in Charlotte I had maybe three or four houses that showed a bit of termite activity, which was remediated. Given that we say "in the South it's not if you'll get termites, but when you get termites," I'm always amazed how few houses I've sold have any wood destroying insects. 

One house I sold many years ago had two copperheads in the crawl space. I contacted the listing agent and her clients remediated the situation.

Feb 04, 2023 04:42 AM
Rainmaker
1,543,823
Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

We get termites, snakes, raccoons, coyote, lizards, feral cats, and back during the crash a few squatters.

Feb 03, 2023 07:54 PM
Rainmaker
2,390,620
Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

Zip, zero, not a one Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate not even a single mouse. Fun question though, I'm eager to read others experiences.

Feb 03, 2023 07:06 PM
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3,164,294
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

wasn't my listing, but I opened a door to an unfinished attic space once and a snake was staring me in the face.  I almost knocked over my client getting the hell out of that house.

Feb 04, 2023 10:24 AM
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3,587,960
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

700 pounds of acorns - that's one busy woodpecker! 

 

"Here in AZ there are homes that have termites and homes that will get termites". False statement.  Some homes never get termites.  Never the less - termites don't freak local people out as 'it' happens in the desert.

Feb 04, 2023 10:20 AM
Rainmaker
1,052,211
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

OMG , hahahahHAHA! 

An REO in a very rural area a few years back, I sent the trashout guys to clear it of junk and clean it up . . . they reported back  UHHHHH 
there are mice and snakes in there and we won't touch it till it's been remediated! LOL I don't blame them! Critter removal team to the rescue! 

Feb 04, 2023 09:27 AM
Rainmaker
1,502,998
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Bees have been an issue in the past.  Rodents are common as well as termites.  Tenting takes care of everything, even ant problems.

Feb 04, 2023 09:17 AM
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3,345,091
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Termites, ants, insects, and "evidence of rodents" aka droppings.  

Feb 04, 2023 09:07 AM
Rainmaker
900,128
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Termites in the walls and in outside tree stumps,  a raccoon living under the house, a dead raccoon in the fireplace, a dead mouse floating in the basement in 3 inches of water, partially decomposed mice in the basement.

Feb 04, 2023 08:50 AM
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3,854,909
Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

Snakes, bats, borer bees, and some birds enter thru the chimney.

Feb 04, 2023 08:24 AM
Rainmaker
66,845
Sean Gilliam
LoKation Real Estate - Longmont, CO
Real Estate on the Front Range

Mice.  It's a normal thing here in the rural mountain communities and even along the Front Range.  

Feb 04, 2023 06:42 AM
Rainmaker
1,464,961
Lorrie Semler, REALTOR® in the Dallas area. Call/text 972-416-3417
HomeSmart Stars - Addison, TX
Real Service. Real Results. Real Estate

Squirrels and silverfish.

Feb 04, 2023 06:38 AM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Yes, a minor case of termites, sugar ant infestation, a human squatter - thank God he was at work when we arrived and a huge lizard who must have gotten in from a previous showing. Took us 30 minutes but we finally chased it out the door!

Feb 04, 2023 09:58 AM
Rainmaker
911,338
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

Snakes and mice sometimes.

Feb 06, 2023 08:33 AM
Rainmaker
901,535
Carla Freund
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
NC Real Estate Transition & Relocation 919-602-848

Wow! That's crazy! Those acorns don't look like the acorns I see here. We occasionally find termites, bees, opossums, raccoons, squirrels, or bats. I'm sure there has been a time or two that a snake was found. Thankfully, we don't find them often.

Feb 06, 2023 05:56 AM
Rainer
337,854
Adam Feinberg
Elegran - Manhattan, NY
NYC Condo, Co-op, and Townhouse Advisor

I haven't had any significant issues to date- but of course there will be the occasional roach or rodent. Most buildings here include monthly pest service included in our monthly common charges to minimize these types of problems- though of course its inevitable to occasionally have some issues. 

Feb 05, 2023 02:14 PM
Rainer
92,713
Ruth Grainger-Starr
Gold District Realty - Cripple Creek, CO
providing AWESOME real estate adventures

Not on one of my listings but a home in my home town had a bear in the basement. It was not hibernating either. We have found mountain lions on our decks just taking a cat nap. 

Feb 05, 2023 02:07 PM
Rainmaker
2,781,173
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

All of the above as I discovered there was a small hole in the rafter of my roof that creatures visited with over the years. It was like a freeway until I roadblocked it off. 

Feb 05, 2023 12:13 PM