Real Estate Fun Facts
Many people find real estate as something that’s both lucrative and a lot of work. By any means we don’t wish to correct them because it is indeed true. But instead of going technical with the jargons today, Advice2credit is here to add some fun into the mix. Here are some real estate facts and trivia that’ll surely blow your mind and perhaps add a pinch of excitement to your day.
1. A home in Suwon, South Korea was modeled and designed after a bathroom necessity. From the outside, it completely looks like a toilet seat! The architecture was in conjunction to the start of the global toilet association started by Korean sanitation activists back in 2007.
2. Brass knobs sanitize themselves. The metal possesses the oligodynamic property which makes it toxic to fungi, viruses, spores and many common household germs.
3. Charles Floyd was a hero for the masses. Sort of. Known as “Pretty Boy”, this Robin Hood-like gangster during the Great Depression was infamous for robbing banks and at the same time destroying as much mortgage documents he could find. Because of this, many citizens were freed from their debts.
4. Housewarming parties were derived from an old tradition where neighbors, friends and family bring in firewood to light and warm up all the fireplaces of the newly bought house, thus the term. It is also believed that doing so drives evil spirits away.
5. Red doors mean different things. In old Scotland, it means that the house has been fully paid and is free of mortgage. Americans paint theirs red to symbolize hospitality and that they welcome guests while the Chinese see it as an invitation to luck.
6. Spiders can create a real estate legal battle. After purchasing their new home, a Missouri family sued its previous owners for lack of full disclosure. They found out that after Brown Recluse Spiders bled off the walls. As part of the case, a pest expert was hired to take a look and estimated that the house was indeed infected with an estimate of 5,000 of the said creepy-crawlies.
7. Trouble, a dog, has been bequeathed $12 million. Leona Helmsley, real estate investor and hotelier labeled as sobriquet “Queen of the Mean”, left a whopping $12 million to her pet when she passed away in 2007. This is evidenced by her will.
8. Warren Buffet has not moved houses. Despite being one of the world’s most successful investors and business magnates, the man has been living in the same house he bought back in 1958 which was valued for $31,500.
So, which among these fun facts from Advice2credit shocked you the most?












