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Tony Bertucci with NOLA Living Realty decided to stage his abandoned home listing in Metairie, La., using stand-up porcelain dolls. The dolls appear in photos that show a home with moldy, torn-up kitchen cabinets and ripped-up floors and walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI did it just to get the house some attention because the house was so hideous and horrifying,\u201d Bertucci told WKRN.com. \u201cI wanted to do something to lighten up the photos of the house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His plan worked: The home went under contract after one day. He attributed the attention to the photos. Realtor.com\u00ae had called out the home as its most popular listing last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bertucci is the owner of the home. He bought the home with plans to fix it up and sell it. However, Hurricane Ida damaged several of his properties and he decided to give his other homes precedence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He marketed the 1,370-square foot, three-bedroom home as-is to investors and flippers. It was listed for $149,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bertucci said potential buyers asked him if the house was haunted and they wanted to know more about why the dolls were there. \u201cI just told them the dolls were my clients,\u201d Bertucci teased to WKRN.com. \u201cI said they were selling because the house was much too big for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the listing\u2014and the dolls\u2014at nolalivingrealty.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, read about other creative ways that real estate professionals have staged listings with unusual characters or objects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If All Else Fails, Wear a Panda Suit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Roaring Success? Agent Uses T-Rex to Market Home<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REALTORS\u00ae in Costume: What Would You Dress Up As for a Listing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brokerage Reveals Listings\u2019 \u2018Skeletons\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Grinch Is Trying to Sell a Home<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bigfoot Sighting: Creature Appears to Lurk in Listing Photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agents Turn to Spider-Man to Save Their Listings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Horrifying Reason This Listing Went Viral<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Association of REALTORS\u00ae
Reprinted with permission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tony Bertucci with NOLA Living Realty decided to stage his abandoned home listing in Metairie, La., using stand-up porcelain dolls. The dolls appear in photos that show a home with moldy, torn-up kitchen cabinets and ripped-up floors and walls. \u201cI did it just to get the house some attention because the house was so hideous … <\/p>\n

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