{"id":439,"date":"2006-12-12T07:56:25","date_gmt":"2006-12-12T15:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ubertor.com\/?p=439"},"modified":"2006-12-12T08:03:01","modified_gmt":"2006-12-12T16:03:01","slug":"real-estate-agent-gives-guns-to-homebuyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/12\/real-estate-agent-gives-guns-to-homebuyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Real estate agent gives guns to homebuyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

glock realtor handgunThe other day I was talking about an agent that listed a home for $1.00<\/a> and was getting a ton of exposure on the internet for this simple tactic. Today, I see a similar story where a real estate agent in Texas gives guns to homebuyers. Costs her $500.00 per gun but has gained some extraordinary exposure to her and her business. <\/p>\n

What can you do to gain exposure like this?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is the story from Reuters<\/a>:<\/p>\n

HOUSTON (Reuters) – A Texas real estate agent looking to add more bang to her business is offering clients in law enforcement a free Glock pistol if they buy a home from her.<\/p>\n

Julie Upton, a Houston-area real estate agent, spurned traditional buyer incentives like free gasoline cards or home improvement store gift certificates.<\/p>\n

Instead, she placed an advertisement offering a pistol with the purchase of any home worth at least $150,000 in the city police department’s monthly publication, “Badge & Gun.”<\/p>\n

The free guns are only for those in law enforcement, said Upton, who is married to a police officer.<\/p>\n

“We thought it would be a good way to entice other police officers,” Upton said. “And whether people want the gun or not, it has stirred up a lot of attention.”<\/p>\n

Upton has given away two pistols to police officers who purchased homes from her. The guns cost about $500.<\/p>\n

And so far the advertisement has not generated negative attention from the anti-gun lobby, she said.<\/p>\n

In Texas, no license is required to own a rifle, shotgun or handgun, but a permit is needed to carry a concealed weapon, according to the National Rifle Association.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a> <\/p>\n

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The other day I was talking about an agent that listed a home for $1.00 and was getting a ton of exposure on the internet for this simple tactic. Today, I see a similar story where a real estate agent in Texas gives guns to homebuyers. Costs her $500.00 per gun but has gained some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}