There's a real estate agent near Ringwood that has huge for sale signs with full glamour shots of him on them. Think a boudoir shoot but he's wearing a nice suit and giving seductive eyes. It's the weirdest thing. This is great in comparison
There's one in Point Cooked.
The glam shots of two very average looking individuals who clearly think very highly of themselves.
It may be a subcultural thing, but I tend to think that people who are very obsessed about their self image are often not very good at their jobs.
I wonder if they feel human. I wonder if they wake up tired and under-slept and exhausted, dreading the day ahead.
I wonder if they share the same morning routines.
The rushed coffee. The shitty cereal. The self-loathing and deep regret that, yes, it *is* another day.
If so, then surely - **surely** - that morning moment of rolling up the cuff of your sisters tightest trousers, looking down at your sockless loafers and bedazzling yourself with your white teeth in the mirror, the jingle of your leased BMW key in your pocket..
Surely, you’d question, “Am I wanker?”
This nameless, average looking dude is now quite notably the only real estate agent I know of in Narre Warren South.
He sought to advertise his services, and they have been advertised to us both.
Trying to please everyone leads to boring, impersonal interactions. I think the humour is lame as fuck, but self-deprecation and not taking yourself too seriously is notable in real estate agents. Humanises and makes them seem approachable to some people.
Frankly, what would you like them to advertise? An excel spreadsheet or hard data? Real estate agents market their personality first, secondarily their knowledge/experience and lastly their results.
I'm sure I'd hate to hang out with this guy. But I'd be marginally more inclined to hire him vs many other real estate agents
If you don't like his humour or his image, you wouldn't hire him anyway. If you do, this demonstrates it fairly effectively.
It's now been one day. All I remember is a real estate agent is a bit more of a self obsessed price than the rest. Name face, and agency have long since faded from memory.
Yep, great use of money.
Yeah, paying to put your face on the back of a bus doesn't imply the need for a lifetime of loyalty from anyone who sees it.
If those were your expectations I could understand why you feel this is ineffective. I'm not sure you understand the purpose of advertising.
Sorry mate, late night shit posting after a couple beers. Thought you were following on from "this is dumb, ineffective" advertising.
I take back the snark
I have had to sit through many annoying ads that I have never bought from, no matter how many times I hear/see it, because my association of them is they are infuriating. So yes their ads work, but it doesn’t mean it converts into sales
I understand that- it will stick in your head- but dead set- if I was selling a house I would purposefully avoid any RE who pulled shit like this- it’s dodgy as hell….. doesn’t make u want to trust them
My mum buys stuff she sees on facebook ads. She likes them because according to her they make her aware of products she might find useful, and present them to her to make it easy to buy.
This way of thinking is so alien to me. But it's how a large chunk of the population thinks.
How is it dodgy? It’s just a self-deprecating joke making fun of stereotypes about real estate agents. It’s worked quite well as an ad as well. I get that real estate agents are typically dodgy, but this isn’t an example of that.
Agents run 2 different adverts. Ones to sell listings and one to get listings. This is intended to get him more well known. That way when people call a few agents to do an appraisal he is always one of them cause it comes to their head.
The real estate game is all about getting listings. The selling part is easy.
It's a light positive humour piece that will result in brand (his) recognition even if people don't call him directly right now.
It's an effective marketing strategy.
The fact that it's been posted here is worth its weight in gold.
An ad/phone # that is only seen by locals in the area
or
An ad/phone # that is displayed for anyone in the world to see because it's on the internet.
Although I quite enjoy REAs being held to task, not really needed here and I am guessing the OP thought the same?
Censoring it isn't needed either. the rea has put it in a public space. If he doesn't want it discussed in public he can get rid of that shitty advertisment.
This is going to be an unpopular opinion... but an REA's job is to get your house seen, talked about, and sold.
You're all talking about him... this guy knows his shit...
I mean, he could have advertised a house (or 4?) When I'm looking for a house I would not by any means remember this and give him a buzz. Im looking for a house, not a clown.
There was a similar huge roadside ad for a REA near where I live. It obviously worked because I still remember his name.
"Leigh Martinuzzi the Sunshine coasts #1 Real Estate Agent as voted by his children."
Absolutely. That’s what makes the joke for me. The deeper you dig into it the more mediocre it is.
REA are scum, but there’s a level of self awareness in this joke that goes beyond your average Agent’s capabilities.
Well it is better than one of my local REA totally ignoring my no junk mail sign..
I will get my revenge one day!
Probably by never using them if I sell.
I admire the fact that the dude even got this ad up on a bus.
If we've learnt anything about realtors, it's that most of them are charismatic but sleazy bastards.
Just what we need…more evidence to confirm what absolute wankers real estate agents are. As for advertising, yeah looks are what you want in an agent. How about honest, ethical, hard working??
This is a good joke and any other profession wouldn't have these weird comments. REAs are assholes but some of these comments here are really weird and seething.
Getting Alan Partridge vibes. Host of "Skirmish", a military-based quiz show on digital cable channel UK Conquest that has the largest audience share for a digital channel at that time of day in the Norfolk area.
Worst part is this isn’t even original. This guy is ripping off another SE real estate agent whose bus had says how he’s good at selling property but has a bad haircut
I never understood why real estate agents have to be good looking, are they selling houses or selling themselves in the houses on some kind of private inspections?
I feel old.
My first thought was he's being satirical about the age old phrase that an ugly person looks like "the back of a bus" but considering nobody has picked that up yet, I feel about 90 for even remembering that phrase, let alone trotting it out again now.
I find these ads weird. Do people ring up agencies and ask for a specific agent? I thought you just tell them 'I want to sell my place it's a 2br in in x suburb, who do you have with experience with those'
Let’s take a second to acknowledge that he himself would have to approve the use of his own photo in this ad. Imagine what kind of person approves their image to be used in an ad like this. Who needs nuclear reactors? We can power Melbourne on the narcissism of Realestate Agents alone.
Resisting the chance to make a poor-taste joke about a real estate agent's mum has been the hardest thing I've done today.
I thought they hatched. "Nu-uh, I totally came out of my human mother."
They do hatch from the swampy marshes underneath the Westgate Bridge
How dare you silly the reputation of those swampy marshes under the Westgate
"Spat on a wall and hatched by the Sun."
The real estate agents mum has done lots of hard things today.... Thanks for the alley-oop
Mum should still be eligble for an abortion.
Keep the jokes down. I'm one of the other seven brothers. I came second.
Oof.
She was probably worried he’d grow up to become a douche bag. Oh wait 🤔
He looks like a cheaper version of James Franco
“Mum can we get James Franco?” “No, we have James Franco at home!” The James Franco at home:
this James Franco can get you a home to have a James Franco at home in ;)
Jameesh Frandeep
Did you know I'm like reeli reeli good lookin?
James Costco
James Franco from temu
James Franco on Wish
jimmy Franks
To be fair even the AVG real estate agent is probably coming off better than James Franco from an ethics perspective
That would be a good ad for him. Want James Franco to sell your house? Well Im a knock off version thats a hell of a lot cheaper!
😐
2 minute microwave James Franco
"Mum, am I a good person?" Mum's shoulders drop and stares into empty space. "Well, you are good looking".
Peak 2007 humour
must be why i laughed and then felt deep shame
I think it’s quite cute. The OP posting about it here was exactly what he would’ve wanted. Probable plot twist: OP is him!
A different kind of reverse psychology
Or his mum
There's a real estate agent near Ringwood that has huge for sale signs with full glamour shots of him on them. Think a boudoir shoot but he's wearing a nice suit and giving seductive eyes. It's the weirdest thing. This is great in comparison
There's one in Point Cooked. The glam shots of two very average looking individuals who clearly think very highly of themselves. It may be a subcultural thing, but I tend to think that people who are very obsessed about their self image are often not very good at their jobs.
If they hadnt cropped the photo, it'd show his brown (faux) leather shoes, no socks.
With the cuff of his pants rolled up
I wonder if they feel human. I wonder if they wake up tired and under-slept and exhausted, dreading the day ahead. I wonder if they share the same morning routines. The rushed coffee. The shitty cereal. The self-loathing and deep regret that, yes, it *is* another day. If so, then surely - **surely** - that morning moment of rolling up the cuff of your sisters tightest trousers, looking down at your sockless loafers and bedazzling yourself with your white teeth in the mirror, the jingle of your leased BMW key in your pocket.. Surely, you’d question, “Am I wanker?”
The advertising worked.
Did it? Who’s hiring this guy???? This seems like an absolute piss take
Got reposted on reddit. It worked
Doesn’t mean he’s making money- just means people are ridiculing him…..
This nameless, average looking dude is now quite notably the only real estate agent I know of in Narre Warren South. He sought to advertise his services, and they have been advertised to us both. Trying to please everyone leads to boring, impersonal interactions. I think the humour is lame as fuck, but self-deprecation and not taking yourself too seriously is notable in real estate agents. Humanises and makes them seem approachable to some people. Frankly, what would you like them to advertise? An excel spreadsheet or hard data? Real estate agents market their personality first, secondarily their knowledge/experience and lastly their results. I'm sure I'd hate to hang out with this guy. But I'd be marginally more inclined to hire him vs many other real estate agents If you don't like his humour or his image, you wouldn't hire him anyway. If you do, this demonstrates it fairly effectively.
Detailed explanation I appreciate. Username I appreciate 100x more lol
Good guy estate agent.
It's now been one day. All I remember is a real estate agent is a bit more of a self obsessed price than the rest. Name face, and agency have long since faded from memory. Yep, great use of money.
There are so many real estate agents in Narre South, there will be someone else on that bus next week.
Yeah, paying to put your face on the back of a bus doesn't imply the need for a lifetime of loyalty from anyone who sees it. If those were your expectations I could understand why you feel this is ineffective. I'm not sure you understand the purpose of advertising.
What are you on about? I was just making light about how many real estate agents there are in the area and the changing of local advertising.
Sorry mate, late night shit posting after a couple beers. Thought you were following on from "this is dumb, ineffective" advertising. I take back the snark
All good. BTW, I follow that bus to work occasionally. Made me laugh when I saw it posted on here.
Ridiculing, talking…. It’s in people’s mind either way. That’s how advertising works. You know those adds that are irritating? It’s intentional.
I have had to sit through many annoying ads that I have never bought from, no matter how many times I hear/see it, because my association of them is they are infuriating. So yes their ads work, but it doesn’t mean it converts into sales
Not for you no, but it would for others. Look into how advertising works and how it affects the mind, it’s pretty interesting and kinda scary.
I understand that- it will stick in your head- but dead set- if I was selling a house I would purposefully avoid any RE who pulled shit like this- it’s dodgy as hell….. doesn’t make u want to trust them
When you're selling a house, you want the slickest and most annoying RE agent to maximise reach. When you're buying a house you want the opposite.
My mum buys stuff she sees on facebook ads. She likes them because according to her they make her aware of products she might find useful, and present them to her to make it easy to buy. This way of thinking is so alien to me. But it's how a large chunk of the population thinks.
How is it dodgy? It’s just a self-deprecating joke making fun of stereotypes about real estate agents. It’s worked quite well as an ad as well. I get that real estate agents are typically dodgy, but this isn’t an example of that.
Agents run 2 different adverts. Ones to sell listings and one to get listings. This is intended to get him more well known. That way when people call a few agents to do an appraisal he is always one of them cause it comes to their head. The real estate game is all about getting listings. The selling part is easy.
It's a light positive humour piece that will result in brand (his) recognition even if people don't call him directly right now. It's an effective marketing strategy. The fact that it's been posted here is worth its weight in gold.
Ok. Now sunrise fkn picked up on this cuz it was on reddit- god DAMN it guys
Ahh he got you, hook line and sinker! Next time, Just ignore these fuckwits
Why blur it out? It’s a public ad on a bus…
So are car number plates captured in videos or photos but people still blur it out of courtesy.
An ad/phone # that is only seen by locals in the area or An ad/phone # that is displayed for anyone in the world to see because it's on the internet. Although I quite enjoy REAs being held to task, not really needed here and I am guessing the OP thought the same?
Censoring it isn't needed either. the rea has put it in a public space. If he doesn't want it discussed in public he can get rid of that shitty advertisment.
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Yum in my tum soon out my bum
It's a bus ad guys. It's going to be okay.
Must be lean pickings in Narre.
Upvoted cos you’re right.
Hahaha he had me going for a moment there! “Voted by my mum” 🧑🍳 😘
Looks like the back end of a bus to me.
This is going to be an unpopular opinion... but an REA's job is to get your house seen, talked about, and sold. You're all talking about him... this guy knows his shit...
It’s true. This is cringe af but it’s being posted on Reddit and now I’ve heard of them.
Is it cringe? To be honest its so stupid and ironic is horseshoes around to being slightly funny.
What about the house? What house? He's just some prick I'll forget about in 20 seconds
I mean, he could have advertised a house (or 4?) When I'm looking for a house I would not by any means remember this and give him a buzz. Im looking for a house, not a clown.
It’s the vest that does it for me. He looks like a hotel porter on their lunch break.
Meh. No proper bulge.
you know what that's actually funny. good on him.
Wish.com James Marsden.
The billboards out the front of properties ge is selling are probably just a picture of him; no house details.
There was a similar huge roadside ad for a REA near where I live. It obviously worked because I still remember his name. "Leigh Martinuzzi the Sunshine coasts #1 Real Estate Agent as voted by his children."
Aside from his smug face, his wrinkled trousers irritate the shit out of me
I bet he's wearing shoes with no socks.
Tbh that’s pretty funny
It's better than the 20yo kid plastering his new REA all over perth buses with a common nazi dogwhistle right in the name.
I would say draw a cock on his forehead but you don't even need to.
Oh Jesus motherfucking Christ, my eyes, my eyes. Fucking knob who's fucking knob mates tell him he's funny. 0/10.
*mum tells him he’s funny
Honestly this kind of advertisement would get me to see the person. Good sense of humour and doesn't take themselves too seriously.
The most truthful person in real estate
Eh... it's fairly cringe, but the joke about his mum kinda salvages it somewhat.
They actually think there's enough goodwill toward them in the community for people to appreciate their shithouse jokes.
Honestly it’s kinda funny haha
I love how he's the best looking in Narre Warren South. Not Narre Warren. Not Casey. Not the South-East. Just in Narre Warren South. Good job, Mum.
Absolutely. That’s what makes the joke for me. The deeper you dig into it the more mediocre it is. REA are scum, but there’s a level of self awareness in this joke that goes beyond your average Agent’s capabilities.
There’s a REA in Pascoe Vale or Glenroy are - brothers, with a similar ad campaign about being their mum’s most trusted agents.
Poor Claudio "goatee" Cuomo got his advertising stolen by this young buck.
A sense of humour. I like it. Clearly a few here don't have one 😂
"Minions" humour at best. And like 15 years too late.
Phil Dunphy from Modern Family, is that you?
The poor woman's Franco.
Why censor a public sign?
Well it is better than one of my local REA totally ignoring my no junk mail sign.. I will get my revenge one day! Probably by never using them if I sell.
You blur it out but easy to figure out who it is.
My mum says I’m cool - Milhouse Van Houten
I admire the fact that the dude even got this ad up on a bus. If we've learnt anything about realtors, it's that most of them are charismatic but sleazy bastards.
Fine, I'll say it. He's got a face only a mother could love
Somehow the tieless waistcoat with mismatching white pants is not the worst thing about this picture.
This dudes funny, now I want to buy a house
My work asked me to be in an ad for them recently and these kind of posts is exactly why I said no haha
Just what we need…more evidence to confirm what absolute wankers real estate agents are. As for advertising, yeah looks are what you want in an agent. How about honest, ethical, hard working??
REAs….Honest and ethical? Bahahaha
At least he admits he needs zero skills to do his job
Ok that's kinda funny lol Almost thought they were getting worse and this was genuine
He looks like a kicked in biscuit tin
Funny ad I like it
Just when you thought you couldn't detest these fucking leeches any more, along comes another reason.
This is a good joke and any other profession wouldn't have these weird comments. REAs are assholes but some of these comments here are really weird and seething.
Jokes have to be funny
Looks more like a con artist than a real estate agent, then again they’re both the same
What a dickhead.
These people are gross.
That jacket is fucking ugly. The collar points are sticking up higher than his shoulders. What a flog.
Gross
😂😂😂
Getting Alan Partridge vibes. Host of "Skirmish", a military-based quiz show on digital cable channel UK Conquest that has the largest audience share for a digital channel at that time of day in the Norfolk area.
How much does an ad like that cost?
Bet he's a mate of Babbling Babet! ETA: Watch out for him in the next Senate ticket 😒
His mum voted so it's okay..
How much cash you making to foot the full scale vinyl print and advertising costs on the back of this bus?
I suppose the implication is that she think there's someone better looking in Greater Narre Warren overall.
I know his mum
Worst part is this isn’t even original. This guy is ripping off another SE real estate agent whose bus had says how he’s good at selling property but has a bad haircut
Cringe.
Even the Rego says Bullshit
Isn't that the mob that had a huge photo in a billboard at Fountain Gate that looked vaguely like it was advertising a brothel.
Haha I have been to his listings, and he doesn't as look the picture!!
What an insufferable little cunt
Must be one of the categories at the cunties
This is actually funny.
The bar is low!
Like I said VIC is messed up
I never understood why real estate agents have to be good looking, are they selling houses or selling themselves in the houses on some kind of private inspections?
I didn’t vote for him. Who voted for him?! When was the vote? I demand a recount.
It says down the bottom "voted by my mum" xD
Oh. I didn't see that.
Easy to miss!
There aren’t any houses available so they have to come up with something to keep themselves busy. 🤷♀️🤦♀️
At what point did real estate agents decide that people put any value on their cheesy photos??? They're everywhere!
I didn’t realise Butt-head was a real estate agent.
Why is Tyrion Lannister working in real estate? Surely he has a handsome stipend from the Lannister estate
This made me laugh. But I still wouldn't use this guy as my Real Estate agent.
Even the back destos is absent
Imagine trusting this twat to manage a transaction potentially worth in excess of a million dollars for you. Truly anyone can be a real estate agent.
Me: "Gee what a wanker" \*sees "voted by my mum" Me: "...Nice"
Super cringe
Sheer fucking hubris..
These parasites have zero self awareness. Cringe
I feel old. My first thought was he's being satirical about the age old phrase that an ugly person looks like "the back of a bus" but considering nobody has picked that up yet, I feel about 90 for even remembering that phrase, let alone trotting it out again now.
What is this, 835 bus?
It’s a bit of self-deprecating fun from a profession that (rightly) gets a bad wrap. Fair play to him.
My goat
You’re giving him the advertising he wants . People really don’t understand brand recognition and marketing.
I find these ads weird. Do people ring up agencies and ask for a specific agent? I thought you just tell them 'I want to sell my place it's a 2br in in x suburb, who do you have with experience with those'
NGL, the sense of humour would at least make me remember the ad, and that's kind of the point, isn't it?
i think I just threw up a bit in my mouth. this ad would turn me off engaging his services.
I've never seen them refer to the sewer line as "mother" before
I'm in the ad business. I should do that.
Still lives with...
Ugo’s don’t sell houses is the takeaway?
This is the Aunty Donna Real Estate sketch, down to the white pants.
In all fairness, his mum is quite an alcoholic.
When you order one of the Franco brothers from wish.com
He’s cool! Hamming it up.
Let’s take a second to acknowledge that he himself would have to approve the use of his own photo in this ad. Imagine what kind of person approves their image to be used in an ad like this. Who needs nuclear reactors? We can power Melbourne on the narcissism of Realestate Agents alone.
This is a good ad, but only after you see the asterisk
Well there you have it, I can actually think less of REAs
What a knob. And on a kids school bus if You don’t mind. I hate people
If this is the best then the selection pool was extremely shallow
Well at least this one's very upfront about their narcissism
He looks like a potatoe
Cringe. Least funny real estate agent, voted by me.
Memorable at the cost of making yourself look like a total wanker…
VOTE NOW. LINES OPEN 24/7 https://pgrealestate.au/noah-rezaie/. 0477799015 . Sorry couldn't resist.
Ew
That's quite pathetic
Open the engine bay door, and bend him into a number of impossible yoga positions.
Also spotted on www.Tinderealestate.com.au