So there was this one time Jonathan and I were house hunting, and our Realtor suggested we check out a particular house. We went over and walked in, and were immediately struck by one thing: every window and wall was covered in heavy cloth. We cracked a joke about the inhabitants being vampires and began the tour. Several other factors jumped out.
1. There was a strong scent of smoke, masked by an even stronger scent of incense.
2. Although there were several ashtrays outside, there were also ashtrays in all the bedrooms.
3. The house was listed as three bedrooms, but actually seemed to have been converted into five or six.
4. There seemed to be way more master bathrooms than would be expected.
5. Every door had several locks.
Can you put together what all of these features have in common? If so, congratulations! You are better at this than we were!
Our Realtor called us back a couple of days later and told us that under no circumstances should we continue to even consider that house. We asked why not.
"I just found out the previous owners were arrested for running a brothel out of it."
We didn't buy that house, mostly because of the awkward doorstep scenes we would have had with all kinds of strangers (OK, maybe just one kind, mostly) if we had ended up purchasing it.
