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Realtor enlists Darth Vader and the Death Star to sell home

High end Houston property marketed to potential buyers in a “Star Wars” setting.

In this new age of pandemic we are all figuring out how we can still make a buck but stay healthy while doing it.

It’s not easy, that’s for sure.

When it comes to the real estate sector the old staple of the open house viewing is under severe pressure, even when masks are supplied!

So how do you entice people to come out of their quarantine locations to look at the home you are selling and also assure them you won’t breathe on them while they are doing it?

Well, one realtor in Houston has come up with a creative solution.

Ellis Young has turned his latest near $1 million listing in the Friendswood neighborhood into a Star Wars set, complete with its own death star and a safely masked and black suited group of Darth Vaders.

Young is known around certain parts of Houston for his unconventional tactics and for using lighthearted for-sale signs, according to the Houston Chronicle. He made headlines in 2018 after garnering attention for a Manvel home listing that featured a for sale sign with the words, “Not Haunted”.

Ellis Young and his two sons Bryce and Kaiden inside the property (Houston Association of Realtors)

On another listing he is currently managing, Young has made a joke about the pandemic with a sign that says: “The only corona in this house comes with lime,” while with another sign he pokes fun at himself for being bald with the words: “Agent needs money for hair plugs.”

“All of these things are not to offend anyone, it’s just to lighten the mood of what can be a stressful time for a seller,” Young said. “And it puts buyers in a better mood when they come in and see something humorous.”

Young, 41, and his two sons, Bryce, 13, and Kaiden, 9, all dressed up in Star Wars costumes to help sell the home.

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