I got a call from a reporter a while back doing an article about the practice of burying a St. Joseph statue in your yard to facilitate the sale of your home. While I have never tried this myself, I did post about the purported power of St. Joseph in December, 2007.

It was fun to re-read the post from Ardell at Seattle’s Rain City Guide that prompted that post 2 years ago.  It tells the long story of the tradition.   I was thinking about St. Joseph today and what he could do for today’s real estate market.  Perhaps it will take divine intervention to turn things around, but I would really like to know what the Church’s position is on the St. Joseph-buried-in-the-yard procedure.

Amazon.com offers 11 different St. Joseph Home Selling kits, ranging from $6.95-14.99, with even more in the sponsored links (some as low as $3.69).  I guess I should order some for testing purposes.

I was especially attracted to EcoJoe, the Original Eco-Friendly Saint Joseph Statue Real Estate Home Selling Kit, billed as “The Hardest Working Saint in Real estate.”  Hmmm, the packaging and marketing message certainly reaches out and grabs you.

So what do you think?  Is burying a religious icon in the yard a good way to get a house sold?  Can a friendly Eco-Joe bring in buyers for my listings?  Or can a real estate broker named Joe get the job done all alone?

Joe Spake is a Memphis, Tennessee based Consultant, Real Estate Broker, and Blogger. Call 901.214.5563 for a consultation or click to make a social connection.
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