Yo-Yos! Champagne! Massages! Oh, and ... real estate! 

SAN FRANCISCO -- Flashy yo-yo tricks, free massages, booming Motown music spun by live DJs, bumper car video games and even a bit of consumer advocacy assaulted the senses of some 25,000 Realtors as the trade show at the National Association of Realtors' San Francisco convention kicked off Friday evening.

More than 550 exhibitors from a wide (and wild) assortment of real estate sub-industries strove to outdo each other with sprawling exhibits ranging from shoeshines to surf shops.

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