Real Estate Code Words
Ξ August 19th, 2008 | → | ∇ Blog |
I’ve been looking for a new home for a few weeks now. I’ve become quite good at reading through the lines of real estate ads. They contain certain keywords that can easily tip you off. Here are a few of them:
1) handy man’s special — That means, this place is a hovel
2) charming — That means “tiny”
3) needs work — That means “needs bulldozer”
4) requires some updating — That means it has the same shag carpets it had in the 70’s and it smells like “old lady”
5) 3/4 bedrooms — That means there are three bedrooms and a big closet they are trying to pass off as a bedroom to raise the price
6) located in an upcoming neighborhood — That means there aren’t gunshots outside EVERY night like their used to be
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