For those of us that are buying a house

FH and I had some time to kill, and we started to talk about what those cute little catchphrases on MLSLI really meant. This is what we came up with:

The Real Estate Translator

Cozy - A box
Needs TLC - Needs to be bulldozed and rebuilt
Starter Home – Generally cozy and needs TLC
Great Investment – Needs to be gutted
Quiet Block – Average age of neighbors is in the triple-digits
Oversized Property – Will have to buy a tractor to mow lawn
Freshly Painted – Don’t inhale
Half-Finished Basement – What happened to the other half???
1.5 car garage – You and your spouse can both park if you drive half a car
Newer Roof – Cave-ins imminent
Diamond in the Rough – Great house in a war zone
Great Potential – Eyesore in a great neighborhood
Owner is Motivated – Owner is broke
Open Floorplan – Knocked down all the damn walls
Pool is a Gift – Too lazy to take it down
Commuter’s Dream – Train runs trough backyard
Easy Access to Highway – Front yard doubles as exit ramp
Near Schools – House will be egged on Halloween
Close to Shopping – Can rent out driveway to Christmas shoppers
Potential Mother/Daughter – Scary tenant hiding in basement
In the famed ____ school district – Hopefully you didn’t hear about that time…
Lots of Storage – Plenty of places to hide the bodies

Omg, that's great!!!!!!!!!!!

we're going looking again tomorrow!

that is soo funny we do the same thing!!! glad to see were not the only one!! i love when they say spacious 2 bedroom.. its so spaciuos where are the other bedrooms!

That is awesome! Fh and I are beginning the hunt...and that def made me laugh!

omg!

I'm a secretary in a RE office & some of the stuff the agents write always makes me wonder what tthey are trying to avoid saying

You couldn't be more correct!!! Love it!!!

That's funny.

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Posted by Munchkn16

FH and I had some time to kill, and we started to talk about what those cute little catchphrases on MLSLI really meant. This is what we came up with:

The Real Estate Translator

Cozy - A box
Needs TLC - Needs to be bulldozed and rebuilt
Starter Home – Generally cozy and needs TLC
Great Investment – Needs to be gutted
Quiet Block – Average age of neighbors is in the triple-digits
Oversized Property – Will have to buy a tractor to mow lawn
Freshly Painted – Don’t inhale
Half-Finished Basement – What happened to the other half???
1.5 car garage – You and your spouse can both park if you drive half a car
Newer Roof – Cave-ins imminent
Diamond in the Rough – Great house in a war zone
Great Potential – Eyesore in a great neighborhood
Owner is Motivated – Owner is broke
Open Floorplan – Knocked down all the damn walls
Pool is a Gift – Too lazy to take it down
Commuter’s Dream – Train runs trough backyard
Easy Access to Highway – Front yard doubles as exit ramp
Near Schools – House will be egged on Halloween
Close to Shopping – Can rent out driveway to Christmas shoppers
Potential Mother/Daughter – Scary tenant hiding in basement
In the famed ____ school district – Hopefully you didn’t hear about that time…
Lots of Storage – Plenty of places to hide the bodies

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By the way: Diamond in the Rough: also means keep a shotgun under your bed!

1.5 car garage – You and your spouse can both park if you drive half a car

I never understood this...why not finish building the rest of the garage to make it 2 car?