
This morning I listened to a very amusing talk on the radio about a NABA piece released discussing the disconnect between the reality a buyer sees and MLS descriptions used to market homes.
Take the description "COZY", you may have heard the old joke the house is so small you have to go outside to change your mind!
This brought to mind the descriptions I read when house hunting and what I actually saw after crossing the threshold. A buyer's agent I worked with on a house hunt many years ago joked with me about this after going into the 4th or 5th house with mauve carpet and pink counters. Whenever we saw a description that read "custom" or "tastefully decorated" we would both roll our eyes and chuckle a bit.
Have you any recent good ones to share?
LOVELY, TRUE TO PERIOD HOUSE!

FOR THE GARDENING ENTHUSIAST ! Really, Really old.
You may need a machete to get to the front door.
So....what's in your MLS description?
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Ana, This is so true! I have recently started doing a monthly presentation for our local Realtors CE class. This is one of the subjects that I talk about. I "know" what I'm going to see when I click on your listing that says "tastefully decorated" in the description. I'm very "light hearted" about bringing this up...but again am very serious.