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If It Walks Like A Duck... (The MLS Has Gone Quackers)

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Real Estate Agent with Sotheby's International Realty BRE # 01362887

Usually I have to skip a week to gather enough material for my MLS blooper review, but this past week was especially rife with colorful errors and head-scratching misspellings.

I even caught a few in the L.A. Times and Homes and Land Magazine. It appears that some agents were dozing at their keyboards...or doing tequila shooters - you decide.

Here are my Picks of the Week:

Where's the Beef?

"Mobile nome for sale (A leprechaun on a Harley?)

"Vintage cow foot tub with gold feet" (Old beef with gold leaf.)

"Lots of great chops in area" (‘Great' accordin' to Lizzie Borden.)

"Lush landescaping"  (Drunk land on the lam?)

"Nice area of mountain w/ village inn iit" (Offered by the Village Inn-i-it.")

"Fixer - New reduced size!" (Seems the clunker's been shrunkered.)

Too Good To Be True

"Bonus to fix seller" (We pay to spay.)

"New lo-flow John" (John must be on Flomax.)

"Nice Hollywood bunglaboo" (Agent bungle in the Hollywood jungle...)

"Work bintch thrown in for free" (The bintch should smack you upside your thick head.)

"Listen to the waves lapping in the arbor" (Run, you dud -there must be a flood!)

I Now Have a Bridge to Sell You...

FOR MORE CHUCKLES, CLICK HERE, OR VISIT

WWW.SHERLOCKOFHOMES.BLOGSPOT.COM/

Ernie Steele
Lebanon, PA

Good stuff Gwen...I think I'll proof my listings more closely...Enjoy the day.

May 03, 2010 09:32 PM
Bonner Thomason
Keller Williams Realty - Kernersville, NC
CRS, ABR, GRI, e-Pro

Had to laugh at some of those and looked in disbelief on the others.

Bonner

May 03, 2010 09:55 PM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Gwen:  All I can say is... somethings things aren't all they're "quacked" up to be... LOL.  But... hope things are "ducky" with you.

May 03, 2010 10:26 PM
Jay Schmitt
Keller Williams Keystone Realty - Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg Real Estate Agent

Those just go to show you can never proof read your work enough.

May 03, 2010 10:59 PM
Tom Priester
Paradise Sharks - Jupiter, FL
Paradise Sharks

Sweet post Gwen Thanks for putting a smile on my face so early this morning.

May 03, 2010 11:24 PM
Cynthia Larsen
Cotati, CA
Independent Broker In Sonoma County, CA

Gwen, I've started paying more attention to my MLS as well.  I can't believe what some agents write!  Thanks for the laugh ... keep 'em coming!

May 04, 2010 05:19 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Good idea, Ernie. Our fast fingers on the keyboard are often our downfall.

May 04, 2010 11:00 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

I agree, Bonner - some are jaw-droppers!

May 04, 2010 11:01 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Karen, you "quack" me up!

May 04, 2010 11:02 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Jay, I try to police myself as strictly as I do the MLS, because I have caught some major typos in my own work. I recently described a house as having a big "tard." Fortunately I caught it in time!

May 04, 2010 11:04 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

Happy to make you smile, Tom!

May 04, 2010 11:05 AM
Gwen Banta
Sotheby's International Realty - Los Angeles, CA

I'm glad others notice the bloopers, Cynthia. It IS shocking, isn't it? I think we often read into it and thus "see" what the agent intended, when what they actually wrote is hilarious!

May 04, 2010 11:07 AM