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Real Estate Definitions that I Wish Were Funnier

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Lockwood Real Estate

Buyer.  Noun.  Person who thinks the home is worth $50,000 less than the price given by the comps.

Seller.  Noun.  Person who thinks a home is worth $50,000 more than the price given by the comps.

The comps.  Noun.  A record of transactions completed by buyers and sellers who have been market educated.

Market Educate.  Verb.  The process of having written or received one or more purchase agreements that are unacceptable to one of the parties and fall apart in negotiations.

Advertising.  Noun.  1) Publications and other noise created by listing agents while waiting for sellers to reduce their price.  2) Distraction ignored by buyers looking for a home.

Nicole Kraus
Signature Realty Associates - Dover, FL
LOL...that is to funny!!
Sep 11, 2007 03:14 AM
Karen Hurst
RICOASTALLIVING.COM - Warwick, RI
Rhode Island Waterfront!
Realtor    noun    A person who, after having been Market Educated,  trys to get the Buyer to up his price $25,000 and the Seller to reduce his price $25000 to accommodate the Comps.
Sep 11, 2007 04:44 AM
Kaye Thomas
Real Estate West - Manhattan Beach, CA
e-PRO, Manhattan Beach CA
This is hilarious... and pretty much is the definiton of my week..
Sep 17, 2007 03:26 PM
John Lockwood
Lockwood Real Estate - Sacramento, CA
Thanks, Kaye.  See, maybe it was already funny, in a "it hurts when I laugh" sort of way... :)
Sep 17, 2007 04:05 PM