Special offer

You say specious, I say spacious, let's call the whole thing off!

By
Real Estate Broker/Owner with American Foursquare Realty RM423982

Every so often you start reading a real estate description that causes a chuckle due to a misplaced word or unintentional spelling error that transforms the intended meaning.

And sometimes you hit the mother lode in one listing!

Pretty warmed 2 story colonial.  Great start.  Pretty warmed because the a/c is busted?  Inquiring minds want to know!

Specious island.  My favorite!  By changing one letter, you have turned a roomy kitchen island into its absolute opposite!

Much brighter sunlight.  Hmmm, that does sound special.  It also sounds like it could fry you to a crisp!  Or is this listing in a distant galaxy on a planet revolving around a sun that is much more powerful than ours?

Restaurant is closed.  What a difference a "d" makes.  I know the area and am pretty sure that the agent wanted to point out that restaurants are near by.  But to people unfamiliar with the area, they might think that a lot of home cooking would be in their future if they bought this home!

For Pete's sake, people, we are getting paid to professionally market someones most valuable possession!  A little proof reading would go a long way.  Or at least run it by one of the office secretaries if you can't proof your own work because you were playing hangman under your desk with your best friend during 4th grade spelling class.

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 Richard Strahm is an award winning Realtor specializing in the North Penn areas of Montgomery County -- Lansdale, Upper Gwynedd, North Wales, Towamencin, Hatfield -- and beyond!  Visit him at www.a4square.com or call today at 215-853-2624 for a free and private consultation about all of your real estate needs.
 
 
Richard Strahm
Broker / Owner
Realtor, ABR, CRS, PSA, SFR, SRS, SRES
 
American Foursquare Realty - Lansdale, PA

415 North Broad Street
Lansdale, PA 19446

Direct: (215) 853-2624
Office: (215) 647-0700
Fax: (215) 529-8931

Email:  Richard@a4square.com

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Krista Lombardi
Prudential Calfornia Realty - San Diego, CA

Hi Richard,

I enjoyed your posting a lot! Thanks.

Jul 18, 2011 05:57 AM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Say what you mean, mean what you say, and proofread...............sending out the wrong message here.

Jul 18, 2011 06:34 AM
Cynthia Larsen
Cotati, CA
Independent Broker In Sonoma County, CA

Much brighter sunlight? Is there a hole in the ceiling? If you haven't already, you need to read Gwen Banta's MLS bloopers on Fridays.

Jul 18, 2011 08:18 AM
Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Richard - A painfully funny example of a constantly recurring painful theme - and these guys get paid, when they're lucky enough to actually sell something. You ought to send this one into Leno.

Jul 18, 2011 10:31 AM