Oxymoron Diaries | Short Sale. I've been involved in the real estate business in some way, shape or form for nearly a decade. I am also a writer whose current project is The Oxymoron Diaries|Twelve Ounce Poundcake. I got to thinking about real estate and oxymorons and immediately came up with the term Short Sale as an oxymoron.
Why? That's easy. How many realtors have had to explain to a buyer that the term Short Sale was not slang for "it will take a very short time to get to closing?" Right. All of you. In fact, the opposite is true, as it will take a very long time to get to closing. Actually, it will take a very, VERY long time to get to closing. (I know, every once in a while you run into one that's a breeze, but for the average short sale transaction and the average agent, accepted offer and closing are months and months and months apart.)
So, Short sale is my designated Super Oxymoron of the Day and a new entry into The Oxymoron Diaries. I have a feeling it will even end up as a Chapter Title in The Oxymoron Diaries|Volume Two|A Littler Pain Never Hurt Anyone, which should be out in the fall.
This post reminds me just how important it is to educate homebuyers out there to consult with a realtor as soon as they even have an inkling that they want to purchase a home in today's market. A real estate agent's knowledge is invaluable in the process.
Most of my Oxymoron Diaries posts are pretty funny. Tongue-in-cheek humor about real life experiences, but as I type this I can't come up with anything funny about Short Sales. Funny "weird", yes, but definitely not funny "ha-ha."
Short Sales just aren't funny.
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