Realtor Rules of Thumb Once upon a time, when homes were cheap, Realtors had a saying: “10 showings, $10,000.” In other words, if a home had 10 showings but hadn’t sold, a $10,000 price cut was in order. Then, home prices went up — seemingly forever — and the phrase fell out of favor. Guess...Read More
Some Minnesota fathers teach their sons how to hang dry wall and hunt (or so I’m told). Me? I can explain why the Amusement Park is named “Crackerjax,” not “Crackerjacks” — or at least have a pretty good educated guess. Which is, if they named it “Crackerjacks,” they’d get sued for copyright infringement.Read More
Test: ‘Reasonableness’ To recover from their Seller for a home defect, Buyers must satisfy a two-part test. Namely, they must prove that: 1) the defect existed at the time the Seller sold them the home; and 2) the Seller either knew of the defect, or should have known. Which begs the question, “what should sellers...Read More
Answer: “told riches.” Somebody has to carry on George Carlin’s tradition of poking around in the English language’s idiosyncracies and peccadilloes. For more in this vein, see “What’s the Past Tense of Sight See?”; “Landmark ” or Watermark?”; “Dried vs. MORE Dried Apricots“; and “wild and crazy” (vs. conventional) fruit.Read More
Or Is That, “Anti-Totem?” I’ll leave my reaction to (re)watching “Rocky” 36(!) years later for another post. But, what I noticed — besides all the bare office desks (what, no PC monitors??) — were the differences between sports arenas then and now. The backdrop for the movie’s climactic fight scene is the old Philadelphia Spectrum, host...Read More
I Dig It! As someone who appreciates clever car advertising (my license plate says “MY RLTR” — as in, “there goes my Realtor“), I found myself driving behind a kindred spirit this morning. A landscaper, his bumper sticker read, “I dig gardens.” Nice! P.S.: perhaps the most infamous Realtor car advertising is this one, by (TV) Realtor...Read More
