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marketing exaggeration

Question: When is a 1.5 Story Not a 1.5 Story?

Answer:  When It’s Listed on MLS as a 2-Story I don’t come across it that often, but I do come across it:  a home listed on MLS that’s miscategorized for “Style.” Invariably, one of two things is going on:  1) an inexperienced agent didn’t know the difference; or 2) a very experienced knew exactly what...
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Exaggerated Square Footage

Too Much of a Good Thing If you were a 5′ 6″ man, would you try to pass yourself off as 5′ 9″? I wouldn’t condone it — but I’d at least understand it. But why would a 6′ 5″ man say he was 6′ 9″ — unless, perhaps, he was an NBA player? In...
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Home on a Diet

Inflated FSF: ‘Told You So’ Where: 29xx Quentin Ave. South, in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill neighborhood What: 3 BR/3BA Cape Cod built in 1936 How much: asking $349.9k When: (re-)listed Mon. (Aug. 3) You’ve probably heard of home expansions. But have you ever heard of home contractions? This one did. When the home pictured...
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