{"id":634,"date":"2008-12-09T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/justinfoell.wordpress.com\/2008\/12\/09\/what-buyers-arent-looking-for"},"modified":"2008-12-09T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T15:37:00","slug":"what-buyers-arent-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/2008\/12\/what-buyers-arent-looking-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What Buyers Aren’t Looking For"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are still looking for a house. It’s very frustrating for numerous reasons but, what really ticks me off are the descriptions and photos online.<\/p>\n

(in all caps of course)
“Adorable paint!”
Seriously? Paint is adorable? It’s just a color. Sometimes the choice of color is NICE, but never adorable. Adults shouldn’t try to sell something to another adult using the word “adorable”.<\/p>\n

“Subject to bank approval!”
Ok, why is there an exclamation point on something that can take 2 months? Wow! Really? I need the banks approval??!? No way!! I understand that since the bank now owns the house, that they are quick to respond. Not in ANY of my cases; I’ve been waiting for banks since June. You don’t see any exclamation points here.<\/p>\n

A 660 sq. foot house, 1 bedroom, 1 bath
(again with the caps)
“Great for a small family…” Do you mean little people or a single person with a dog or cat? What small family wants a 1 bedroom house, when at this price range, can get way more square footage with additional bedrooms? They should fire their listing agent.<\/p>\n

With all these great descriptions, let’s take a look at their quality photos.<\/p>\n

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Ok, if the place was clean, this shot wouldn’t be too bad. A view into the kitchen and then the other hall. This looks like it could be the living room. But if you look closlier, I think it’s someone’s bedroom. Notice legs on the bed to the right and all the bags of clothes on the left. I don’t need a bedroom attached to the kitchen. Thanks, but no thanks.<\/p>\n

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What the heck is this? I’m going to assume it’s a room maybe for Hansel and Gretel. I could have used another angle of the kitchen or a shot from the kitchen to the living room or something else! What a waste. <\/p>\n

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Remember the 1 bedroom house? This must be where the rest of the “small” family can sleep because doesn’t that look comfy? Why am I looking at the couch? Why am I not looking at the whole room maybe from the doorway? I know the decorations are eye catching (like the rest of the house), but I want to experience the whole room and all it’s hideous glory!<\/p>\n

And the winner of worst quality AND most pointless photo:
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So please, listing agents, work on your descriptions and take a photo class. I want to buy a house. I need to buy a house. But you’re making it difficult.
lemon<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are still looking for a house. It’s very frustrating for numerous reasons but, what really ticks me off are the descriptions and photos online. (in all caps of course)“Adorable paint!”Seriously? Paint is adorable? It’s just a color. Sometimes the choice of color is NICE, but never adorable. Adults shouldn’t try to sell something to read more »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lowering-my-cholesterol","author-jessi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t