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I am always a fan of humourous journalism and real estate usually keeps me very amused because of their propensity to create an advertisement and call it news.  This one today is a total gem:

Buyers promised a Bargain

So a year ago this was worth $800,000 and now it can be bought for $750,000.

Wow like that’s amazing, such a massive bargain .  If I’m not mistaken that is around a 6% discount.

So obviously this is simply an advert to try and sell this property which is fair enough but to cal lit a good deal or a bargain is just funny.

As you and I know there are plenty of good properties that can be purchased at 30 or 40% discounts so 6% is actually full retail, not any sort of bargain for anybody at all, except of course someone who falls in love with the property and wants to live in it.

And while we are on amusing journalism this is also a cracker.

$16 million woman defies sluggish property market

This is a beauty because the site it is on can have articles posted by anybody pretty much and I can’t think of a more misleading headline.

What would be true is to say “Real Estate Agent sells 3 properties in 1 week”, but that is hardly defying any market.

So if you want a good laugh check your real estate section and for the “most bizzarely posed real estate agent photo” check out the 16 million dollar woman’s pic.

Stay Inspired and Stay Safe ~ Dean Letfus