I don't know if George Carlin started it all when he called Atheism - a non-prophet organization, but there are all sorts of hilarious word definitions out there. Here is a sampling:
Coffee Table: The level of coffee you have to maintain in your body to function effectively
Flabbergasted: Appalled by discovering how much weight you have gained
Abdicate: To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach
Balderdash: A rapidly receding hairline
So we came up with a few for common real estate terms. Enjoy!
Acceleration Clause - When it is okay to speed
Amortization Schedule - A specified date night
Appreciation - What every husband wants but never gets
Chain of Title - Your house, your problem
Common Area Assessments - What your mother in law does when she visits
Community Property - How your kids view everything that is yours
Discount Points - Kohl's offers those on Super Saturdays
Due On Sale Provision - The right your husband has to pull his favorite chair out of the garage sale just when someone is about to buy it
Earnest Money Deposit - The money you meant to put into your checking account before that check bounced
Effective Age - How old you really feel
Eminent Domain - That feeling you get the moment your kids ask to move back home after college
Encroachment - What happens when your kids move back home after college
Loan Servicing - Creative ways to pay back a debt
Negative Amortization - It sets in after the honeymoon
Quit Claim Deed - Something you did when no one was looking, so you can deny it
Right of First Refusal - How most husbands view their authority over the remote control
Right of Survivorship - Getting to vote on who gets thrown off the island
Settlement Statement - Having the last word in an argument
Sweat Equity - It is usually a little more salty than sweet
Tenancy in Common - A stubborn virus that makes it way through the whole family
~Lisa
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Scott Loper - Associate Broker
Lisa Loper - Sales Associate
Gina Wherry - Sales Associate
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