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TanzPunk's avatar

Oh lorb, this had me howling with laughter so loudly my fiancée asked if I was okay, so I just finished dramatically reading it out loud and both of us were howling with laughter throughout so much we probably woke the neighbors!

I know these real estate photos of which you speak. I've often thought, "Was this taken with the camera of an ancient flip phone?!" And "Are these people hoping to NOT sell their house?"

I think about our American expectations when house hunting and how incredibly nitpicky potential buyers tend to be. If you so much as have a wall painted anything other than white or beige and if you have the audacity to leave art hanging on the walls, homes won't sell even when there's a scarcity of homes on the market!

Definitely doesn't seem to be an issue here in Portugal lol.

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Janelle Holden's avatar

Lol! Jen this story gets better each time I hear it and I even got to see those snakes in the photo! We have shared some good laughs over Portuguese real estate listings! My favorite is all the photos of the toilets - from different angles too! Like, sure I am glad to see there is a toilet but does it need to be the first photo in the set of photos? And then there are all the pool photos that go on forever before you get to see the inside living space. It’s definitely funny!

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