"Perfect for . . . Neither" (What Does That Leave?)

Real Estate Typo's

"Perfect for owner-occupantnor investors" (sic)

--Excerpt from MLS-listed duplex

It's common for a duplex or other multi-family property listing to tout its appeal to either owner-occupants or investors.

It's much less common to see one that says it's appropriate for . . . neither.

P.S.: And this from today's Star Tribune, which didn't use to have typos or grammatical errors (let alone two in one sentence) -- and did have proof checkers: 'Fisher said the real estate of the market will be revealed as the effects of the tax credit wears off.'

That would be, "the real state of the market," and, "effects wear off . . ."

"S 53X119X86X129" vs. "553x119x86x129"

Listing Info Typo's

Notice the difference between the two strings of numbers above? (both are lot measurements for a home just listed on MLS).

You would if you saw "553 x 119 x 86 x 129" on MLS, and then looked at the line immediately above it, which says that the home is on a .20 acre lot.

Unh-unh.

There's no way you get a .20 acre lot when one of the lot sides is 553 feet (200' x 200' is slightly less than a full acre).

The .20 acre seemed WAY off, so I jumped to the tax records, where I saw the second string of numbers ("S 53 X 119 X 86 X 129").

Bingo!

The "S" at the beginning got misread as a "5."