Multiplication-Challenged Realtors?

Real Estate Pet Peeves

Acres: 0
Lot Size: 132' x 120'

It's admittedly a pretty fussy pet peeve, but here goes: if you're selling a home on an unremarkable, 40' x 120' city lot, I don't really care or need to know that that's .110 acres (some Realtors tell you, anyways).

However, if you're selling a home on a huge, 132' x 120' lot -- literally triple the standard city lot -- how about actually telling someone that that's .36 acre??!!

The "O acre, 132' x 120'" (above) appears verbatim in a listing for a Hopkins home that just came on MLS tonight.

Giving the acreage (if it's meaningful) is important information for prospective Buyers.

It also is important to Sellers -- because it makes their home more valuable.

For anyone who doesn't know the math, here it is:

1. Multiply width x length
2. Divide product by 43,560'

Next: trigonometry lessons for especially challenging lot sizes.