| 29. | Foreclosure By Owner | ||
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A behind-on-mortgage-payments homeowner that tries to sell their own home without a real estate agent (For Sale By Owner). This is a desperate stall tactic, often the last one possible, to delay foreclosure while the homeowner finds a new place to live (parents, friends, apartment, rental housing, etc). Often the house is abandoned the same day the "For Sale By Owner" sign is placed in the yard. Observers may also notice the homeowners taking objects that would typically be left behind if they actually intended on honestly selling the home, to include fences; sink fixtures; cabinetry; exterior lighting fixtures; counter tops; and et cetera. It becomes clear to observers that the homeowners are in no way serious about selling the home, but it is obviously a stall tactic to pilfer and move as much value out of the home before they jingle mail the mortgage company. Another clear sign is that the asking price set for the house is insane, priced unreasonably high so as to not even attract potential buyers. Husband: Look at the Joneses... that is the 3rd sink fixture I've seen them put on the moving truck today, plus they took down the fence and left the fence posts!! I went to "ABC-fsbo.com" as listed on the sign they put in the front yard this morning and they're asking 20% more than what they paid for the place at the top of the housing bubble!! They're never going to sell in this real estate market.
Wife: Yep! This has Foreclosure By Owner written all over it. |
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| 30. | Fizzbo | ||
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Another term for "For Sale By Owner" or "FSBO". You pronounce "FSBO" as "Fizzbo". We didn't go through a Realtor when we bought our house; it was a fizzbo.
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| 31. | Jeanza | ||
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Popular Free local classifieds based in BC, Canada I post my car for sale ad on jeanza.com
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| 32. | Alpine, NJ | ||
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The richest town in New Jersey and in the New York City area. It is exclusively large homes and estates with no real commercial area. Very private community of wealthy families and celebrities where the mail is delivered to a central post office because the residences don't have mailboxes or house numbers. The town has a school that only goes to eighth grade, but its so small because most kids go to private schools in New York or local private schools. Neighbors include Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim, and Chris Rock. Madonna was rumored to be looking for a home in the area, and Jay-Z was forced to look elsewhere when the town didn't see his house plans as up to par. There was currently the sale of the Frick Estate for over $50 Million and one of the largest homes on the east coast (60,000+ sqft) is on the market for $40 Million. The town is listed as #8 on the Forbes' List of Richest Towns in America. Most people don't know of the town, even though it is only 15 minutes from New York City. Take a house tour of Alpine, NJ when you want something fun to do.
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| 33. | Torry | ||
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Torry is an area within the city of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
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Setting and historical development: Torry lies on the south bank of the River Dee. It is connected to the north bank and the centre of Aberdeen by three bridges. Leading most directly to the centre of Torry, the Victoria Bridge was completed in 1887, following a ferry disaster in 1876 which claimed the lives of 32 people returning from a visit to the Bay of Nigg. The bridge also has facilities for carrying water and gas services across the river. To the west of the Victoria Bridge lie the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge of the 1980s, and the narrow Wellington Suspension Bridge of 1829 which is closed to the public due to its unsafe condition. Torry was once a Royal Burgh in its own right, having been erected a burgh of barony in 1495. It was incorporated into Aberdeen in 1891, after the construction of the Victoria Bridge, itself made possible by the 1871 channelling of the River Dee which had previously followed an unstable course to the sea. The channelling also enabled further expansion of the harbour. Land use and economy: Torry includes a large housing estate developed as a "garden suburb" to relieve overcrowding in Aberdeen. It is famous for its fishing community and still has a number of fishing businesses operating close to the Dee. However, most of the old fishermen's cottages of Old Torry have been swept away by first the channelling of the River Dee, then later by modern industry, particularly North sea ... |
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| 34. | Sarasota | ||
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The most boring place in the world for the young, fabulous, and broke. For anyone who doesn't live here, I'm sure that Sarasota seems like a beautiful and wonderful place to vacation. But living here sucks. Basically, this is where rich, snotty old farts come to die. And irritate the hell out of the locals.
On any given day, you can see the blond, rich, family of four that just moved here from Michigan, ruining the sunset on Siesta Key, to take a family portrait in their "Floridian" white shirts and khaki pants. Shopping is a hobby, because there is nothing else to do. And, the shopping malls, now owned by the Texas-based Westfield, are now overrun by bored-out-of-their-minds preteens with Daddy's credit cards in their hot little hands. Buisnesses that have thrived here for 30-plus years are being driven out by greedy speculators. Every other home is for sale, with no one buying them, because the real estate bubble burst. I guess millionares don't feel like purchasing a home on Siesta Key, where driving one block on Memorial Day weekend takes four hours, and you are more likely to have your homeowners insurance taken away than a dog getting fleas. Then, once you're done playing the "hunker-down" drinking game during the latest hurricane, you can go to Walmart for the sixth time this week. The best thing about Sarasota is that is easy to spot tourists. Tourists, if you're at the beach, are the ones who bring two giant coolers, a giant bag of sandcastle building tools, a huge umbrella or tent, and about ten bottles of suntan lotion. And they do this to be at the beach for an hour. Outside of Siesta, they're the ones yelling at waitresses, cashiers, and just about everyone else in the service industry. Then they drive 30 miles an hour on US-41, and call it Tamiami Trail, to go f... more...
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| 35. | Bronxville | ||
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Bronxville is a Village in the town of Eastchester. Many areas in Tuckahoe, Eastchester, and Yonkers have a "Bronxville P.O." meaning that they use the Bronxville post office. The town consists of Wasps and Catholics that only go to church on holidays. For many years, the real estate agents would refuse sale of homes to minorities (blacks, jews, asians etc.) That is the cause of the predominantly white population. The school was ranked third in the county. The median home value is $1.7 million. It is a village of elitists. The students drive nicer cars than the teachers. The fathers either work extremely hard or are usually retired by 48 and the mothers tend to play tennis and shop. The most common cars in Bronxville are the Mercedes E500 wagon, Land Rover Range Rover, Chevrolet Suburban/GMC Yukon Denali XL, BMW X5, BMW 750iL, and Lexus LX470/Toyota Land Cruiser. There is also a Volvo for the babysitter. The citizens of the village can be stuck up, but most are down to earth. The children are a product of their environment and turn out to be worse than their parents. The problem is that the parents are always out at charity functions or social galas, that the children have no boundaries and run wild. The village itself is unbeatable. It is not a single strip of stores like Pelham or Rye, but is a well constructed village. The main difference between Bronxville and Scarsdale is the size and the number of Jews. In Bronxville you can count the number of Jewish families on one... more...
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