All of that is an expensive distraction: If you're servicing a real market need, no one cares.

It's better to talk about how good it looks, or how homey it is, because that evokes a more positive emotional response.Also, if you're listing on the MLS, you don't need to talk about the fact that the garage can be converted to another apartment in the listing, if you describe the garage sufficiently, investors will know that it could be an apartment ... and talking about work that needs done distracts you john and jane doe buyers, because they don't want to buy a place that needs work, they just want to buy a place and move in that night.EDIT: Robyn Thompson is the person from whom I heard about using 'renovated' in listings, wanted to give credit where credit is due.

Where there are limitations or potential tax implications internal to the IRA - while something you surely want to understand - should not distract from the real analysis of what is the net return to the IRA.  

http://www.restonnow.com/2015/07/09/fairfax-to-kee...Fairfax to Keep Clearing Illegal Road Signsby Karen Goff — July 9, 2015 at 9:00 amFairfax County says its program to remove distracting and illegal signs from major road medians has been a big success and will continue.In July 2013, the county instituted a program to have the Sheriff’s Community Labor Force regularly pick up political campaign signs, advertising signs and more every week.Fairfax officials that crews picked up 14,000 signs countywide the first year and 22,000 signs the second year, marking the program as a success.Officials plan to expand the program with a second removal crew this year.The county formerly picked up signs only when there was a complaint.

Yes, I've been mostly lurking these past few months as I try to deal with situations preventing me from focusing on REI without distraction.  

When your wife or girlfriend gives you that look AGAIN at dinner or some important event where she has had it and there are incessant distractions in your personal life.  

That is all I use to keep myself on track, remind me of the goal and not get distracted with shiny objects.  

Lots of distractions vying for your attention.

Hi everyone,I've always been interested in real estate but due to distracted-young-people reasons never realized it was a thing I could realistically pursue until now.Currently I work at Dropbox - before that I was an economics and psychology major at Brown University.

We had a baby boy mid-May which was a very happy distraction, but resulted in me completely slacking on replacing him on a timely basis.