How Do You Spell Motivated Seller? D-I-V-O-R-C-E

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Wouldn’t it be great if every listing came with the real story behind the sale? ‘For Sale: We Can’t Stand The Traffic in This Neighborhood.’ Or, ‘For Sale -- We’re Getting Out Before the Crash.’

In that spirit, we like this item on Curbed LA:

‘This is certainly a new one for us. We’ve seen the ‘bank foreclosure’ sales popping up all over the place, but this may be the first ‘Divorce Sale’ ad we’ve spotted. This 3 bedroom/3 bath house had so many good years left ahead of it, but things just didn’t seem to work out. He wanted a jacuzzi in the rear, she wanted a fountain in the front. He wanted Caesarstone, she demanded and received granite, which he passive-aggressively reminds her of in the listing: ‘...kitchen filled with granite countertops.’’

Numbers: 1,895 SF home, 3 bedroom/3 bath in Sylmar, listed at $699,000.

Comments? Thoughts?