01 November 2007

How Not To Write An Ad

Check out this ad for a flat in the Cape Town CBD:

Rough and ready city apartment with secure parking

Highly rentable bachelor apartment in the CBD legal district. Good rental return. This block is a little hectic so only for the non emotional investor. BIG BONUS is secure parking on title with excellent rental up to R1000pm. I can send you pics and details. Flat needs renovating but will rent as is.


"Rough and ready"?? "This block is a little hectic"?? "Non emotional investor"?? "Needs renovating but will rent as is"???

Definitely sounds like a trouble free investment. Have fun collecting rent there. But hey it's got secure parking, but from the sounds of it you need to worry about the people in the block...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

And what the hell is the 'legal district'? I thought Cape Town's law firms were scattered all over the place. Or is this a veiled reference to the 'illegal district', like the corner outside the Purple Turtle on Long Street?

Sharp drop in Remax Cape Town inventory this week - about 80 fewer properties on their site. A selling spurt, or Remax gratefully dumping some dogs off their books at the end of their mandate? I'll keep you posted...