And one word that should be more than a buzzword.
Does the above photo make your head hurt? Good, we both feel the same way. But for me, the words of the day are "functionally obsolete" and "demands of the current housing market." If you hear the words of the day, scream real loud.
These two phrases are bandied about by Minneapolis city staffers when they erroneously believe that housing in our community needs to be demolished instead of rehabbed. And they should be stricken from any future use on the grounds that they are employed neither objectively nor by people with professional experience in the sale of real estate. I'd go so far as to say they are redundant as well.
First, what "functional obsolescence" means...
