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GLOSSARY
Canadian Financial, Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary
Abbreviations and Acronyms used in Classified Listings
1 Car Garage
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1 Living Level
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2 Car Garage
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2 Living Levels
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24-Hour Doorman
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3+ Car Garage
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4 Bedrooms / 3 Bathrooms
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4 Bedrooms / 3 Bathrooms / 2 Car Garage
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A-1 Condition
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Above-Ground Swimming Pool
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Abstract of Title
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Access
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Accessories
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Accommodations
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Account
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Accountant
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Accounting
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Accounting of Sale
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Accredited Auctioneer, Real Estate
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Acre(s)
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Active
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Additional
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Adjacent
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Adjoining
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Administrative
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Administrator
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Advance
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Advertisement
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Aerial Photo
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After
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Agency
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Agency Approved
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Agency or Agent
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Agent
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Agricultural
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Air Conditioning
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Air Installations Compatible Use Zones
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All Bills Paid
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Alternating Current
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Aluminum
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Antique
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Apartment
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Appliances
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Appointment
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Appraisal or Appraiser
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Approximate
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Architecture, Architectural or Architect
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Asbestos
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Assessed Value
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Assessed Value of Building
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Assessed Value of Land
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Assigned
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Assigned Storage
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Assistant
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Associate
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Association
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Assumption
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Attachment
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Attic Fan
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Attorney
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Available
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Back Bay
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Back Porch
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Back on Market
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Balance
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Balcony
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Baseboard
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Basement
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Bath or Bathroom
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Bathroom
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Beach
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Bedroom
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Bedroom Hall Kitchen
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Before
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Benefits
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Best Offer
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Black
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Block
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Blueprint
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Bonus Room
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Bonus to Selling Agent
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Bookkeeper
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Breakfast
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Brick
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Broker
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Broker's Price Opinion
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Brownstone
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Builder's Renovation
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Building
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Building Permit
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Building Specifications
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Built
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Built in Wardrobe
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Built-In
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Built-In Microwave Oven
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Built-In Range
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Built-In Refrigerator
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Bulkhead
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Bungalow
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Burglar Alarm
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Business
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Buyer Agent Commission
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Buyer Agent Showing
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Cable
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Cable Hookup
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Canal
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Carpet
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Carport
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Cash on Cash Return
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Cathedral Ceiling
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Cedar Closet
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Ceiling
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Ceiling Fan
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Center
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Center Hall
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Central Air
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Central Air Conditioning
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Central Heat & Air
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Central Heat and Air Conditioning
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Central Heating
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Central Vacuum
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Ceramic Tile
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Certified Treated
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Chain Link Fence
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City Sewer
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City Street
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City Water System
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Clapboard Siding
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Clothes Washer / Clothes Dryer
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Club Pool
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Clubhouse
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Cluster
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Code of Ethics
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College
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Colonial Style
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Commensurate
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Commercial
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Commission
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Common Area Maintenance
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Common Charges
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Community Well
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Comparable Property
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Complex
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Composite
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Concrete
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Condition
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Conditions, Covenants, and Restrictions
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Condominium
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Condominium Property Regime
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Contemporary Style
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Contract For Deed
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Convenient to Transportation
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Converted Garage
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Conveyor
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Corner
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Cottage
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Covered Patio
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Crawl-Space
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Creek
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Cul-De-Sac
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Curbs and Gutters
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Customer
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Deck
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Decorated
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Decorative Fence
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Degree
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Deposit Required
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Development
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Dining Area
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Dining Room
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Dishwasher
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Dishwasher and Disposal
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Disposal
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Document
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Dog Run
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Doorman
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Double
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Double Glazing
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Double-Paned Vinyl Windows
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Downtown
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Dryer
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Dryer Hookup
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Due on Sale
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Duplex
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Earnest Money Contract
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Easement(s)
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Eat-In Kitchen
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Education
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Efficiency
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Electric Baseboard
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Electric Range
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Electric or Electricity
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Elevator
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End of Terrace
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Engineer or Engineering
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Equal Opportunity Employer
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Equipped
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Established
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Excellent
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Excluding
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Exclusive
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Exclusive Agent
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Exclusive Right to Sell
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Exclusive Right to Sell with Reserved Prospect
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Exclusive Right to Sell with Variable Rate Commission
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Executive
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Exercise Room
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Experience
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Exposed Brick
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Facilities
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Fair Market Rent
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Fair Market Value
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Family Room
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Farmhouse
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Fence
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Fenced Backyard
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Fenced Yard
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Finance or Financial
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Financial
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Finished Basement
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Finished Lower Level
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Finished Room Over Garage
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Finished and Graded
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Fire Alarm
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Fireplace
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First Floor Bedroom
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First-Price Sealed Bid Auction
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Fixer-upper
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Fixtures
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Flexible
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Flood Plain
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Floor
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Floor Area Ratio
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Floor Furnace
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Floor Plan
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Floors
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For Rent By Owner
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Forced Air Heat
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Forced Air Heating
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Forced Hot Air
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Forced-Air
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Formal
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Formal Dining Room
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Foundation Size
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Foyer
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Free-Standing
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Free-Standing Range
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Free-Standing Refrigerator
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Freehold
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Frontage
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Full Kitchen
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Full Service
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Full-bath
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Fully Finished
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Fully Fitted
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Fully Furnished
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Furnished
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Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment
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Garage
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Garage Access
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Garage Door Opener
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Garage, Attached
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Garbage Disposal
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Garburator
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Garden
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Garrison
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Gas Appliances
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Gas Central Heating
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Gas Fireplace
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Gas Log Fireplace
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Gas Range
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Gas and Electricity
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Golf Course
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Good
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Good View
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Gourmet Kitchen
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Gravity Hot Air
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Ground Floor
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Half-bath
Harbour
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Hardwood
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Heat
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Heat Pump
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Heated
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Heated Garage
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Heated Square Feet
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High Ceilings
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Horses Allowed
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Hot Tub
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Hot Water
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Hot Water Baseboard
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Hot Water Heater
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Hot Water Radiators
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House
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Housemates
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Humidifier
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Immediate Occupancy
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In-Ground Pool
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In-Ground Sprinkler
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In-Ground Swimming Pool
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In-Law Suite
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Included
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Individual
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Information
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Information Technology
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Inspection Required
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Insurance
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Intercom
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Interest
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Interior
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Interior Access
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Irregular
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Jetted Tub
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Kitchen
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Kitchen/Bathroom
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Knowledge
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Laboratory
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Lakefront
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Laminate Flooring
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Large
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Laundry
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Lead Paint
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Lease
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Leasehold
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Legal Description
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Level
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Living Area
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Living Level
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Living Room
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Location
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Lock Up Garage
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Loft
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Lot Size
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Lower Level
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Luxury
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Maintenance
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Male/Female
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Management
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Manager
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Manufacturing
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Marble
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Market
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Marketing
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Marsh
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Masonry
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Master Bedroom
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Master Bedroom with Bath
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Master Bedroom with Fireplace
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Master Book
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Master Page
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Measured
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Microwave
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Microwave Oven
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Minimum
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Modern
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Modern Appliances
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Modern Eat-In Kitchen
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Modern Kitchen
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Month or Monthly
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More or Less
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Mortgage
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Mountain
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Mud Room
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Multi-Family
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Multi-Level
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Natural Gas
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Natural Gas Heat
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Near
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Nearby
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Neighborhood
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Net Lease
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Newly Renovated
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No Fee
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No Pets
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No Smoking
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Non-Performing
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Non-Qualifying
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Non-Smoker
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Notice to Vacate
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Occupancy Permit
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Ocean
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Oceanfront
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Off-Street Parking
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Office
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On Street Parking
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On-Site
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One-Car Attached Garage
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One-Car Detached Garage
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One-Quarter Bath
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Open House
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Opportunity
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Order of Conditions
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Original
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Original Price
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Outbuilding(s)
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Oversize
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Oversized Garage
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Owner Agent
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Owner Financing
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Owner Phone Number
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Owner-Occupied
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Pantry
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Paper Road
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Parcel Identification Number
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Park View
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Parking
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Parquet
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Part-Time
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Partial
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Partially
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Patio
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Paved Road
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Pellet Stove
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Penthouse
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Per Calendar Month
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Per Week
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Perc Test Approved
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Percolation Test
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Percolation Test Date
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Permanent
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Photograph
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Picket Fence
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Picture
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Pilings
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Planned Area Development
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Planned Unit Development
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Playground
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Plus or Minus
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Porch
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Porch Screened
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Pre-War
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Preference or Preferred
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Premises
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Prescription
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Principal(s)
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Privacy Fence
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Private
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Private Bathroom
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Private Room
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Privately Maintained
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Programmer
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Programmer / Analyst
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Propane Gas
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Propane Heat
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Property Owners Association
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Pubic Relations
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Public
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Public Record
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Public Road
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Publicly Maintained
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Publishing or Published
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Pullman Kitchen
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Purchase and Sale Agreement
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Quiet
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RV Parking
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Radiant Heat
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Radiator
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Radon Remediation System
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Raised Ranch Style
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Ranch
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Range
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Reactivated Listing
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Receptionist
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Recorded Plat
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Recreation Room
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References Required
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Refrigerator
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Renovated
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Rent with Optional Buy
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Rent-to-Own
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Rented
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Representative
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Required
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Requirements
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Residential
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Responsible or Responsibility
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Restrictive Covenants
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Resume
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River
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River View
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Rolling Land
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Roof
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Roof Deck
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Room
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Rough Graded Lot
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Route
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Salary
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Satellite Dish
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Screened Porch
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Secretary
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Security Bars
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Security Deposit
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Security System
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Seller Finance Option
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Senior
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Senior Real Estate Specialist
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Separate Kitchen
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Septic Design
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Service
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Sewer
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Shared Drive
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Shared Well
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Shingle
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Shipping
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Shopping
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Sidewalk
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Single Female
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Single White Female
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Single-Family
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Sketch Submitted
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Skylight
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Slate
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Sleeping Alcove
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Sliding Glass Door
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Slope
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Smoke Alarm
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Social Work
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Soil Percolation Test
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Sold
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Southern Exposure
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Space Heater
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Special Warranty Deed
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Split
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Split Master Bedroom
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Split-Level
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Sprinkler System
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Square Feet
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Square Feet Heated
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Staked
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Standards of Practice
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Storage
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Storm Doors and Windows
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Storm Drain
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Story
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Stream
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Style
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Sub Area
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Subdivision
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Sump Pump
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Sun Room
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Superintendent
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Survey
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Swimming Pool
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System(s)
|
Taxes
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Technician
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Tenant Improvements
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Tenant Phone Number
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Tennis Court
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Terms
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Three-Car Attached Garage
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Three-Car Detached Garage
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Three-Quarter Bath
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Tile Flooring
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Tool Shed
|
Topographical Map
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Total Rooms
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Town
|
Townhouse
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Traditional Style
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Transitional
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Transportation
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Trash
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Trash Compactor
|
Tudor-Style
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Two-Car Attached Garage
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Two-Car Detached Garage
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Under Construction
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Underground Sprinkler System
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Underground Storage Tank
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Unfinished
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Unfurnished
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Unit Number
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Unpaved Road
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Upper Level
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Utilities
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Utilities Included
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Utility Closet
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Utility Room
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Utility Room Level
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Vanilla Shell Improvements
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Victorian Style
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View
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Vinyl
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Vinyl Windows
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Volume
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Walk-In
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Walk-Out
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Walk-Up
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Walk-in Closet
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Wall-to-Wall
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Wall-to-Wall Carpet
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Wanted
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Warehouse
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Warranty Plan
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Washer
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Washer Hookup
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Washer and Dryer
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Washer/Dryer Connection
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Washer/dryer Hookup
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Washing Machine
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Water
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Water Access
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Water Heater
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Water Paid
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Water Softener
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Water View
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Waterfront
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Week
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Weeks
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Well Pump
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West
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Wetlands
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Whirlpool
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Whole House Fan
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Window Air-Conditioner
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Window Coverings
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Window Treatment
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Window/wall Unit
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Winterized
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With
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With Utilities
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Wood Floor
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Wood Flooring
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Wood Floors
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Wood Frame
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Wood Panelling
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Wood-Burning Fireplace
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Wood-Burning Stove
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Wooded
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Wooded Yard
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Work Area
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Workshop
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Yard
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Year
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Year Built
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Years Old
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Yes
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Zero
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