{"id":16976,"date":"2020-09-11T11:41:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T18:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=16976"},"modified":"2020-09-11T11:41:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T18:41:52","slug":"ask-the-broker-why-do-people-hate-realtors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16976\/ask-the-broker-why-do-people-hate-realtors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Broker: \u201cWhy do people hate Realtors?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The question is Cathleen\u2019s, and it really plagues her:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do people hate Realtors?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Why do people hate Realtors? Because they think they’re\u00a0supposed to…<\/p><\/div>It’s funny, truly, because almost nobody hates his own<\/i> Realtor. Some people have real horror stories to tell, but most people don’t. To the contrary, most people have very happy, funny, charming stories to tell about the Realtor who helped them sell or find their home \u2013 or who perhaps undertook many transactions over the years.<\/p>\n

Straight-commission sales people in general take a hit, not alone because we might seem to be more interested in the commission than in the work it takes to earn it.<\/p>\n

And, of course, there have been no end of unflattering portrayals of real estate agents in art \u2013 especially TV and movies.<\/p>\n

Here’s my best answer, though:<\/p>\n

Why do people hate Realtors?<\/p>\n

Because they think they’re supposed to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The question is Cathleen\u2019s, and it really plagues her: \u201cWhy do people hate Realtors?\u201d Why do people hate Realtors? Because they think they’re\u00a0supposed to…It’s funny, truly, because almost nobody hates his own Realtor. Some people have real horror stories to tell, but most people don’t. To the contrary, most people have very happy, funny, charming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":413,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/413\/blogoff-post-36-ask-the-broker-why-do-people-hate-realtors\/","url_meta":{"origin":16976,"position":0},"title":"Blogoff Post #36: Ask the Broker: Why do people hate Realtors . . . ?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The question is Cathy's, and it really plagues her:Why do people hate Realtors?It's funny, truly, because almost nobody hates his own Realtor. Some people have real horror stories to tell, but most people don't. To the contrary, most people have very happy, funny, charming stories to tell about the Realtor\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ask the Broker"","block_context":{"text":"Ask the Broker","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/ask-the-broker\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":880,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/880\/community-choice-in-real-estate\/","url_meta":{"origin":16976,"position":1},"title":"Community Choice in Real Estate","author":"Russell Shaw","date":"January 10, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Interested\" wrote: What would be the disadvantage of listing a home with a Realtor who charges a flat fee based on services provided? Brian Brady responded: I'd like to take stab at this question: It's economics. There is a school of thought that suggests that Realtors are clerks; some are.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Disintermediation"","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1799,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1799\/does-the-real-estate-industry-need-realtors\/","url_meta":{"origin":16976,"position":2},"title":"Does the Real Estate Industry Need Realtors?","author":"Cooksquared","date":"August 14, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Inspired by the glut of controversial posts appearing here lately, I thought I would add one more to the fire. In my recent browsing I stumbled upon a blog that asked a simple question, \"Do we need Realtors?\" That's all. That was the whole post. While the questioned seemed relatively\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":73,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/73\/lets-go-get-sued-some-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":16976,"position":3},"title":"Let’s go get sued some more…","author":"Greg Swann","date":"July 6, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"At 360 Digest, an exceptionally fine real estate weblog, Marlow Harris weighs in with this idea about an incipient on-line real estate start-up:Blue Roof, like Redfin and Zip Realty, misrepresents their status as \"Realtor\" and claims to be a member of the National Association of Realtors and adhere to its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogging"","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1833,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1833\/seth-and-teri-on-business-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":16976,"position":4},"title":"Seth (and Teri) on business cards","author":"Teri Lussier","date":"August 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes when I write a post, it is\u00a0done\u00a0in little bits at a time- a few minutes here and a few minutes there.\u00a0Then news or shift happens and oh bloody hell, it changes my post, or horrors-I just trash the whole thing. Take this post for example: It sat in draft\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogging"","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2255,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2255\/consumers-to-realtors-dont-push-me-ill-pull-you-instead-and-if-you-push-too-hard-ill-pull-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":16976,"position":5},"title":"Consumers to Realtors: “Don’t push me, I’ll pull you instead — and if you push too hard, I’ll pull away”","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 23, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"This is my column for this week from the Arizona Republic. Not by coincidence, I'm talking about the curriculum of our forthcoming marketing conference. \u00a0Consumers to Realtors: \"Don't push me, I'll pull you instead -- and if you push too hard, I'll pull away\" There is a quiet revolution going\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Disintermediation"","block_context":{"text":"Disintermediation","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/disintermediation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16976"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16981,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16976\/revisions\/16981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}