Realtors are pimps now?
Plenty of good Realtors out there — they are not all bad.
No one stated every realtor is a pimp. No one even implied it.
There are plenty of shady people that are always willing to sell garbage to people. It doesn’t matter if it’s real estate, stocks, product A, etc.
I love beating up on realtors—it is one of my favorite past-times.
Like any profession there is a normal curve—but the traditional commission based system has created a culture of hilarious con artists—who will say anything and do anything to get that commission.
The relatively low barrier to entry has also flooded the field with incompetent part-timers who come and go with the wind.
The public relations statements about the economy that come out of the trade associations are high comedy and deep denial when there are negative economic conditions.
I know a few excellent realtors—but they will be the first to acknowledge that they are the exception that proves the rule.