[Gorzaloon]

As a Realtor, I feel it just clears the ranks of those who don’t have a committment to good service. Those weekend realtors (with a little r), the Carl’s tire shop and real estate services outfits, and the realtors who sit in the office all day expecting clients to walk through the door, are the ones who are dropping out.

I have noticed that. In boom times I have been bewildered at people I know who have hopped into it..There have been times where "house sellers and mortgage sellers" could do no wrong, because everyone made a killing. Then, when all the French Fries have been gleaned from the parking lot, they flew back to the City Dump, and returned to selling Used Cars and scrap metal...

[Rb ver. 2.0]

“returned to selling Used Cars and scrap metal...”

Scrap metal’s gone through the roof! Used to be you had to pay someone to haul off a junk car, now they pay you!