No, I didn’t have a bad experience with one. I simply know for a fact how they operate. It’s not a secret. They’re in it for the money too! It's unfortunate that the low standards and easy entry to be a real estate agent do taint the industry in a negative way. There are far more shysters in the real estate industry because of that fact.
I would hope that people would enter an industry “for the money”. That’s kind of the whole point of capitalism, go where you can make the best uses of your advantages in the capitalist economy.
Maybe they should institute something akin to an attorney's Bar exam and strict licencing procedures. We all know how further education, government testing and strict licensure rules have produced so many honest lawyers.
>It’s not a secret. They’re in it for the money too!. It’s unfortunage that the low standards and easy entry to be a real estate agent do taint the industry in a negative way. There are far more shysters in the real estate industry because of that fact.<
If you’ve had no personal experience, then upon what do you base your opinion? Where do you come up with your “facts”?
If an agent doesn’t operate in an ethical way, he doesn’t last long. A successful agent builds his/her reputation on high ethics resulting in referrals and repeat business. You can’t do that by being a “shyster”, besides the industry pretty much polices itself, so “shysters” would be weeded out pretty quickly.