Now mind you, I did have choices. I could a) do all the real estate activity I wanted, helping tons of folks along the way, for free, or b) get licensed, become a Realtor and actually keep my wife and three kids clothed and fed and all those other basic things that for some reason I felt an obligation. So, Realtor license it was.

Fast forward to the present. After seven years and helping hundreds of people (those are called transaction sides by some in the business), I understand that I made the right choice (the “work for free” part was really unappealing), BUT I still have to deal with that negative stereotype that unfortunately many licensees perpetuate.

Example “A” for the Prosecution is this unbelievable “marketing strategy” employed by one agent in Florida.

This from TMZ.com via the TheRealEstateBloggers:

TMZ got an unbelievable pitch from a big-time Florida Realtor, and here it is, verbatim – “I have a FABULOUS piece of property for sale DIRECTLY across from Tiger Woods new property on Jupiter Island (Being built) When a tabloid pays JLO $6mil for photos of her first born, I would think that $4mil for a fabulous piece of property for unlimited photo opts of Tiger would be quite valuable!”

Ugh. Now look, my sellers know that I will likely do more for them in my efforts than any other real estate broker in town… but I would simply call “no mas” on this one. I realize that it is a competitive world out there, both for sellers and for agents, but c’mon, a guys gotta be able to sleep at night.

Please know, I have come to find that there ARE – really – loads of great people out there in this profession, (if you don’t believe me, scroll through my Blogroll someday). But unfortunately it comes back to the old adage that one (or many) bad apples can spoil the bunch. All I can do is continue to pursue my goal of changing people’s perception one person at a time.

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