A REALTOR Knocked on my Door….

Its 9:30am on a Tuesday morning, and Im on my phone when I hear the door knock. I go downstairs, push the cat away from the door, and open it up.

“Hi! My name is Janice (not her real name), and Im a REALTOR – So when are YOU moving?”

I stood there for a second – looking at her. Wondering if I knew her from somewhere. She was in her 50’s, seemed like a nice lady. She had an assistant behind her who was about my age – seemed like a nice guy too.

“Well” I said, “I just moved here so I don’t think it will be soon”.

After a few lines back and forth, she asks me, ” Would you ever consider using a REALTOR?”

I smirked, “Actually, Im a REALTOR”

Her face dropped.

“Oh…well who do you work for?” Her tone immediately changed – like she was standing face to face with her nemesis, and was disgusted by my very appearance. It was begining to get really uncomfortable.

Then.. no sooner than I had finished my sentence, ” Partners Advantage GMAC” – she looked at me with no expression, and moved her hand in an arc – to say goodbye. She turned around. She walked away.

After I closed the door – I didnt feel right.  Why was I feeling like I just got in a confrontation – like I shouldnt be here and I was unwelcome? Why had Janice’s face turn cold and this completely different demeanor come out once she realized I was a fellow REALTOR? Is this how she really is? Was she just pretending to be a nice lady?

Then I started to think – is she going around MY NEIGHBORHOOD with that fake smile, trying to pull a blanket over my neighbors eyes? My neighbors are really nice people – and hard working ones. She better not be preying upon these people.

But you know what? Of course she is. Thats what a lot of REALTORS do. Its unfortunate, but its true. They PREY – to make a buck.

I am intending on farming my own neighborhood as soon as I unpack (maybe thats too late!), but I would never go around and try to hussle information out of someone – all the while putting on a fake smile to try and not appear as my true self!

I really feel like I need to defend my neighborhood against these kinds of people. And im not talking about REALTORS – I was dealing with another REALTOR from another firm just yesterday – and he’s a great guy, always liked him. But I need to defend against the BAD REALTORS – the ones who take advantage of others and are merely putting on a show so they can get in YOUR wallet.

I quit my stable and well paying government job to get into Real Estate because I am territorial, and I have always believed in a person’s right to live on and prosper from their own land, and to be safe in doing so. Growing up, I always respected the owners of the house, and believed that as long as you are under your own roof, you are the king/queen.  People like this REALTOR that came around seem like the two faced caniving backstabber you see in the movies that win the king over, only to help them become overthrown. Thats not right.

I have pulled out my condominium corporation’s legal documents, and I am finding and locating my Board of Directors, and I am getting involved. I am going to join this Board and protect my people.