Need a Realtor? Try To Get a Sane One.
Okay, so realtors are looking for stuff to do since Bush wrecked the housing market. I know, I know, you can’t blame Bush because he was just there when it happened. Right.
So, these realtors are passing around goofy emails. Real goofy. I clipped this from an email a sane relator sent me. it had been passed around all over the county with more email addresses than the average spam box in India. Click the little one to get the big one.
And that’s a real scary story. Obama is trying to screw homeowners, old people, and crazy realtors.
Except, of course, it’s not true. I’ll use my nice little capture tool again —
The NAR is the National Association of Realtors.
Y’all, y’all! Listen up! This is very important. If Mitt Romney is elected President he is planning to make all women wear beehive hairdos to pay back the canned hair spray industry for all their campaign contributions. I know this is true because I am a hairdresser. Pass it around.
Thanks to Cheryl for the heads up.
I heard that when you get your car license tags, there will be a health care bill sales tax. And a penalty fee if you don’t have any pro-Obama stickers on your car; the cops will stop you and give you a ticket.
1I’ll be receiving it from my ex Mother-in-Law in the near future along with the obligatory “Someone checked it on Snopes and it’s true”. These people never let the truth get in the way of a good lie.
2Having lived through the eighties, I’m no stranger to big hair. But really, a beehive just isn’t a good look for me. I think I’ll pass.
3The National Association of Realtors are huge republican donators. Here in ABQ, they funneled hundreds of thousands of $$ to Heather Wilson over a few years (not sure of how many years, but that’s a lot of moolah!) during her campaigns for the House.
4My sainted mother wore a beehive until the day she died. We have photographic evidence of same. In the early 70s when the child bride and I were negotiating our no-trade contract, I gave here “No beehive do’s” as a non-negotiable. And by Georgie she kept up her end of the bargain and our photo albums and CD’s all the better for it.
Willard cannot be allowed to bring this sad do back. I has too many bad memories associated with it.
5Not all Realtors are Republicans – the smart ones vote Democrat.
This email came from a non-realtor. The correct info (de-bunking it) is on the NAR site. In fact, it took 2 minutes to disprove – if only the recipients of the GOP.gov/blog had bothered to check. The GOP even brought up the site. Fortunately for them, they know people like Sam’s ex-mother-in-law never check for truthiness.
6Maybe the realtors are hoping if they scare enough people with a fake 3.8% tax, people will not notice that they continue to charge 6% to sell your house. A rate set when houses cost $10,000.
7Rick: The “a realtor told me” and “somebody looked it up on snopes.com” crowd are pretty much the same. The real realtors aren’t necessarily spreading this around (at least their leadership knows better), and anything that starts with “This has been checked at snopes.com” is likely to have about the same reliability as your ability to make your fortune by sending your banking information to Nigeria. I’m not thinking real realtors want to bring up either the fake 3.8% or the real 6%.
8Of course, if you actually do cite Snopes, they’ll tell you that it’s funded by Soros or Buffett or Hugo Chavez.
9@Cheryl — exactly so! I received a similar email from my poor misguided daughter-in-law months ago, except with a gigantic “YOU HAVE TO READ THIS NOW” headline. Like you, I checked the NAR website and emailed her back the real facts. Her response was to tell me she “always” fact-checks, but missed this one, and to send me more drivel and lies, but backed it up with experts like Chuck Norris. REALLY?!? I drafted a response, reminding her that her “expert” is a fanatic and a lunatic, probably suffering extensive brain damage from doing too many of his own stunts. Thankfully my wonderful husband asked me not to cause a family rift and, instead, to tell her that we would again be proudly voting for President Obama. I’ve had no political emails since. There are just some folks — and I believe we all have them among our family and friends — who aren’t terribly concerned with the truth. Heck, we have a distant family member who insists that the President was a late-term abortion effort by his mother in Kenya, and was subsequently raised by hyenas. To which I would say, “Wow, those damned hyenas did an admirable and remarkable job. How come we don”t import some?” I think my husband is right — you just can’t explain logic to fanatics.
10And to JJ — I believe what you said, because you couldn’t say it on the teevee or the internet if it wasn’t true. We all know that, right?!? (I don’t think I have enough hair left for a beehive, but I’ll do my best to follow the law.)
11All this chicken poop is coming straight from Attwater trained Karl Rove. Expect this kinda stuff in every trade organization, church, country club. kids sports teams, PTO and community. He has spent the last 3 years getting every e-maik address in the country. I hope those bastards spend themselves into oblivion. They are gonna get the votes they have right now, today.
12Not all REALTORS are Republicans, not all are Democratic. Some of us are educated and vote OUR mind rather than a party.
If you ever hear someone say “A REALTOR said” ignore it or check it out. its about as useful as the old “They Say” or “They Said” Now when I say something, I put my name and reputation behind it and my equally successful colleagues do the same.
I often challenge NAR (National Association of REALTORS) statements and press releases like the recent one saying things are improving ref:http://agbeat.com/real-estate-news-events/nar-existing-home-sales-prices-inventory-levels-improve/) meanwhile (literally as I type this) a report is released showing foreclosures rising.
So while some REALTORS want you to buy buy buy, there are a few of us that will be straight with YOU, tell YOU the truth and help YOU make the best decision for YOU…you’ll also never get BS mail like above from us because we have already checked it out…or in my case, are involved in the Legislative Committee to make sure homeowners and home buyers are not screwed over by hidden taxes from any elected official, regardless of Party Affiliation.
Larry Jensen, Principal Broker ~ NY & CT
St. Lawrence Properties, LLC
http://www.SLPNYCT.com
PS: I enjoyed most of the comments here. 🙂
13My sister (not a realtor) told me that if Mitt is elected, he’s going to immediately require two things:
1. All citizens will be required to wear “magic underwear” or pay a penalty.
2. All young people at age 18 will be required to spend two years of service on some kind of “mission” which is as of this date undefined.
I know this is true because my sister lives in Kingwood and she never lies. Besides, if you want more proof, we were both born in Texas.
There you have it. Please spread the word.
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