| Myths about Real Estate Agents |
| Myth #1 "All Real Estate Professionals, can be called Realtors." Although this is not true, I myself use the term quite often to describe people who practice Real Estate (Old habits are hard to break). To be called a Realtor you must belong to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). This organization holds its members to a Code of Ethics and Standard of Practice. It is actually illegal for anyone to call themselves a Realtor without belonging to The NAR. Myth # 2 "Real Estate Agents make lots of money and do practically nothing to earn it." If this were true wouldn't most everyone want to become one, the United States and other countries through out the world would be overrun with us. I know, it appears were everywhere these days but there aren't as many of us as you might think. At the end of the year 2006 according to the U.S. Population Clock, our country had an estimated population of 300,870,531 give or take a few. The NAR |
