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13. HOW FAR CAN YOU
THROW A
REAL ESTATE AGENT
There’s that old saying that house. That’s how they get paid, so it
goes, “I wouldn’t trust you as makes sense that people hesitate to
trust their advice.
far as I could throw you.”
Real estate agents often get likened to
Even if you’re built like Arnold
Schwarzenegger, saying this paints a “used car salesmen” — saying and
doing whatever it takes to make a
pretty clear picture to someone about
sale. But most agents are the
how you feel about them.
complete opposite of that. In fact, you
And that sums up how a lot of people probably shouldn’t even say that
feel about real estate agents… about used car sales people! There’s
bound to be unscrupulous people in
We just covered how everyone’s any industry. The whole “there’s
selling something, and real estate always a few bad apples” thing applies
agents are obviously seen as trying to to both car sales and real estate alike.
sell people on buying (or selling) a
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