patrick.net

Let's refer her to this site:
http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=685&ref=patrick.net

LOL!

At least she didn't "warn" you or give you heads up, that they will be closing at noon today.

Sandy the cute Turkey

come over here, i'm a gonna eatchuu

Great referral elliemae!

Where does computer programmers or IT professionals fit in that poll, in the Ellie link?

I wanna know how Prestigimuos I am.

Nomograph says

I get similar flyers from all kinds of local businesses: Electricians, restaraunts, carpet cleaners, chimneysweeps, etc.
I don’t like RE agents any more than the next swinging Tom and Harry, but it’s called marketing. Get over it.

Where do marketing/advertising professionals fall on the list of prestige?

They've been traking this since the 70's... How do they gauge Prestige anyhow?

What do they just judge the reaction when you tell some one your profession?

Raised eyebrows, a frown and a head nod, is the highest honor one can possibly hope for, if that's the case. Well I suppose there's the gulp and gasp followed by prostration, but that is usually honorer just over reacting.

Try telling anyone that you are a psychotherapist and see his/her reaction. It's priceless, I tell you. I'm not sure I'd call it a "prestige" inducing reation to my profession. LOL! However, business is booming for the holidays and this economic disaster in slow motion that is still going...

Now, I think we should all cut Sally a break. I think we should make several referrals:
To:

1. An unemployment office
2. A career retraining agency
3. A social worker
4. A psychotherapist
5. A psychiatrist

She's going to need all of these to make it through the next decade if she remains in her current profession.

I tend to agree with Nomo - to get over it - but the RE emails/letters tend to be the most insipid. Definitely defeats their purpose, with me anyhow.

Nice link Ellie.

Truth be told, it's one of Patrick's links today.

So, anyone notice that Sandy (not Sally, simchaland. Sally would have been an inspiring name, tho) is an Accredited Luxury Home Specialist? Wow, and I thought some of the majors that they taught in my University were bizarre. I'm a wee bit bitter - because I have a white spot on the carpet in my basement (that turns out to be the actual carpet color), I'm sure that Sally/Sandy would never step foot in my home - and my $12,000 commission money wouldn't be worth her time.

I don't like Realtors - surprise, ya'll - but if I did she doesn't specialize in 20 year old houses with big trees and dirt roads, and I feel slighted.

So, what do you think they teach at this specialist class?
* how to insert your head firmly inside a rich person's rectum?
* how to appear that you don't desperately need that commission check
* how to tell, in five minutes or less, if your client is loaded
* how to worm your way into a wealthy person's will

Okay, I'm bored...

Let's see, if price x 6% = $12K, then price = $200K. That's actually about the median price for a house in the US, so I don't see why she should sniff at that commission, 'specially 'cause she ain't gonna get those high end listings with an ad like that.

Amazing you can get "accredited" as a luxury house specialist. Can you get discredited?

I'd think that being a realtor is discredit enough. :)

Clicked the website link. Had to. She is a good looking woman - I'm just saying.

Exactly what age difference constitutes a "cougar?" Just wondering...

"Member of National Association of Realtors (NAR),
Member of Texas Association of Realtors (TAR),
Member of San Antonio Board of Realtors (SABOR),
Member of Central Texas Multiple Listing Service (MLS),
Accredited Buyer Representation (ABR),
Accredited Luxury Home Specialist (AHLS),"

She's got more letters than a Post Office.

Any woman older than I am is a cougar.

Excessive use of acronyms is an attempt at compensation for lack of any real qualifications.

Wizard of Oz: They have one thing you haven't got: a diploma. Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Universitartus Committiartum E Pluribus Unum, I hereby confer upon you the honorary degree of ThD.
Scarecrow: ThD?
Wizard of Oz: That's... Doctor of Thinkology.

Wizard of Oz: That’s… Doctor of Thinkology.

I missed it by THAT MUCH!

Nomograph says

cashmonger says

Clicked the website link. Had to. She is a good looking woman - I’m just saying.

Sure, if you’re into the whole cougar thing . . .

Which I am - big time. Cougars, in general, are much less selfish in the sack than their younger counterparts...especially if they are married to older husbands that can no longer perform. Again, I'm just saying..

I'm impressed how it took Sandy a whole sentence to segue from "friends, family, and being thankful"
to "enjoying the finer things in life"

(finer than your friends and family, one is tempted to read between the lines).

cashmonger says

Nomograph says

cashmonger says

Clicked the website link. Had to. She is a good looking woman - I’m just saying.

Sure, if you’re into the whole cougar thing . . .

Which I am - big time. Cougars, in general, are much less selfish in the sack than their younger counterparts…especially if they are married to older husbands that can no longer perform. Again, I’m just saying..

Was it Ben Franklin who, about us older women, said, "they don't swell, they don't tell, and they're grateful as hell?"

Nice one there elliemae! Those are true statements for sure, regardless of who said them!

what do you need to get all those letters after your name? ABR? ALHS?
are there like some kind of grad school for realtwhores?

Sigh, another aol.com email address. What is it with folks who still use that service, how can I respect a lawyer or a realtor who uses aol? Especially one who has her own website...

AltonS says

Sigh, another aol.com email address. What is it with folks who still use that service, how can I respect a lawyer or a realtor who uses aol? Especially one who has her own website…

good point.