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Real Estate Professionals---Ranked Below Mechanics in Public Confidence
Between March 17 and March 21 of 2006 a Harris Poll conducted online within the United States among 2,302 adults (aged 18 and over) revealed the following public levels of trust for 11 professions:
One of the distinctions that was made by people analyzing the poll results was that people generally have more distrust for those professions involved in selling them something.  Interesting.  That brings me to one of my sore points.  I know that people mean it as a compliment, but I am saddened when someone says I "sold" them a house.  If I've done my job well, I've matched up someone who wants to buy a home with someone who wants to sell a home.  They both walk away feeling that they got a good deal.  If I've done my job right, no one feels they were "sold" anything.  It is my goal that my clients feel that they received excellent service and advice from someone who helped them to achieve their goal of buying or selling a home.
Sales people in my opinion are generally individuals who have mastered a set script for a product or product line and use selling techniques to get people to buy. As real estate professionals, ... more

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