That's right, we are part of the problem going on in the real estate industry right now. But as a group, we aren't taking any blame. You can read blogs from two years ago all the way up to today, where "blame is placed on the banks for making bad loans, to the government for buying them, to homeowners who got in over their heads. There is enough blame for all. But one group is not taking any blame. Realtors!
When reading posts, it seems that everybody has a story about a bad customer, be it a seller or buyer. About how unreasonable they are and the many stupid things that they do. But consider our behavior. There are posts today about how it is a great time to buy real estate. What evidence is truly there that that is true? Of course we can spout statistics on home prices two years ago but can we truly say that homes are properly priced? Please, be honest, of course we can't. And too many of us say we gave the homeowner the information they needed to make the decision to buy or sell but we didn't make the decision for them. Guys, if we are to be the professionals we crave to be, we have to start taking responsiblity for our actions and advice.
It looks like short sales are going to be with us for awhile. But to hear from us, the banks are difficult to work with, won't return our calls and refuse to negotiate. Who told them they could do that! They should just take their losses and let us get our commission. Our customer wants in that home for much less than someone else paid for it years ago. Let us have it now!
As a country we are trying to stop terrorism by giving money to warlords in Afganistan so they will not fight us or give aid to our enemies. They are fine with taking our money and will do so until we stop. We we do, they start helping our enemies. Sounds like a no win strategy. But that is exactly what we did years ago. We helped promote the fact there was a loan for everybody. No customer was left behind. Now, we complain that the banks won't give money to our customers in the form of bailouts and shortsales. We promote the same mentality today about FHA and other government programs when it is clear that we are trading one problem for another and will have to face the devil sooner or later.
So here is the real truth.
Not everybody should own a home. Government programs have only made the problems worse. The only winners are and will continue to be the banks who can use their influence to shape our lives without being responsible, government and anyone involved with government that takes money from one tax payer and gives it to another under the guise of special government programs that limit those who qualify.
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