Religion, politics and sports! We all have opinions, but what is their place in business?

Like kind attracts like kind. There is a ton of human behavior research out there that proves that polarizing an audience increases profits, not decreases them. We know for sure without a doubt that being politically active as Realtors we attract very solid clients. We have proved it over and over again in our own brokerage. While I don't go around spouting off I certainly make my viewpoints clear on my blog. Since most of our sellers read our blog for a while before they call, they most all say that they love our blog and our viewpoints, again, like kind attracts like kind. The other point is that we have even been hired by very opposing political folks who are very clear about how they don't agree with us but they respect the fact that we don't cower down, that we take a stand. One couple even said to us, that is why we chose you- we will never vote for who you vote for, but we know you will take our back. We know if you stand up so strong on your beliefs, you will stand up for us. Every time we went to their home, the wife would yell and scream about one of my posts or something in the news - and we would just smile and say, tell us when you are finished. Then she would hug us and tell us what a great job we were doing! It was so funny. We were so clearly on opposing sides, yet, they trusted we would do their short sale for them and we got them off free and clear. They tell all their left wing friends about us too. 

Right now the Realtor board of our state has asked all of us to get involved to defeat amendment 4 which would seriously raise property taxes , lose jobs and devastate our property values even more- how do you NOT talk to your neighbors about it? How do you NOT get out and pass out fliers and make the calls, etc for something this important. THe Realtor code of Ethics tells us that our duty IS to be involved, under all is land, and we are the protectors of that land and private property rights. It would be irresponsible to not take action in something like this because if you are not speaking up in order to do more business if you don't speak up you won't have any business left to do. Katerina

#61 John- We can not discriminate against any religion as part of the fair housing act but nothing in there says you can not have a Christian Real Estate company, A Jewish realty or a Muslim Realty. AND there are many brokerages that are those types. Even our own Loreena Yeo's name of her company 3-16 is a scripture from the New Testament.