I got a call late Monday to be interviewed with a major cable news outlet.  Several people are kicking my butt (son included) because I declined the interview.

Why would I do such a thing?

First of all the inital conversation with the outlet did NOT start out well. 

• "We want you to take us to foreclosed homes that will have been on the market for a long time."  Problem is, REO's do NOT stay on the market long.  We are facing a turn into a seller's market in that micro market.  I could have dug out some 6+ month old stagnant REO listings but it would have been a challenge. 
• "We need to talk about the economic conditions and how Las Vegas is in recession."  We are NOT in recession other than our resale real estate market perhaps.  That's one teeny tiny fraction of our entire economic outlook.  Look at how our rental market has BUSTED out!  It is actually scary for those who are not considered prime renters.  When you see what is going on in the rental market, you can actually understand there is a large and very pent up demand for housing here.

Here is the deal.  All eyes are on Nevada tomorrow because of the caucus.  I do NOT need my words twisted to promote a sensational story to generate MORE new clients looking for 50 cents on the dollar deals.  Read the bolded sentence again.  I do have enough clients that do not understand that they are NOT going to get something cheap when there are already multiple offers on that property, repeat:  I don't need more! 

Many could say:  "Well Renee, you could have set the record straight."  No I couldn't, it was apparent during my conversations on what THEY wanted.  It wasn't the truth, my friends.  It was what fit their agenda.  My time was better spent doing real income generating activities for the day which included an offer on a listing and writing a contract for a buyer and executing searches for several more buyers this week.

When I saw the story, no doubt they found the right agent.  She was weeping because she was losing her home.  I really did weep inside for her because she was hurting.  I was also weeping for her because she was used and fit their agenda perfectly.    How many people did they have to sift through to find THEIR story.  Not necessarily the truth.  Sad.  I did not want to be a pawn to the elections or the candidates.  Nuff Said!