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Are Realtors the Funniest People in the Word?

Every morning, lately, I start the day at my computer. Reading my email, flipping back and forth from Facebook and Active Rain, chuckling at the comments and writings of my friends here on-line. It hit me this morning that real estate agents really are a very funny group as a whole. Is that true, or is it just that I attract funny people into my life?

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My real life friends aren't all Realtors, but with the possible exception of my long time friend Robyn, the funniest friends I have are Realtors. My best friends in the entire world, Leann, Liz and Jackie can make me laugh so hard that my sides ache and it's not unusual to see us bent over in the computer room with our legs crossed, laughing like we are at a comedy club. And it doesn't take much. A single word, a glace and we are off to the races!

Active Rain has been a major source of amusement for me. I'm thinking that Realtors are so funny because we are so diverse. It's an industry where almost everyone had a former life and profession. Maybe not in medicine, but there are writers, engineers, teachers, secretaries, office managers, bankers, bartenders, nurses, just to name a few. In my opinion, it's the former bartenders that seem to be the most successful as Realtors and the funniest as people. Is it the bringing together of all of those past experiences that makes us click so well and laugh so well together?

Just throwing it out there. Are we the funniest people on earth, or do I just have a very exposed funny bone?

Posted by Susan Mangigian, West Chester PA Realtor RE/MAX Preferred, ABR on 01/18/2009 08:23 AM

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55 Comments on Are Realtors the Funniest People in the Word?

JAN

Not sure we are the funniest group of people out there but definitely the strangest and have the most unusual stories to tell because of our profession.

Susan ~ Could be or it could be that you are a true example of "like attracts like".

Successful Realtors are very people oriented and usually are fun to be around. I too enjoy some of the great AR humor. Sounds like you have a nice circle of friends that know how to put a smile on your face and a laugh.

We deal with folks with real live situations everyday. Many are very serious and most are very expensive. So humor is a great ice breaker.

Good post

Tony

There is a lot of variety in real estate and you need to have a sense of humor.

Susan, I definitely laugh more with this job and my fellow realtors than any other job I've had (managing a women's clothing store and working in a nursing home.) It does s=em there is always something to laugh about.

Personally I believe that if you cannot laugh at yourself and the things that happen that we cannot control, then you would be awfully uptight most of the time. I wouldn't still be in this business if I didn't have fun everyday and enjoy myself.......

Hi Susan. I think you may be on to something with Realtors being some of the most funny people. It is a very SOCIAL endeavor putting together buyers and sellers or properties and investors. If you DIDN'T have a sense of humor to some extent I don't think you could survive very long with the ups and downs. To me it is a great icebreaker among people, between Realtors, and a stress reliever when all hell breaks loose in a deal. And yes Susan, you do attract the funniest into your life naturally. Like attracts like you know, so YOU get the cream of the crop.

I think having a good sense of humor keeps me from going insane.

I think pharmacists are funny.

You are right, Susan, we are a funny group of people. (but looks aren't everything!)

I think there are A LOT of REALTORS...They are everywhere I turn...they are definitely humurous humans-- humorans? I think you also attract so much of the joy that is authentically in your heart for sharing. You always make ME smile and laugh!

Susan - now is the funny ha ha or funny peculiar. But either way, glad I can be part of a group bringing laughter into your life.

nope - i think we are all pretty darn funny! there are a few exceptions but isn't there always?

Amanda - Are you sure that's just not the drugs talking?

(Mister Roger's "Neighborhood music in background) "Can you say crazy? Sure you can."

Sandra - Nope.

We are exposed to a lot of different situations that in hind site can be very humorous.

I think a person who cleans the grease pits are the funniest people...after all their always scraping something up.

It is that diversity of backgrounds and our overt nature. It is also I think very disarming to introduce humor to a tense situation.

In general most agents could be categorized as either humorous or lovers of humor.

Susan, most of the agents I know in my area just aren't that funny. But here on AR....wow - there are some very smart and witty and hysterically funny people that I have welcomed into my world and I'm glad that you are one of them :)

Maybe it's a self defense mechanism. If you can't laugh at yourself and some of the situations you encounter, you'll be miserable in this business!

Hi Susan-Speaking strictly as someone who is not a realtor but is around a number of them in my profession I believe that those who have the best sense of humor are the ones that do the best in real estate but also in life. Life is meant to be lived to the fullest and with out a good sense of humor life most definitely be a lot more stressful and not a fun place. I also think our personality and our desire to have fun, laugh, love attracts like minded people to us. In reading and enjoying your blogs I think you are one of those people who loves to laugh and enjoys life to the fullest regardless of what life throws at you and that makes you special. Have a great Sunday and week. Chat again

Susan...

Remember the end of the first "Dirty Harry" movie, when the bad guy laughs insanely as he reached for the gun before Harry blows him away?

That's the same reason Realtors laugh so much! ;)

Heather, strange and funny can sometimes be the same thing!

Kathy, I'd like to think that like attracts like, not sure how I feel when I attract creepy buyers!

Connie, I have said it a million times and I'll say it again. I have been very blessed in my life with wonderful friends.

Tony, you are right. Life and our business is a very serious thing, it really helps to laugh.

Chuck, you need a sense of humor is all areas of your life!

Barb, there is more to cry about too in Real Estate, but the laughter always wins out, thank God!

Julie, you said it! I work from home and go in every day to the office for an hour or so, just to laugh with the gang and catch up.

Gary, I try to handle every situation I get into in life with humor. After that, I call my Uncle Guido. That usually sets things straight again when humor doesn't work!

Mark, I have a great sense of humor but I think it's because I am insane!

Amanda, we would be even funnier if we had access to the drugs pharmacists have access to!

Alan, lol!!

Mara, I feel the same way about you!

Mike, some of us are funny ha ha, some are funny, peculiar. Some of us are both! I'm glad you are part of my group too!

Leesa, there are a few exceptions, but I prefer not to let one or two rats spoil the sewer!

Hi Sandra.... I'm going with the drugs too!

Andrew, crazy is as crazy does!

Scott, the old... we'll look back on this and laugh line!

Neal, you are a hoot.

Herb, so true.

Lisa, I think our group here on AR has cornered the market on witty, funny, you name it! I'm glad to be here!

Silvia, it's been my defense mechanism for every area of my life.

Sharon, your comments are always so thoughtful. Thank you.

Richard... you may be on to something! Miss you!

Susan: Real estate offices are among the funniest places on earth. I think we see it all. And you're right, we are a diverse group. And we do come medical careers too. A co-worker, and very good friend of mine, had a Masters in Nursing and worked as a mid-wife prior to real estate.

Chris Ann, thanks!

I think you are a very funny person so you likely do attract other funny people. When you have a good sense of humor, then normally you like to be around others who also share that affliction. As far as Realtors go, I think you hit the nail on the head. We are a widely diverse group with a lot of life experience to share and I think that adds to our ability to share and take a joke.

Son JL, you know that I rank you as one of the all time funniest people here.

Well, I have to fit in somehow, and if humor does it, then so be it.

Susan...

I miss you too! Seems like we're always missing each other!

Susan, you may see humor in a lot of things others don't or make it a point to surround yourself with people who make you laugh. I personally don't find agents that I know funny; upbeat, amusing, and sometimes just plain odd perhaps, but not overly funny. A lot of agents in our market are certainly nice and pleasant to work with, but I'd say they are mainly a little uptight as a whole. I personally like to make everything fun but it sounds like PA is funnier than Cleveland.

Susan - All wrong, my friend. Mortgage folks are the funniest people on God's Green Earth. We dip the financing yo-yo before your eyes and snap it up before it can ever be held dear and true. Come to think of it, that's not really funny. What's funny is imagining your subscriber list on AR naked in awkward positions as you try to give a speech in front of your local church. That kind of gives "pew" a different sort of reality.

Say a prayer for me, I'm off to watch the Steelers. And I think you have a wonderful sense of humor... despite being a Realtor;)

Jason....ewwww! That's in response to your "pew" comment! :-)

The Eagles are getting their a$$es kicked! Sad.

Susan...

Don't count the Eagles out yet ... they dominated the third quarter!

Richard, I can't believe the score!!!! 25 24..... I should have been watching that not fooling around over here!

Susan.. I think realtors on a whole *HAVE TO* have a sense of humor, which in turn makes us funny people. With all the different senarios, and people we meet, we have to have a sense of humor, or we would be all locked up in a funny farm. How is that for humor?

valerie osterhoudt

Well, you do have an exposed funny bone... but we, as a group, are pretty comical. We encounter so many nutty things on a daily basis we can't help but be funny. Who but a Cabernet loving eyetalian from Philly could lose her slingback in my chandelier. I mean, come on! :)

And speaking of which, I just poured a glass and the bottle is now empty. Last darn bottle too! And Desperate Housewives is coming on! And considering that the shoe in question started out being on my foot at Andrew's place in Tom's River is one of life's big mysteries! I think that Mei Ling had something to do with it! Jesse, I love you!

Susan, one has to have a sense of humor as a real estate professional, if she/he wants to stay sane. Life is so much better when you can see the absurd and funny happenings around us! It keeps my cheerful attitude going, while my clients are enjoying the time together, too. Actually, I do not think my office mates are funny at all, though they did come from a wide variety of occupations. Just do not tell them.

It is a good life, as Buffini says.

Susan,

Yes, some are really funny...I agree!

Ann Hayden in cold dark Wildwood, Missouri

Susan, we HAVE to be the funniest people in the world. Who else would be nuts enough to do the crazy things we do. I have worked in lots of other careers....as my broker says, there is no one he knows who's had as many diverse jobs as I have had. And, I've only been fired once and was grateful for that! But, this is my favorite career, and the nut jobs I've come across and the weird situations keep me coming back day after day. So I can identify with the crossing your legs and going off on a laughing jag. Just keep the laughter coming.........

Susan - I agree. I have never had so many laughs in any other line of work. Maybe it's because we are independent contractors who are not so attached to office rules and policy. We can be ourselves and have fun without being what an employer wants us to be - wound up so tight that it's frightenng!

I think you've got it -- our diverse experiences provide a lot of opportunities for humor. I just hope the public laughs with us and not at us!

I'm imagining there could have been a really great night... Realtors at the improv night.

Susan, we actually have someone in the group from the medical field (LMAO). I recently had dinner with her, so, yeah, we've got everyone here (LOL). Seriously! ;-)

JAN

That damn Mei Ling. I swear you just can't trust that little tart!

The good ones are funny Susan and you attract them with your writings and humor. Have a good day my friend.

If we weren't finding a way to laugh about this market we would all be crying. Cabernet helps.

I think it is the outgoing nature of sales people. AND, You need a sense of humor to survive in our business!

do you mean, funny like a clown (ala Joe Peschi in goodfellas) , no we are funny , and have to be in this market

JAN

Susan - I believe that Active Rain has the most talented and professional people compared to other web sites. Yes, there is a lot of funny people and you always look forward to reading their posts.

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