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Builder - Realtor Relationships: A Love/Hate Relationship - Bridging the Gap Part I
Pity the poor offspring of a builder bringing home their future spouse, a Realtor, to meet mom and dad. Imagine the conversations going on behind closed doors later that night: 
Builder Dad, "Where did we go wrong?"
Builder Mom, "She's doing this to get back at me because I didn't let her dye her hair chartreusse in the 10th grade.  I knew she'd make me pay for that some day.  But in this way!"
Builder Dad, "A Realtor.  She's actually going to marry a Realtor."
Builder Mom, "How could she do this to us?  And in our own home?"
Picture it: Downstairs. The front door.  Suitcase in hand.
Realtor fiance: "You never TOLD me your parents were builders!"
Blushing bride-to-be: "I thought that once you got to know them . . ."
"We're finished, Jane.  There's no way I'll have builders for in-laws."
Pleadingly, "I'm sure they'll grow to love you."
"I'm sorry, Jane, but I'd sooner marry into a family of home inspectors than builders."
Builders and Realtors are definitely two different species, and sometimes each is given a bad rap because of misconceptions and misunderstandings.   It may often seem to each that the other is not on the same side, yet nothing can be further from ... more

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