Open Letter to the Washington Post

13 Jun 2009 at 15:09

Chuck

Today I read an article written by the Washington Post in which Elizabeth Razzi decided to go after Realtors who think positively about today's market. In her article titled “Home Team Advantage weigh you own interests against Broker Bossterism” seems to hint that Realtors would say or do anything to get buyers to buy and sellers to sell. Elizabeth likes to interview the same Realtors each time she needs a good negative quote about the Real Estate industry. Here was my response to her article that I posted online.

" Why does the post always interview the same bitter Real Estate Brokers when you need someone to down play the industry? I’ve read two articles in the past month in which you interviewed the same Broker. In each interview the Broker openly spoke about other agencies practices while totting himself as the anti-Realtors Realtor (trust me I’m a Realtor…ha ha). This week you went after Realtors who think positively about today’s market. Wouldn’t it have been better to speak to someone who has been running a successful Real Estate firm or business for then a couple of years? Or who runs a Brokerage with more then say 2 active agents? Or better yet how’s about the many Realtor Associations who can fill your columns with facts and figures? I’ve always been lead to believe that Realtors who constantly down other Realtors to make themselves look better often have little to say about themselves or their services. Interviewing the same Weird Al Yankovic guy who is always good for a quote is just lazy journalism. I know you weren’t aiming for a Pulitzer or anything but can you at least drive around a little and meet other Realtors??? "

Take care!
Chuck