Jo Grams, Licensed Real Estate Agent Reaa 2008

one day my friend mike said: “jo, have you ever thought of being a real estate agent?” now, this question wasn’t as left field as it sounds. i had just spent three hours telling him how he could make a property he was selling more attractive to buyers. i said: “mike, i just don’t see myself as that person.” what i was really thinking was: “mike … are you freaking kidding me. real estate is sleazy. real estate agents are sales sharks who drive around in fancy cars, bigging themselves up and it’s all about money, money, money. of course i don’t want to be a real estate agent.” no one likes real estate agents, right? except that’s not true. because mike is a real estate agent. and he’s a good guy. i like mike. i thought about it more. i realised that i’d bought and sold and built houses. not one of the real estate agents i’d dealt with had been like that either. in fact, some of them were kind people who i now saw as friends. “maybe,” i thought, “most real estate agents are decent,