The pilots I know have had to make big wage concessions.
There is no agenda, other than inquisitiveness, and trying to learn. I am trying to learn how a Delta pilot can get a raise when the company is struggling.
It’s possible for a realtor to make more money in a declining market, but again taking an analogy from the airline industry, it’s the low-cost business models who survive. Southwest Airlines is doing well, as presumably are HelpUSell and iPayOne.
There are a myriad number of ways to back up your statements. You could state your # of sales or sales volume compared to last year.
You could tell us how your DOM compares with industry average, how you are able to get sellers to price their houses to sell (when most realtors cannot), how you can find buyers who qualify (when most new buyers are squeezed out and move-up buyers can’t sell to move up).
Instead of bantering shots at me, you could educate us about what’s going on the streets. I’d love to hear how sellers and buyers are coping, how lenders are doing, what others in your industry think about the slowdown, and if any are looking for new work. A mortgage broker on HousingBubbleCasualty.com, SoCalMtgGuy, was such an insider. He gave us the inside scoop. He’s a fabulous writer. He wrote about the tough times, and how 25-yr-old loan officers used to making $100K/year were suddenly struggling to make their Beamer payments, and facing bankruptcy. He finally got out. I thought you would be such a guy, giving us insider info. Instead, you get mad and defensive, and hurl insults at me. I hope we will have a realtor on this forum who will write about what’s going on in the field. It would be very welcome.