Real Estate Agent Depiction on Television
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Recently I watched one of my favorite TV shows, Bones, and was taken aback by how they portrayed a real estate agent on the show. It was a somewhat flashy looking woman who was “talking the sales talk” to her buyers. She was also portraying a dual agent as she was showing buyers her own listing.
The story started with her showing the home and describing the nice master bedroom while she backed out of the way and let the buyers in the room first. Of course, there was a pile of something on top of the bed with a partial leg visible. The buyer screamed and the agent stepped in and instead of a look of shock, she had a look of dismay. Like, “well this deal won’t go through now.”
As she was interviewed by the police she was openly honest and verbal of how it’s a bad market and how soon can she get the house back up? She showed very little interest in the fact that there was someone that had died in the home. In fact, the pile was ashes and it was discovered that two people had perished.
She was even threatened with jail time if she didn’t help the police and not impede their investigation. All in all, she was portrayed as a materialistic agent that only cared about her next deal. She didn’t care about her buyers, her seller (who was the murderer but she had no involvement) or the victims.
Are there agents like this out there? I guess sadly there might be. Their clients are a number to them. They work on quantity and not quality. They probably don’t get many, if any, referrals with that kind of attitude and probably have to constantly seek new business since they don’t get much repeat biz either.
I know it was just a TV show and everything is exaggerated, but again, I’m sure there are agents like that. And that kind of portrayal makes us all look bad. So many people believe what they see. First-time buyers that have never dealt with a real estate agent might think that is what they have to look forward to.
But I guess the story wouldn’t have been the same if they didn’t make this agent act the way they did. The show wouldn’t have had the same impact if the agent was professional and caring.
If you would like an agent that cares about you and offers experience and empathy (since this will most likely be the biggest investment you’ll be making), then call Judy Orr at 708-536-8200 or use the Contact Me Form above (on the top menu). For a list of the Chicago Suburbs real estate area I cover just click the link.
