As much as I love my dear mother-in-law (formerly a residential realtor in Saratoga), I don’t know of any other group that’s more overpaid on the whole as residential realtors.
Realtors think they work hard, that they’re smart, that they’re honest and candid, that they aren’t pushy and that they don’t collaborate with each other against their clients’ financial interest. To be charitable, let’s just say it’s a sliding scale…