"Look Mah, I'm On TV"

It is very distressing to watch how Real estate agents are portrayed in movies, novels and TV. I started to do some research on this and was sidetracked by other concerns. I intend to come back to it and someday write a longer article on it than I usually do in this space. I have yet to find a portrayal of a Real Estate agent in a positive image. Take American Beauty, where the real estate agent, Annette Benning, has a sexual encounter with a buyer in an empty house. Or Two and ½ Men, where Holland Taylor sells her own son’s house to a foreign diplomat when it isn’t even on the market. Or everything Nicollete Sheridan does on Desperate Housewives. This is just the tip of the ice berg. I know I go to work everyday trying to come up with a great plan to help my seller sells his house or go out of my way to accommodate a buyer’s schedule. And I know my fellow agents do the same but where are those agents portrayed? Even lawyers get portrayed as the hero every now and then and you know what everyone thinks about lawyers. I am collecting examples of how Real Estate Agents are portrayed in fiction. If you can think of one send it to me. I will put together a list and publish them here on my blog.