# Is there a realtor on the board that is willing to help me? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318 "2010-08-24T18:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/1 "2010-08-24T18:12:36Z")
I just need help with a little research or need to be pointed in the right direction and am lost. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/2 "2010-08-24T18:20:10Z")
Could you be a little more vague? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/3 "2010-08-24T18:34:59Z")
Iā€™m not a realtor and Iā€™m not willing to help, so I could at least play devilā€™s advocate, if that would help. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/4 "2010-08-24T18:37:26Z")
Sorry. šŸ™‚ I just need to know if there is a way to get a realtor that is bilingual; i.e., fluent in Hindi or Urdu or Punjabi. Right now I have called several realtors with the correct names, but none of them can speak the languages, and my Dad cannot navigate through an English sentence without a map. I was hoping maybe some realtors might have access to a database. My cousin is being flaky. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/5 "2010-08-24T19:08:21Z")
Do a search on Google for ā€œrealtor [your metro area] hindiā€ I just did a search for ā€œrealtor cleveland hindiā€ and got [this guy](http://www.howardhanna.com/agent/agentdetail.asp?CEQ_AgentCode=220B). You should be able to find someone. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/6 "2010-08-24T19:17:22Z")
I think **Annie Xmas** is a realtor. Perhaps you could PM her. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/7 "2010-08-24T19:17:55Z")
The three most important things in finding a bilingual realtor: location, location and location. Whatā€™s your location? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/8 "2010-08-24T19:18:49Z")
People, people, peopleā€¦ Itā€™s **R** ealtor. Come on now. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/9 "2010-08-24T19:33:34Z")
I am in Albany Ny. I am looking for a realtor in Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Beacon, or Kingston. Really the entire Hudson Valley is OK. I will try some more google searches. And I know about Annie Xmas but Iā€™d rather have her offer before I go and PM her and make her feel all obligated. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/10 "2010-08-24T19:47:00Z")
[This woman](http://activerain.com/sadhnahomes) can probably help you. Just donā€™t ask her to help you set up a Web site šŸ™‚ You can find a few more by searching [here](http://www.nysar.com/findaREALTORM/default.aspx). Select your cities and at the very bottom, choose Hindi from the Languages dropdown. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/11 "2010-08-24T19:54:22Z")
I just talked to Mrs. Bhargav. šŸ™‚ I knew her, from years past, and she remembered me faintly. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/12 "2010-08-24T19:59:07Z")
Iā€™m a CCIM and a commercial real estate agent, but to be frank this really isnā€™t a real estate specific question, nor does it have a ready one stop solution. Your best bet is simply to identify the various local boards of Realtors in the areas you designated, and ask them to send out a group email or to forward your email (with your responding address) to all the brokers and agents in their respective boards, and asking if there are any hindi etc. speakers. You will have to make several phone calls or emails, but at least you can cover many agencies this way vs calling a bunch of individual brokerages. A few minutes googling the local real estate boards in those counties will give you the contact websites you need. You will get a quicker response if you ID the various real esate agencies themselves and email the agency broker, who will know if any of their agents speak indian dialects, however there are dozens and dozens (possibly hundreds) of agencies in the relatively large area you specified. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/13 "2010-08-24T20:41:38Z")
@ OP, why donā€™t you just let your Dad live with you. That would be much easier on him. . . . . . . . . . .šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/14 "2010-08-24T20:43:45Z")
> [@Wilbo523](#): > > @ OP, why donā€™t you just let your Dad live with you. That would be much easier on him. > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > .šŸ˜› Gah! _twitch_ ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/15 "2010-08-24T23:03:41Z")
Might it be simpler to find an English speaking realtor and translate for your father? Maybe youā€™ve already thought of that and thereā€™s a good reason youā€™re not going with that. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/16 "2010-08-24T23:50:32Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > People, people, peopleā€¦ > > Itā€™s **R** ealtor. Come on now. I think actually itā€™s REALTOR! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-realtor-on-the-board-that-is-willing-to-help-me/551318/17 "2010-08-25T03:13:03Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Might it be simpler to find an English speaking realtor and translate for your father? Maybe youā€™ve already thought of that and thereā€™s a good reason youā€™re not going with that. We have multiple problems with our relationship, but mainly itā€™s because A) prying info out of my dad is like getting water from a stone; he never tells what he actually _needs_, and the realtor might as well get paid for trying to get it out, and B) I am fairly fluent in conversational Hindi but I donā€™t know enough of the terms of house buying in Hindi to translate. After all, I never had much formal training!