# Odd encounter with neighbor's realator **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-encounter-with-neighbors-realator/476126 "2008-12-07T13:19:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-encounter-with-neighbors-realator/476126/21 "2008-12-07T22:29:26Z")
Realtor where you are (and what you are). Real Estate Agent where I am (and who clog my letter box). No dog in this fight, just a locational quirk. I only posted to show it’s a global thing. Right with you on Real-A-Tor. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-encounter-with-neighbors-realator/476126/22 "2008-12-07T22:49:55Z")
If you were quick-witted you should’ve said something like: “So, did they finally get all that dead body smell out?” ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-encounter-with-neighbors-realator/476126/23 "2008-12-08T00:45:18Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > First of all, the word is **Realtor.** It has only two syllables. It does not have an “a” between the “l” and the “t”. It’s _REAL-tor._ It is the name for someone who belongs to the [National Association of Realtors (NAR)](http://www.realtor.org/), not just a real estate agent. > > \ LOL. Well, if you are going to spend time correcting my typos and mistakes you’ll have a full time job on your hands. Good luck 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:** [December 8, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-encounter-with-neighbors-realator/476126/24 "2008-12-08T00:51:44Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > First of all, the word is **Realtor.** It has only two syllables. It does not have an “a” between the “l” and the “t”. It’s _REAL-tor._ \ THANK you. I thought the rant was going to be about some jerk introducing himself and mis-pronouncing his own job. Then we get umpteen posts in, and nobody seems to notice the elephant hanging out in the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-encounter-with-neighbors-realator/476126/25 "2008-12-08T13:46:23Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > LOL. Well, if you are going to spend time correcting my typos and mistakes you’ll have a full time job on your hands. Good luck with that. 😛 It’s an occupational hazard with membership in SDMB. Serially, Folks, it’s a common mispronunciation, even among some agents, who should know better. :rolleyes: > [@Featherlou](#): > > THANK you. I thought the rant was going to be about some jerk introducing himself and mis-pronouncing his own job. Then we get umpteen posts in, and nobody seems to notice the elephant hanging out in the corner. {pant, pant} I got here as fast as I could. No way I could let that slide. > [@ftg](#): > > If you were quick-witted you should’ve said something like: > > “So, did they finally get all that dead body smell out?” And my reply would be, “Let’s look in the Real Estate Condition Report, signed by the Seller. Hmmm…nothing about a dead body in there. Must be some other house you’re thinking about. {sniff} Did you forget to empty your garbage this year?” ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-encounter-with-neighbors-realator/476126/26 "2008-12-08T14:08:18Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > 😃 A friend of mine used to be sell houses and she complained that most of the people to show up at an open house were the neighbors. At least in the beginning. Well, we do that, and TFB if the agents don’t like it. I admit that we do want to see the insides of the houses, as all of the houses in our development are identical and we want to see how they’ve been decorated and remodeled so we can steal their ideas, but we also can give information to the agents as I am among the very, very few original residents on the block. I own one of the original sales brochures for the development and we will take a copy over to the open house. Their eyes bulge out when they see that. So they gain something from us coming. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-encounter-with-neighbors-realator/476126/27 "2008-12-08T14:27:16Z")
We go to neighbours’ open houses all the time, but we are actually planning to stay in this neighbourhood. I like to keep an eye on what’s happening in the market for when we sell next year. Plus, you know, the snooping. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-encounter-with-neighbors-realator/476126.md?page=1)