>>It's not a profession. Estate agents are. Realtors are a tautology club - those estate agents who are members of the realtors' club are realtors, and those who aren't, aren't.
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>Real-a-tors, you mean. That seems to be the way most people say it, at least around here.
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>The other thing that amuses me about realtors is how they capitalize the word in their own literature -- Realtors. Talk about inflation!

The funny thing is, most of what they sell is surreal.