The Realtor Trademark Police are at it Again…
From the “Oh for the love of God” files…
The Northern Virginia Association of Realtors, in its infinite wisdom, has shut down a Facebook group for inappropriate use of the trademarked term “Realtor”.
Yeah, why should the NAR and our Realtor Associations support realtors in their marketing efforts?
Well, what can you expect from the NVAR? After all, they granted NAR’s Chief Economist Larry Yun a “prestigious honorary membership” in the NVAR for “telling it like it is to consumers, reporters, and most importantly, prospective home owners”.
Meanwhile, http://rottenlyingsleazyrealtors.com/ is still online.
So I guess it’s OK to combine “realtor” with “Rotten, Lying, and Sleazy” but don’t you DARE use it to positively market yourself!
Other domains using the word “realtor” in less than kind fashion:
FuckRealtors.com (parked)
IHateRealtors.com (points to — a Keller Williams Realtor’s site!)
40,430 registered domains containing the word “realtor”. (Hey, it’s down from the 53,434 I noted in this Oct 2007 post…)
Nota bene: The word “realtor” is used 11 times in this post. Not a damn one of them uses it “properly”.
Hat tip to Lani for “Realtor Officially a Curse Word”