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I also run a business with realtors as customers and I know exactly what you are talking about, some are definitely toxic. That said, I'm sure it's not just a realtor thing but it can seem that way.

We try to detect/filter them in the sales process. Unfortunately saying "I don't thing our product is a good fit for you" invariably seems to make them want it even more.

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Glad I'm not alone. Not that I'm saying all realtors are this way but we get a lot that have the "my way is the only way" mentality. It doesn't help that the real estate industry in general can tend to be a bit old fashioned. I would say 90% of all of the MLS systems I've seen require ONLY Internet Explorer in order to use it! I've never looked at any official demographics of realtors but all of our customers tend to be woman in their 40-60's that use AOL as their email address and Internet Explorer 7.

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