To paraphrase Richard Nixon, ‘I am not a spy!’

Alan Chesterman, CEO

It is hardly a secret that many consumers think of us brokers as thieves, liars and assorted other unsavory characters. But spies?

Alas, it seems that we’ll have to contend with that false appellation as well, thanks to the arrest of 11 alleged Russian spies.

I’ve written before about the disgracefully low threshold for becoming a real estate agent.  Proof: 18 percent of the alleged spies, who apparently failed to compromise U.S. national security over the years, are said to have claimed careers in real estate.

Anna Chapman, not

One of the suspects, who goes by “Anna Chapman,” lists herself