Reality and truth, so overrated. 😉
Yeah, you have to question and take everything with a grain of salt. That's in politics.

To a broker, reality, truth, accuracy = quite important. So yes, I am even more diligent with real estate issues because politics is theater. Real estate is not.
Not that there can't be plenty of drama!

Yes, if it's an important issue to me.

And, yes to real estate - always!

I don't fact check politics. Just like any statistics, they can be manipulated anyway the politic bent of the party is.

As long as you fact check from good sources...

Brian,

Fact checking is key, as is critical thinking...Both of us are constantly researching and checking...As a grad student I haunted a few carrels of the libraries both at the University of Minnesota and at USC.  LOL  A

I do not usually, however I fact check real estate ALL the time.

Yes.

More so.

I pay little attention to political speeches. As for checking real estate issues... anything that could pose a liability to me vis-a-vis my clients, yes.

Yes, and it is near impossible to keep track of the lies this year.

I have to much to do to worry about fact checking politics. 

I do not Brian L. Sirota, Esq. 

It's all in the interpretation, not the facts themselves unfortunately. Just listen to the news!

I don't usually fact check any political... but I do fact check anything real estate related... especially when it concerns me or my clients.

Currently that would wear me out.

No time to dive that deep in politics. Completely fed up with obstructionism

I check real estate facts. Trust but confirm.

LOL why do I need to fact check lies? Common Sense does my fact checking.

I don't, I let others do this.   I do the fact check real estate issues.

Yes, I check RE issues regularly, and almost never political speeches.

Brian L. Sirota, Esq. - not much into it.

as listing agents, we verify all information about the home given to us by the seller.... town records .... building dept. records... board of health records.... tax information.... etc.... 

Politicians wouldn't lie!  Yes CA really did have a drought.  No, those lines in the sky aren't weather controlling chemtrails.  Yes a high speed rail line that uses busses is still a high speed rail.  No, that contract was awarded to Senator Feinstein's husband's company because it was the only one that used busses, not because he's married to Sen. Feinstein.  Yes, guns are the problem not the criminals we're letting free who go and use them.

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I look for the essence or point being made.....

I will admit, I did fact check some of the items last  night. 

I sure do.  In real estate, I spend a LOT of time digging for the truth and plugging holes in seller and agent disclosures.  I have a duty to ensure that my clients are well served. 

I put very little weight and spend little time on listening to political speeches.

no

There are a lot of facts that just aren't true.

The numbers don't lie but statisticians do. And from this origin, transgression occurs.

Only thing I fact check is a buyers ability to purchase at a certain $ level.

Yes, I try to check everything.

The problem arises in the time it takes to get the truth in politics!

Someday the media will go back to reporting instead of giving their or their manager's opinion!

Fact checking Politicans ?????????????????????????????????

Debe Maxwell, CRS nailed this one!

Yes I do with real estate, politics I don't bother with. 

I've got many posts that show the writer doesn't know what they are talking about. Just ran across one from guess who .... Z.