Do Real Estate Consumers believe the Media?

I believe that the problem lies in the fact that the media and a lot of consumers want to believe that everything has only one answer. Most consumers are inclined to believe the "Real Estate expert" that confidently states his or her case because it's quicker than learning & critically thinking about what the expert said. Another problem is that when they have heard or read the "facts" about a topic from a so-called real estate expert, they then spout off, with false confidence, about a topic of which they themselves know nothing about from first-hand analysis. And all of their friends listen.