It’s a Trademark

Two things jump out consistently on the Real Estate pages. The first is the lack of any--or very little--mention of architects in your remodeling stories.

Architects create the big picture, they know the questions to ask and their prices for valuable cost-saving advice and design savvy may be much more reasonable than your contributors assume.

Second, the consistent initial upper-case designation of the word “Realtor” makes me laugh. Whether teacher or gardener, professions, unless preceded by title, are printed lower case. It makes people working in real estate look desperate and the journalists look unprofessional and hostage to the realtors.[sic]

Either provide this dubious privilege to all professions or drop it when inappropriate.

BARBARA LAMPRECHT

Pasadena

Editor’s note: Realtor is a federally registered trademark of the National Assn. of Realtors and is used to identify its members. Times style is to follow proper trademark usage by capitalizing trademarks.