{"id":45755,"date":"2018-01-09T20:13:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T00:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=45721"},"modified":"2018-01-09T20:13:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T00:13:03","slug":"8-signs-of-fake-buyers-sellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=45755","title":{"rendered":"8 Signs of Fake Buyers, Sellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"op-content\">\n<div id=\"resize\">\n<div class=\"body-content\">\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s an unfortunate reality that not all prospective clients you\u2019ll come in contact with are legitimate buyers or sellers. Some are exaggerating their interest in buying a property, perhaps to take advantage of your expertise\u2014or, possibly for more nefarious reasons.<\/p>\n<p>REALTOR\u00ae Magazine recently asked real estate professionals across the country what they wish they had known before starting their sales careers and learned some of the reasons contacts might be reaching out to you. Lisa Holmquist, SRS, a sales associate with Urban Nest Realty in Las Vegas, mentioned experiences she\u2019s had working with prospects \u201cwhose sole purpose was just to waste my time.\u201d This included a woman posing as a high-end buyer who strung Holmquist along for months, even impersonating a lawyer over the phone and threatening legal action against Holmquist.<\/p>\n<p>While theses odd encounters are frustrating, there\u00a0could also be a safety element to consider. What if these fakers have more dangerous intentions? To help\u00a0avoid a potentially harmful situation later,\u00a0Holmquist has learned to watch for signs that the motives\u00a0of these prospects could be disingenuous:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>They cancel or postpone multiple appointments.<\/li>\n<li>Their story changes about why they\u2019re moving.<\/li>\n<li>They can\u2019t settle on a price point.<\/li>\n<li>They ask you to do strange favors that have nothing to do with real estate.<\/li>\n<li>Any property seems to be the right one for them, sight unseen.<\/li>\n<li>They can\u2019t provide their financial information.<\/li>\n<li>They won\u2019t give names, emails, or phone numbers for their advisers.<\/li>\n<li>They\u2019re always having trouble sending you a fax or email.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>\u2014Graham Wood, REALTOR\u00ae Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s an unfortunate reality that not all prospective clients you\u2019ll come in contact with are legitimate buyers or sellers. Some are exaggerating their interest in buying a property, perhaps to take advantage of your expertise\u2014or, possibly for more nefarious reasons. REALTOR\u00ae Magazine recently asked real estate professionals across the country what they wish they had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}