OK, folks...
As a new realtor, I have heard over and over that a great source of potential clients is FSBOs and Expired Listings. But, as I dutifully look up the names and phone numbers of these potentials, I find that 95% (and I'm not exaggerating) are signed up with the Do Not call Registry.
The FCC has this to say about how the Do Not Call Registry affects Realtors in an order executed on Feb 18, 2005:
1. A real estate agent may call a FSBO whose number is on the registry if, and only if, the agent is representing a prospective buyer for the property. Agents may not call if their purpose is immediately or ultimately to solicit a listing of the property. Thus, an agent would be prohibited from calling "just to provide useful information" if that call were part of a campaign of contacts designed to ultimately culiminate in a listing.
2. If the phone number of a person whose listin has just, or recently, expired is on the registry, real estate agents are prohibited from calling.
The fine is stiff: $11,000 per incident. Yikes!
So, does anybody out there have an effective and efficient way to still work these potential clients without breaking the law?
Cori Warner, Realtor
CENTURY 21 Clinkenbeard Group
Moore, OK
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