Do you "Google" your clients?

Admittedly I have done that a couple of times. YOU know who DOES do that? Some of my buyers have Googled the seller! And actually found some good insight that helped us with the offer. Some clients are VERY proficient with a computer!

I'm going to start being a bit more proactive and check them out a bit more.

Yes I do. I especially google people I've talked to and have an appointment to meet. I'd like to know who I'm looking for before I go!

Yes, I use several websites to verify that the prospect is who they say they are. We get a lot of visitors to AZ that just want to waste your time.

I do!  Safer that way.  And then you know a little more about their motivations.  They have googled you before they met you!

After reading all these comments, I may just start Googling away. I've never made it a practice before but it seems like I may be late to the party.

I don't each and every one, Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert ... but every now and then "something" will move me to do so.  Call it a "sixth sense" developed over 40 years in the business ...

Gene

I have had some leads that for some reason raised a red flag. I have then done a search to find out more about them.

Some, were not a person of interest for me.

I have some, but not everyone.  I had someone looking at a very expensive home and was able to determine through Google they were likely qualified to be considering that home.  

Always Google.  It give me piece of mind to know more about the people that I'm working with, and it often tells me if they are qualified or not to purchase what they are asking me to show them.  I've been very lucky with Google and not often disappointed.

I not only Google people, I use a couple of other investigative services. Folks lie, and I will waste my own time, thanks! We often get corps that are not in good standing, and they need to get right with the ACC (or state of origin) before we can execute a lease.

Now having said that, there are many INACCURATE things that come up online (I personally have fed disinformation by design), but it is a good start before deciding who to take on as a client or accept an offer from. 

I have always googled not so much for safety but to better understand the buyer and to see if we had worked together in previous industries/lives.   The seller in a recent listing worked for Facebook, so I made a point in my listing presentation to say that I would boost the listing in Facebook as part of my marketing plan. 

I do not as I know the people I work with.  I also don't work with just anybody and have systems and security measures in place. 

I do it sometimes but not always. It is a good method to learn more about them and whether you want ot work with them or not. I am sure the customers are Googling us.

Yes! If a client is buying a condo in NYC it's not cheap, and typically given the price points, the client will have something about their life or career online. If the client is buying a co-op, I need to know everything about the client- because a co-op board approval of the client will be required. Co-op boards are extremely strict, and they will also google your client- and you need to be able to proactively address everything that can be found online about your client. For example, If your client got into a bar fight 10 years ago, and a board member finds it online, an agent might want to proactively seek to address the issue to reassure the board that extreme circumstances occurred and in the 10 years since the incident, the buyer has been a model citizen- highlighting community activism.  Some Co-op boards even require a visit of your current home before they will consider you (even if you live on the other side of the country).

Wow!  Very interesting.  I have used Case net and Facebook but not Google.  I will be adding that to my list.

I do google them and I know pp google me. HOwever, sometimes it's difficult to find out much if the name is of a more common nature, or you don't know city they reside in. Still worth a try!

Yes I do most of the time. It is good for safety reasons.

I do google people...they google us too! plus buyer google sellers and sellers google buyers.Or they find them on Facebook and see what they have to say and do!