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I Just Don't Understand.....

Real Estate Agent with Liberty Homes RS-#62825

November 04, 2009 03:20 AM

I received this email a couple days ago and saved it so I could keep reading it. Before I continue ...this person is a Hawaii licensed real estate agent and a member of our board /mls.

I have my own opinions about this scenario and keep wondering why a licensed agent and member of our board/mls would want others to look for property when they have access to the mls?

HMMMMMM.......

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PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR LOOKING FOR PROPERTIES Hi, my name is XXXXXXXX and I am an investor in the local area. Due to the current economic conditions, I have decided to ramp up my existing operations. I not only represent myself but I also have several investors in and out of the area that I help find, rehab, rent out, and manage properties. Because of the money backing me, I have set the goal to buy 100 hundred properties within the next 12-18 months. Some of these properties I will buy and hold myself, some of them I will sell to other investors and some I will buy, fix up and flip for myself. Regardless of the strategy I use on each property, I need to be very aggressive on the price I pay for the property, especially in the current market. I have not chosen a real estate agent to represent me yet. The agent that I choose cannot be afraid to offend other agents with low offers. The agent I choose also will have to be available at all times. I use several strategies to buy and sell properties quickly, including making verbal offers when permitted. I will also look at a lot of properties and buy only a few. So an aggressive work schedule will be required. The upside of the agent who get accepted will be lots of commission. We will close on properties every month. I will pull in the agent on for Sale By Owner deals. At times I will write additional commission into the contract when we ramp up to full speed. All that aside, I am a professional and I expect to work with a professional. I want to make money and I want the agent to make money. Here are the type of properties I am looking to buy:

Single family home 3bedroom/2bath +, at least 1,000sq.feet.

No vacant ground

Located in whole Oahu only in low crime neighborhoods.

If you have properties that fit this description or would like to represent me please call me at XXXXXX or send me e mail to XXXXXXX

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Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Bill: That was the best response I've seen...and of course it's a big scam for sure. Otherwise, they need to research, go looking, go driving around and doing their own work...they have a license and are a member of our mls....bottom line....this is NOT a real estate professional who should be holding a license.

We think in the best interests of our clients....and I sure wouldn't want a client like that.

Nov 04, 2009 06:15 AM

Carol Smith

Casmi Photography - Mebane, NC

Sally - you're too smart to fall for this one, that's for sure! But it's people like this one that makes so many of us look bad.

Nov 04, 2009 06:36 AM

Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty

Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL

Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

Medication error perhaps? Sounds like a loose cannon!. Am I being mean? If so, help me out and delete this!

Nov 04, 2009 08:49 AM

Susan Neal

RE/MAX Gold, Fair Oaks - Fair Oaks, CA

Fair Oaks CA & Sacramento Area Real Estate Broker

Hi Sally - I am amazed at the screwy and strange "opportunities" I am offered all the time these days. Maybe they figure with the market down there will be desperate agents looking for a quick buck.

Nov 04, 2009 11:08 AM

George Souto

George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT

Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Sally this is interesting, he is a license Realtor, a professional, has money, and has investors besides himself. But wants to pay someone for doing what he claims to do, in other words give out money that he could keep for himself. This smells and it isn't a pleasant smelling aroma.

Nov 04, 2009 12:57 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

George: Bottom line...the agent did not mention being an agent....so what does that tell us?

Nov 04, 2009 01:52 PM

William Johnson

Retired - La Jolla, CA

Retired

Woo Hoo, This is the e-mail that you should delete into the trash and then empty the trash. There are people like this in the world and best you avoid them totally.

Nov 04, 2009 03:50 PM

William Johnson

Retired - La Jolla, CA

Retired

Woo Hoo, This is the e-mail that you should delete into the trash and then empty the trash. There are people like this in the world and best you avoid them totally.

Nov 04, 2009 03:51 PM

Sun City Grand Homes Surprise AZ Real Estate Leolinda Bowers Designated Broker Leolinda Realty

Leolinda Realty - Surprise, AZ

Sun City Grand in Surprise Arizona

Sally, sounds like the he wants to sit back and let the agent do all the work. After receiving all of the information, he will probably write the contract himself and eliminate the agent from the transaction.

Trust him like you would trust a coiled snake.

Nov 04, 2009 06:44 PM

Paddy (Patricia) Pizappi

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty - Pine Bush, NY

Real Estate Associate Broker Hudson Valley NY

Run Sally Run. I agree with those who said DELETE

Nov 04, 2009 10:23 PM

Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman

Liberty Homes - Mililani, HI

(RA) AHWD CRS ePRO OAHU HAWAII REAL ESTATE

Isn't it amazing how some people run their real estate business? Hmm.... I believe that I think and do ..in the best interests of my client. From all appearances, this looks like a person who is surely going after using other agents for their own benefit and laziness. If someone is a member of our mls they surely can do their own homework.... that in itself is ewww.

Nov 05, 2009 06:13 AM

Barbara-Jo Roberts Berberi, MA, PSA, TRC - Greater Clearwater Florida Residential Real Estate Professional

Charles Rutenberg Realty - Clearwater, FL

Palm Harbor, Dunedin, Clearwater, Safety Harbor

there are so many wackos out there - this guy really sounds STRANGE!!!

Nov 05, 2009 08:04 AM

Jason Sardi

Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC

Your Agent for Life

Nino put it much more eloquently than I would have, Sis. Spam artist, at best.

Nov 05, 2009 11:09 AM

Kathryn Gorham

Green Key Realty - Emerald Isle, NC

Emerald Isle NC Crystal Coast

If not spam then lazy and wants you to do the work and give them all the goodies they can sell to a buyer without having to do any research.

Nov 05, 2009 01:36 PM

Kathy Clulow

Uxbridge, ON

Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Sally - TIC ... perhaps he is wearing a striped suit and can't get out to do the deals himself.

Nov 06, 2009 03:06 PM

Delete Acct Desert Communities

Palm Desert, CA

Sounds like a few I have received... I agree delete!

Nov 07, 2009 02:24 AM

Lisa Hill

Florida Property Experts - Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona Beach Real Estate

I've received similar e-mails here. I can't hit the Junk Mail button fast enough! There are so many typos and grammatical errors, I doubt they even speak English. So we not only have a language barrier, we also have a spammer, and a jerk who wants an agent to jump through hoops. NOT!

Nov 07, 2009 11:31 AM

Martha Brown

Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., Annapolis MD 21403 - Annapolis, MD

Your Homes Around Annapolis Agent

Ditto here. This same email came my way a short time ago. I guess he is actively looking from coast to coast to beyond. LOL. The sad part of all of this is that there are probably some who have fallen for it. Ouch!

Nov 11, 2009 06:27 AM

Jeff Dowler, CRS

eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA

The Southern California Relocation Dude

Sally - I'm surprised you even read it!! Delete and move on. What garbage.

Jeff

Nov 11, 2009 06:55 AM

Renée Donohue~Home Photography

Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI

Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

I am going to :-x and say there is a local rainer who has asked me to do his work for him. That's it, no more.

In whole, I have received these emails over the last year. They are either looking to buy at trustee's sales and want your insight or they are looking to double escrow short sales. Not worth your time at all.

Sounds good on paper but who has the time?

Nov 14, 2009 04:54 AM