I Read Your Blog On ActiveRain About Shorts Sales And
I received a message yesterday from someone calling from New York. She said she read my blog on ActiveRain about short sales and a specific mortgage company. The name of the mortgage company is intentionally omitted here. She did not get into what she wanted or why she was calling. She merely asked me to call her. She left her name and cell phone number.
I was on my other line when she called. I returned her call within 10 minutes. She asked me if I had any success with [specific mortgage company]. I told her I always had success ... then apologized if that sounded arrogant.
I asked her if she was a real estate agent. She said she is a paralegal in New York and she works on a lot of short sales. She wanted my escalation contact information for that specific mortgage company.
I told her I did not have a problem giving it to her but I needed to prepare for an appointment. I would look up what I had and call her back ... likely tomorrow morning given the 3 hour time difference.
Within less than 30 minutes of talking with the person, I received 3 "not read" email messages from the supervisor I was dealing with on the last [specific mortgage company] short sale I worked on in July 2013.
Now, is that coincidence? I am highly suspicious. I don't know the person who called me from Adam, or Eve.
This is not the first time someone found a blog I wrote talking about a short sale lender or servicer. It is not uncommon for people to search the Internet for help. If they can get my escalation contact with one phone call to me, then why spend hours and hours over weeks and months running escalation their self?
I cross-searched the land-line phone number she called from and the cell phone number I returned the call on ... it's just not adding up.
As much as it is in my nature to want to help, there is something about this request that does not feel right. Therefore, I advised the caller this morning, via text message, that I do not have any lender contacts to share with her.
On the upside, the blog I posted in July 2013 is still on page 1 of Google.
