Pat Kennedy - Your Washington, DC Real Estate Connection

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Have You Heard From Jennifer?

I’ve gotten several emails a day for the past few days from Jennifer.  Like is she my new best friend or something?

It looks like she wants to be!

She wants to send me referrals.  She wants to make me the Numero Uno agent in Columbia Heights County in the District of Columbia. 

She wants to help me to climb that ladder of success!

But wait!  DC has no counties!   And there is no Columbia Heights County in Maryland or Virginia either! 

But if I do not act PRONTO, I will lose out to one of a bunch of other agents – they actually listed names and I’ve never heard of any of these folks.  Of course, I’ve never heard of Columbia Heights County either.

So, Jen!   I have no idea what your deal is.  What do you charge for the leads?  How does it work?  And you know what, even if I did have to buy leads, and I don’t, why would I respond to someone who knows so little about my market that they actually think there are counties in our nation’s Capitol! 

And are the buyers and sellers who sign up for your services, all allegedly pre-qualified, dumb enough to not pick up on these silly little details?

Get you act together, girl!

 

14 comments • Patricia Kennedy • December 29 2007 10:57AM

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If I know Jennifer, she's now going to list you as one of the other agents who missed out. That is *so* like her.
Posted by Chuck Willman, Arizona Realtor® 480.292.0600 (Gentry Realty) about 1 year ago
Patricia...  Junk Mail....   forward some of the spam that you get to her!   haha
Posted by Roswell Georgia Real Estate Agent - Nancy Rivera (RE/MAX Town & Country) about 1 year ago

Patricia,

Sounds like Schemo Schemera!!! Thanks,   Fran

Posted by Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ (Patriot Land Transfer, Inc.) about 1 year ago
Thanks for the giggle.  I've become pretty adept at avoiding some of the lead generation company calls I receive.  Yesterday, while I was diligently trying to do my work, I got a pop-up on my screen from my Meebo window on my website.  It said "Mr. Maley, I've been trying to reach you since early November."  I thought, I don't see how that can be, I return calls promptly.  "This is 'Maria' with 'TakeYourMoney.com' and I've got leads for you."  I guess their business must be drying up too!  Or maybe agents are getting desperate enough to fall for it.
Posted by Gregory D. Maley - Metropolitan Washington, DC REALTOR (Keller Williams Preferred Properties) about 1 year ago
I had one guy call me a couple of weeks ago while he was ordering coffee and didn't realize I had answered the phone.  What a dolt!  Needless to say I did harass him about his telephone skills.  I'll let Jennifer know you are looking forward to working with her :-)
Posted by Cindy Jones-Northern Virginia Real Estate & Military Relocation Services (RE/MAX Allegiance #1 RE/MAX Company in the World) about 1 year ago
Columbia Heights County - maybe that is one of the new "fare zones" for the cabs?
Posted by Kevin McGrath & Jane Wallace RE/MAX BRAVO (RE/MAX BRAVO - Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania) about 1 year ago
Recently my son, Rob, answered our phone to one of the search positioning salespeople. Rob told him that we don't pay for positioning, and besides, we're quite happy with our positioning. The pushy salesman replied, "You all say that."  Instead of hanging up on him, which I might have, Rob suggested he look up a search term, I don't recall what it was, and when the salesperson did, he found that we were #1, #2 and #3 - without paying anyone. I hope he won't call back.
Posted by Sharon Simms St Pete FL - CRS CIPS CLHMS RSPS (ALVA International, Inc.) about 1 year ago

Chuck, so she's not even that nice! 

Nancy, I'm going to start a list where I'll send these people all of the chain letters I get!  That way, I will have continued good luck and will not have to consider using her referral system.

Fran, yes, it probably is!  Never figured out how they could get people sucked into these things.

Gregory, you are very funny!  My all time favorite is www.hungryagents.com!  I write about them in my book.

Cindy, yeah, sure I'll be working with Jen as soon as I find Columbia Heights County!

Kevin, I don't think even the cabbies have this one yet!

And Sharon, are these guys covered by the Do Not Call rules?  It seem like they should be. 

Posted by Patricia Kennedy (Evers & Company Realtors) about 1 year ago
Well, dang I guess Jennifer doesn't think I'm important enough to call :)  And here I am licensed in Columbia Heights County and all where many buyers are searching for property...
Posted by Bethesda Real Estate Sales ~ Josette Skilling (Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.) about 1 year ago
Patricia, fortunately I have not heard from Jennifer, but I do hear from others like Jennifer all the time and have learned to very quickly hang up the phone after saying "No No No... I'm not interested."  I try to stop them quickly before they go on their long spiel.  I feel bad and want to save them their time and breath.
Posted by Brian Block -- Northern Virginia & D.C. Real Estate (RE/MAX Allegiance) about 1 year ago
Sounds like they're fishing for Realtors the same way they're fishing to leads.  I wonder how many people who scope out Zillow or similar sites start getting e-mail such as "Let us find you a free Realtor for Columbia Heights County,DC"  Pretty sad stuff but all too common.
Posted by Ken Montville -- the MD Suburbs of DC (RE/MAX Advantage Realty) about 1 year ago
Patricia- I had one guy call me selling the leads in zip codes and they chose ME! WOW! And how did they know who I was? When I told him NO THANKS! OOOOH he even got mad at  me on the phone. I suggested I could coach him in sales skills! He said that their product was so great, I said, wow, it if it that great you would not be calling me, as hungry as the agents in our state are they would be knocking down your door for those leads! Well, he had nothing to say to that one! Katerina
Posted by Nestor & Katerina Gasset Realtors® Wellington Florida Luxury Homes (International Properties and Investments, Inc.) about 1 year ago
Patricia - scams, scams, it is amazing the number of scams that bombard us daily!!!
Posted by BarbaraJo's Blog - Clearwater and Pinellas County Florida Real Estate - (Charles Rutenberg Realty) about 1 year ago

Dear Patricia,

 This is Jennifer from Real Estate Client Referrals. I am so sorry to have bothered you. I work really hard at my job and I know that our system isn't 100% perfect sometimes.  I know there are no counties in DC. Columbia Heights is actually a neighborhood area there. Real Estate agents are actually the ones who suggest these places, so since you work in DC I'm sure you have probably heard of it.

I really do want to help other agents. Our company is the farthest thing from being a scam. In fact, Amanda King, the Century 21 International Realtor of the Year, has made over $5 million dollars in sales thanks to the referrals we've given her.

I'd be happy to tell you more about how our program works if you're interested. You can just call 1-800-977-7058 and ask us any questions you may have.

Again, I'm sorry to have bothered you and so sorry for the mistake. I will let my manager know about it right away.

Best to you,

Jennifer,
Real Estate Client Referrals

Posted by Clint Miller (Real Estate Client Referrals, LLC (RECR)) about 1 year ago

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