Hidden Cam expose: Do #FakeBuyerAgents play insider games with #BiddingWars?
1st Draft Defensive Homebuying MeetUp:
Breaking News: Median Prices hit All-Time High in Mass, with 9% surge in Single-family Prices
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Are rising prices real or sustainable in Massachusetts? Why all the hype about low inventory when the number of condos added to the market during May was up by nearly 10%? Has social media helped create a self-perpetuating speculative cycle?
Why have #BiddingWars been "normalized"? What role are #FakeBuyerAgents playing now and in the past?
Whether you attend in person offline in Boston / Cambridge or via webinar, we invite you to watch this hard-hitting, expose last November by the Canadian Broadcasting Company / @CBCMarketplace:
Hidden camera: Real estate agents breaking the rules
http://bit.ly/RExposeCBC
BACKGROUND READING:
Know people who have been advised you to bid #100KoverAsk? Why the change over 5 years?
http://bit.ly/BidWars412v17
Brief history of bidding wars:
http://bit.ly/unFoldBidWars
Bidding Wars: Will escalator clauses put designated agency into investigative spotlight?
http://bit.ly/BetrayME
CONSUMER PROTECT THYSELF:
What happens when bidding wars go bad, and what is your recourse? Look what happened during the last real estate downturn. Are we headed for another before 2020? What implications does that have for current home buying decisions?
http://bit.ly/Misled2014
We'll invite some legal experts to join us to explain how you can use this #DIY Pledge of Allegiance to protect yourself from conflicts of interest:
SCHEDULING:
Which date / time works for you? Cross-posting on Defensive Homebuying MeetUp. Please cast your vote below:
Poll Created Mon 26 Jun 2017 9:16PM
VOTE: When should we host PUBLIC viewing: Do #FakeBuyerAgents play insider games with #BiddingWars? Closed Thu 29 Jun 2017 12:02AM
Hosting at least two viewing of this hard-hitting expose. This poll is designed to select a time for a PRIVATE viewing with real estate consumer advocates and selected VIP guests to develop:
(1) Reform campaign,
(2) Digital tools to protect & empower homebuyers & sellers.
You can share a link to this DRAFT Defensive Homebuying MeetUp using this link:
Results
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Mon 3 Jul 2017 10:00PM |
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Poll Created Mon 26 Jun 2017 9:16PM
VOTE: When should we host PUBLIC viewing: Do #FakeBuyerAgents play insider games with #BiddingWars? Closed Thu 29 Jun 2017 12:02AM
Hosting at least two viewing of this hard-hitting expose. This poll is designed to select a time for a PRIVATE viewing with real estate consumer advocates and selected VIP guests to develop:
(1) Reform campaign,
(2) Digital tools to protect & empower homebuyers & sellers.
You can share a link to this DRAFT Defensive Homebuying MeetUp using this link:
Results
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Mon 3 Jul 2017 10:00PM |
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Tue 27 Jun 2017 9:30PM |
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Thu 29 Jun 2017 12:00AM |
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Thu 29 Jun 2017 11:00PM |
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Poll Created Sun 18 Feb 2018 3:45PM
Defensive Homebuying: Host event related to BLIND Bidding Wars? Closed Thu 22 Feb 2018 3:02AM
We're still a full month away from the 1st day of Spring, but sensationalized bidding war stories are already appearing in the press and being amplified via social media. Should we get ahead of the problem this year with some kind of event, to warn homebuyers about BLIND bidding wars? See expose in tweet thread below:
https://twitter.com/RealEstateCafe/status/965241345102307329
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