Is Your Real Estate "Agent" a Fraud?

Originally written for and published by InMyArea.com


Professional website? Check. Realty firm business cards? Check. Access to the home you are interested in? Check. Those are typically the signs that you are working with a credible real estate agent, right? Not necessarily!

Unfortunately, this South Carolina story is not the first incident of someone falsely posing as a lawful real estate agent but hopefully with the help of this article, it will be the last.

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Take this one-question quiz to see how savvy you are in your home search.



If you are looking for a new space to call home and see an advertisement for a great home, do you: 
  • A. Call the number on the ad and arrange to meet the person as soon as your schedule permits. 
  • B. Call the number on the ad and offer to send a deposit to reserve the home sight-unseen. 
  • C. Call the number on the ad and verify that person is a legal owner or representative of the home. 
  • D. I would like to start doing C but I typically do A or B. 

What did you select? Since you do not have to turn in your answers (stop having flashbacks to those gruesome school exams), be honest with yourself because being self-aware just may save you from a precarious, unwanted situation the next time you are looking to move.

The correct answer is C. I am sure this answer seems obvious in the line-up given but realistically how do you make sure the housing advertisement you are seeing is not a scam? Well, here are two easy steps.

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