{"id":862,"date":"2007-01-06T10:12:04","date_gmt":"2007-01-06T17:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=862"},"modified":"2007-01-06T10:12:04","modified_gmt":"2007-01-06T17:12:04","slug":"selling-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/862\/selling-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Larry Cragun posted<\/a> yesterday on a Pittsburgh report that applying for a home loan could result in the sale of your personal information. What about listing your property in the MLS?<\/p>\n

I got a call yesterday on my cell phone. Hello, this is<\/em> Kris Berg.<\/em> The surprised voice on the other end said, “Oh, you’re the agent. I was trying to reach the owners”. Why?<\/em> “I am from (ABC Moving Company). I see that they sold their home, and we want to set up a time to give them a quote. I will just find their number somewhere else.” Click. Dial tone.<\/em><\/p>\n

I could kick myself for not remembering the name of the company or saving the phone number. I want to report them. Now I know that last time I moved, I got a daily mailbox full of generous offers to sell me everything from moving services to mini-storage space to new living room furniture, but I didn’t stop to question how they might have been tipped off to my impending relocation. My address was not a secret, nor was the fact that my home was in escrow. What bothered me in this instance was that someone, who I can only presume was not a licensed agent, had access to the MLS printout for my client’s pending listing. Since this home was a “call listing agent to show” situation, they could have only gotten that information through MLS access.<\/p>\n

We have “agent” printouts and “client” printouts of MLS listings, with the latter excluding the personal information of the sellers and the confidential remarks, for very good reason. Confidential remarks often include things such as gate codes, security system codes for disarming, and other personal information which is not considered appropriate for public consumption. While listing information can be found in many, many other places than through the local MLS, the personal information including client phone number can only<\/em> be found there. In this case, the helpful service provider either was given the information by an agent (a big Board no-no), was licensed themself and was using this information to (illegally?) solicit business, or Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Larry Cragun posted yesterday on a Pittsburgh report that applying for a home loan could result in the sale of your personal information. What about listing your property in the MLS? I got a call yesterday on my cell phone. Hello, this is Kris Berg. 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