“Offering to Pay Closing Costs Draws Attention”

I felt like I was being interrogated. I have been in the house flipping business for many years and as part of each marketing piece, I offer to pay closing costs. I just see it as me separating myself from all the other properties that are on the market.

This guy identified himself as a prospective home buyer, but wasn’t calling me about any particular property, he wanted to understand about my offering to pay for closing costs. How often do you offer to pay for closing costs? Do you offer to pay closing costs for everyone or only certain buyers? I immediately decided I was not going to answer the questions.

So very quickly, I decided to take over the questioning. So, share with me who I am speaking with? He answered Tom. Tom who? It is Tom for now. Well Tom, I don’t see this conversation going anywhere, so unless you are willing to answer the information I need, we really don’t have anything to talk about. Click, he ended the call.

It was obvious that Tom or whoever he was, was not a buyer, but rather someone looking for something, but must have been disappointed. Too bad, I have a home that I just put on the market.