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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist, Probate Real Estate Services (KD Realty - 408.972.1822)

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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Yes.  Often times there is another Ryan that they are doing business with and the emails autofill gives them my name first and without checking they select it and hit send.

Oct 28, 2021 09:57 PM
Rainmaker
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Gary Frimann, CRS, GRI, SRES
Eagle Ridge Realty / Signature Homes & Estates - Gilroy, CA
REALTOR and Broker

Yes! Yes I have.  I've also recieved a counter offer to a property but it wasn't my buyer.  Plus, their counter was $5,000 less than our offer, and when that buyer walked, I insisted on the lower purchase price for my buyer, and the other agent went ahead with it (it was a short sale back in 2009).  That was back in the good old days of faxing as well...  

Oct 28, 2021 07:22 PM
Rainmaker
632,635
Buzz Mackintosh
Mackintosh REALTORS - Frederick, MD
“Experience, reliable, leadership”

I have had a number of scammers send me a link saying there is an offer with no identified property. If I do not know it is coming and don't know the agent I'm not opening it.

Oct 29, 2021 03:26 AM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Yep, I have. They were totally embarassed...big oops.

Oct 28, 2021 07:51 PM
Rainmaker
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

Yes, it has happened.
Everyone was RED.
I speculate if the MOST IMPORTANT step is not executed well, the rest of the show will be interesting.

Oct 29, 2021 05:20 AM
Rainmaker
905,927
Carla Freund
Keller Williams Preferred Realty - Raleigh, NC
NC Real Estate Transition & Relocation 919-602-848

I have received emails with offers that weren't meant for me. I just let the agent know they had the wrong person. 

Oct 29, 2021 05:13 AM
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Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

That has not happened to me, and "whoops" is right!

Oct 29, 2021 04:35 AM
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Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

Haha, I have not had that happen but I have received emails that I wasn't supposed to receive from people I knew because my email auto-populated for them instead of the email address they were trying to type in.

Oct 29, 2021 04:24 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Must say no Whoops for me!

Oct 29, 2021 03:56 AM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Not yet, though a lot of offers that are sent to me find their way into some guy named Spam's mailbox.

It pays to send a text when you send those offers out.

Oct 29, 2021 01:57 AM
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Margaret Rome Baltimore 410-530-2400
HomeRome Realty 410-530-2400 - Pikesville, MD
Sell Your Home With Margaret Rome

This is a bit different. I had a recent offer with the wrong seller's name and an incorrect address. The agent asked me to present it anyway. It was not her fault but her assistant who made the error. Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist 

Oct 28, 2021 09:51 PM
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Peter Mohylsky, Beach Expert
PMI. Destin - Miramar Beach, FL
Call me at 850-517-7098

I agree.  Whoops

Oct 28, 2021 06:58 PM
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Shayne Stone
HomeSmart - Fulshear, TX
"Your Rock Solid Choice Realtor" RETIRED

LMAO yes ma'am I have and boy are they every embarrssed after I follow up with them. 

Oct 28, 2021 06:31 PM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Not that I recall.

Oct 28, 2021 06:05 PM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Looking back, I have "seen" lots of uh-oh moments in real estate but I don't recall one of these errors of mistaken property identity.   

Oct 28, 2021 08:05 PM
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John Juarez
The Medford Real Estate Team - Fremont, CA
ePRO, SRES, GRI, PMN

Whoops is an understatement!

Oct 28, 2021 07:46 PM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

  I don't think so.  What happened, Kathleen?

Oct 28, 2021 06:06 PM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

How about when you read the PDF & find out the buyer is trying to buy 2 properties. Yours & another one.

Oct 29, 2021 08:06 AM
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Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Can't recall that happening before Kathleen.  I can see how it 'could' happen as in Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA comment.

Oct 29, 2021 09:53 AM
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Doug Dawes
Keller Williams Evolution - 447 Boston Street, Suite #5, Topsfield, MA - Topsfield, MA
Your Personal Realtor®

Can't say that I have

Oct 29, 2021 08:03 AM
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Susie Kay
Ultra Real Estate Dallas Fort Worth - Plano, TX
North Dallas Specialist

I have not (yet) Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist !  

Oct 29, 2021 02:13 PM
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Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

That is quite a mistake - but it does happen.  Makes you wonder how the rest of the deal would go as well.

Oct 29, 2021 09:39 AM
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Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can!
Red Rock Real Estate (435) 632-9374 - St. George, UT
St. George Utah Area Residential Sales Agent

Not that but the buyers emailed over the REPC for another property with another buyer agent...I found out they were working with more than one agent...apparently, they were polyagentous...NEXT!

Oct 29, 2021 09:19 AM
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Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

Yes, it was from a buyer writing offers on multiple properties at the same time.  I let my clients know this and informed that that this was unethical and to be aware that they could be apt to walk away if under contract and find a home that they like better.

Oct 31, 2021 08:56 PM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

Yep, all the time in markets like this - they re-use old offers and forget to change things LOL.

Oct 30, 2021 03:14 PM
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Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Hi Kathleen,

Almost! 

Sharon just had a call yesterday from an agent ready to send an offer contingent on the sale of his home and was asking Sharon if our seller would entertain such an offer before he took the time to write it up and send it. 

The puzzling thing was Sharon's listing  closed over seven years ago!!!!!!!!  The buyers agent said he saw it on Homesnap!

Oct 29, 2021 05:41 PM
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Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

I have received emailed offers to Alan May of Coldwell Banker.  He is a Realtor in Florida... and I am a Realtor in Illinois (I usta be with CB)... I would respond to the sender, and explain the error.  They were always embarrased... they clicked on the wrong Alan May.

Oct 29, 2021 09:44 AM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

LOL in fact, I HAVE, Kathleen! They are always incredibly embarrassed! The issue is that they have presented Offer, after Offer, after Offer and confused the 'correct' home they are actually submitting an Offer on. 

Oct 31, 2021 09:53 PM
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Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

yes, but only when it was for an agent with the same first name and it was an email error.  I politely called and deleted.  It was really no big deal.  We're all human.

Nov 04, 2021 11:00 AM
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