In the last 2 months my wife and I saw a potential home that was bank owned and had Selective Homes (SH) as the listing firm. Their sign was in the yard. We were working with another reputable real estate firm that had to go through SH. We really started to go through the motions to try to get into the home and really started to get our hearts into the home. All along, it is listed on her website, sign in yard, etc.
We finally contacted SH (specifically Bertha) to find out the status. She responded ""there is a contract pending"" THAT'S ALL. No 'thank you for your interest', 'here is another home you may be interested in', you know the normal welcome type of intro. It had us curious.
Why such a cold reception?
A few days later, the house was under contract. How did a contract just pop up out of the blue? So we did some investigating. We looked on OPIS to find the bank info. BNY Mellon gave us some very interesting info. They said that neither Bertha, nor any other agent is representing them or this home. In fact the home is only in pre-listing status. We gave the Bank Bertha's contact info and low-and-behold, the house is no longer listed on her sight; I bet you $100 the sign in front of the house will be removed by the morning.
How bold are you Selective Homes to think you can just jump into some random property, slap a key lock box on the front door, feed people lies about the status of a home, and actually post signs in the home about the process to place offers on the house. How is this even legal?!?!? That is like me running down the street and placing a for sale sign on a neighbor's house. What other shady dealings are you caught up in. Hope it was worth it!!! I am posting this on every forum I can to make sure people in the area are aware of your shenanigans.
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