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A word for someone who pretends to be interested in a home for sale
The Next CEO of Stack Overflowword for something like blessingThe word for a man who hunts a dangerous mountain cat without prophylactic?Word, expression for copying someone who inspires youIs there a word for a person who loves to build his vocabulary?Word for a person at a company who is in charge of my dataWhat's a word for someone who puts others down for having different views on a topic?What's a word for someone who wants to voice opinions but not have them challenged?What do you call someone who thinks something someone said is always directed at them?Is there a word for “one who is spoken to”?What's the word for… [driving-related]
I need a word for a third person who goes into a home for sale to increase the price by pretending to be interested in a home for sale.
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I need a word for a third person who goes into a home for sale to increase the price by pretending to be interested in a home for sale.
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Have you considered "shill'? ...en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/shill
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I need a word for a third person who goes into a home for sale to increase the price by pretending to be interested in a home for sale.
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I need a word for a third person who goes into a home for sale to increase the price by pretending to be interested in a home for sale.
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Have you considered "shill'? ...en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/shill
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Have you considered "shill'? ...en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/shill
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A number of online sources refer to this individual as a "phantom buyer." See, for example, Larry Lloyd, "Buying a Home - the Phantom Offer" (July 8, 2008), posted on activerain.com:
With a phantom buyer the seller will actually create an imaginary person with good credit. They will create a fake contract that includes a higher price than what you have been offering. However since you are not allowed to actually see and read the competing offers you cannot really tell if the offer is legitimate.
And Colin Barrow, Buying a Property in Spain For Dummies (2007):
Make sure you're bidding against a real person: Agents have been known to be less than honest, creating a phantom buyer by saying someone else is in the running. Ask as many questions as you can: Who is the other bidder? Does she have somewhere to sell first? When does she want to move in? If the agent doesn't know or is evasive, there's probably no one else in the running.
I should add as a cautionary note here that "phantom buyer" is sometimes applied to other deceptive participants in property sales as well as to imaginary would-be buyers drummed up by the seller of the property to create artificial competition for the property. In one scenario, the "phantom buyer" is actually a front for a real estate company that is hoping to stake a claim to property that it has yet to find a buyer for; in another, the "phantom buyer" is simply a person who likes to look at property and feign interest in buying it but ultimately has no intention of submitting a serious offer.
answered Mar 21 at 2:49
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Shill is the word. Thank you!
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A number of online sources refer to this individual as a "phantom buyer." See, for example, Larry Lloyd, "Buying a Home - the Phantom Offer" (July 8, 2008), posted on activerain.com:
With a phantom buyer the seller will actually create an imaginary person with good credit. They will create a fake contract that includes a higher price than what you have been offering. However since you are not allowed to actually see and read the competing offers you cannot really tell if the offer is legitimate.
And Colin Barrow, Buying a Property in Spain For Dummies (2007):
Make sure you're bidding against a real person: Agents have been known to be less than honest, creating a phantom buyer by saying someone else is in the running. Ask as many questions as you can: Who is the other bidder? Does she have somewhere to sell first? When does she want to move in? If the agent doesn't know or is evasive, there's probably no one else in the running.
I should add as a cautionary note here that "phantom buyer" is sometimes applied to other deceptive participants in property sales as well as to imaginary would-be buyers drummed up by the seller of the property to create artificial competition for the property. In one scenario, the "phantom buyer" is actually a front for a real estate company that is hoping to stake a claim to property that it has yet to find a buyer for; in another, the "phantom buyer" is simply a person who likes to look at property and feign interest in buying it but ultimately has no intention of submitting a serious offer.
answered Mar 21 at 2:49
Sven YargsSven Yargs
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Shill is the word. Thank you!
– DANIEL E EDMUNDS
Mar 24 at 23:49
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A number of online sources refer to this individual as a "phantom buyer." See, for example, Larry Lloyd, "Buying a Home - the Phantom Offer" (July 8, 2008), posted on activerain.com:
With a phantom buyer the seller will actually create an imaginary person with good credit. They will create a fake contract that includes a higher price than what you have been offering. However since you are not allowed to actually see and read the competing offers you cannot really tell if the offer is legitimate.
And Colin Barrow, Buying a Property in Spain For Dummies (2007):
Make sure you're bidding against a real person: Agents have been known to be less than honest, creating a phantom buyer by saying someone else is in the running. Ask as many questions as you can: Who is the other bidder? Does she have somewhere to sell first? When does she want to move in? If the agent doesn't know or is evasive, there's probably no one else in the running.
I should add as a cautionary note here that "phantom buyer" is sometimes applied to other deceptive participants in property sales as well as to imaginary would-be buyers drummed up by the seller of the property to create artificial competition for the property. In one scenario, the "phantom buyer" is actually a front for a real estate company that is hoping to stake a claim to property that it has yet to find a buyer for; in another, the "phantom buyer" is simply a person who likes to look at property and feign interest in buying it but ultimately has no intention of submitting a serious offer.
answered Mar 21 at 2:49
Sven YargsSven Yargs
115k20249507
Shill is the word. Thank you!
– DANIEL E EDMUNDS
Mar 24 at 23:49
add a comment |
A number of online sources refer to this individual as a "phantom buyer." See, for example, Larry Lloyd, "Buying a Home - the Phantom Offer" (July 8, 2008), posted on activerain.com:
With a phantom buyer the seller will actually create an imaginary person with good credit. They will create a fake contract that includes a higher price than what you have been offering. However since you are not allowed to actually see and read the competing offers you cannot really tell if the offer is legitimate.
And Colin Barrow, Buying a Property in Spain For Dummies (2007):
Make sure you're bidding against a real person: Agents have been known to be less than honest, creating a phantom buyer by saying someone else is in the running. Ask as many questions as you can: Who is the other bidder? Does she have somewhere to sell first? When does she want to move in? If the agent doesn't know or is evasive, there's probably no one else in the running.
I should add as a cautionary note here that "phantom buyer" is sometimes applied to other deceptive participants in property sales as well as to imaginary would-be buyers drummed up by the seller of the property to create artificial competition for the property. In one scenario, the "phantom buyer" is actually a front for a real estate company that is hoping to stake a claim to property that it has yet to find a buyer for; in another, the "phantom buyer" is simply a person who likes to look at property and feign interest in buying it but ultimately has no intention of submitting a serious offer.
answered Mar 21 at 2:49
Sven YargsSven Yargs
115k20249507
A number of online sources refer to this individual as a "phantom buyer." See, for example, Larry Lloyd, "Buying a Home - the Phantom Offer" (July 8, 2008), posted on activerain.com:
With a phantom buyer the seller will actually create an imaginary person with good credit. They will create a fake contract that includes a higher price than what you have been offering. However since you are not allowed to actually see and read the competing offers you cannot really tell if the offer is legitimate.
And Colin Barrow, Buying a Property in Spain For Dummies (2007):
Make sure you're bidding against a real person: Agents have been known to be less than honest, creating a phantom buyer by saying someone else is in the running. Ask as many questions as you can: Who is the other bidder? Does she have somewhere to sell first? When does she want to move in? If the agent doesn't know or is evasive, there's probably no one else in the running.
I should add as a cautionary note here that "phantom buyer" is sometimes applied to other deceptive participants in property sales as well as to imaginary would-be buyers drummed up by the seller of the property to create artificial competition for the property. In one scenario, the "phantom buyer" is actually a front for a real estate company that is hoping to stake a claim to property that it has yet to find a buyer for; in another, the "phantom buyer" is simply a person who likes to look at property and feign interest in buying it but ultimately has no intention of submitting a serious offer.
answered Mar 21 at 2:49
Sven YargsSven Yargs
115k20249507
answered Mar 21 at 2:49
Sven YargsSven Yargs
115k20249507
answered Mar 21 at 2:49
Sven YargsSven Yargs
115k20249507
answered Mar 21 at 2:49
Sven YargsSven Yargs
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Shill is the word. Thank you!
– DANIEL E EDMUNDS
Mar 24 at 23:49
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Shill is the word. Thank you!
– DANIEL E EDMUNDS
Mar 24 at 23:49
Shill is the word. Thank you!
– DANIEL E EDMUNDS
Mar 24 at 23:49
Shill is the word. Thank you!
– DANIEL E EDMUNDS
Mar 24 at 23:49
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