seller is not the owner?

Question

So a piece of land hit the mls at a good price. My agent called and got the scoop. Put in a offer and it was accepted all within 24hrs. The listing agent came back and said it was a scam and they in fact dont own the property. Seller never signed my offer but was verbally acccpeted. The contract for the seller to put it on the mls was signed but was a scam. (guess they docu signed it) Any one run into this before? How did the listing agent not meet with the seller or verify they are the owner before putting it on the mls? I never ran into this before and been in real estate for about 12 years buying and selling.

Theresa Harris · Answer

Wow. Do they still have it listed on MLS or did they pull it while they investigate?

Jimmy S. · Answer

its vacant land. No pictures were on the mls. They are NOT selling it to me as the seller, not the agent is not the actually owner.

Chris Seveney · Answer

@Jimmy S.

Every realtor should look into this but do not

I own a property and have a contract for deed on it and noticed it’s listed for sale on the mls…

I asked the agent who signed my name. They have yet to reply back to me

Theresa Harris · Answer

There have been a few cases of that in the news up here in Canada lately.  In some of the cases, the houses actually sold.  Bigger question is were there photos of the actual inside of the house and if so, how did they get them.  Did you go into the house to view it?

Eliott Elias · Answer

Realtors who are new and just want a commission don't do much more digging than getting the listing agreement signed.