Sketchy Zillow Tactics

[Grant Doyle]

My parents are in the process of buying a home. When my mom identified they home on Zillow there was obviously a seller agent listed, she clicked on the “schedule a tour” and was contacted about a tour.

When she shows up for the tour the lady tells her she is filling in for her friend (the listed selling agent on Zillow). My mom and dad wanted to show me the property and she was there again. She wasn’t acting like a sellers agent and was giving bad advice to my parents about making an above asking price offer to close on the house that’s been sitting for a while.

Then the time comes for my parents to make an offer. My dad sends her the offer and she responds by asking him if he’s signed a buyers agreement. My dad then told her he is representing himself (has license) and she freaks out on him telling him that she pays 7 grand a month for clicks on Zillow and how hard she’s worked. Her strategy seemed very sketchy and unethical to me, has anyone heard of this?

[James Wise]

Originally posted by @Grant Doyle:

My parents are in the process of buying a home. When my mom identified they home on Zillow there was obviously a seller agent listed, she clicked on the “schedule a tour” and was contacted about a tour.

When she shows up for the tour the lady tells her she is filling in for her friend (the listed selling agent on Zillow). My mom and dad wanted to show me the property and she was there again. She wasn’t acting like a sellers agent and was giving bad advice to my parents about making an above asking price offer to close on the house that’s been sitting for a while.

Then the time comes for my parents to make an offer. My dad sends her the offer and she responds by asking him if he’s signed a buyers agreement. My dad then told her he is representing himself (has license) and she freaks out on him telling him that she pays 7 grand a month for clicks on Zillow and how hard she’s worked. Her strategy seemed very sketchy and unethical to me, has anyone heard of this?

 It's fairly obvious that it was a buyer's agent who pays for buyer leads on Zillow. The real question is if your dad is a licensed agent how did it get this far with everyone being confused about each others intentions? This makes no damn sense.