Seller wants to meet before giving any info about property

[Chris Loker]

I have been looking at properties with sellers before getting into any discussions about terms or price in order to establish rapport, but found that this was wasting a ton of time for me since the vast majority aren't even remotely close to being deals regardless of how well we "click" or not. So now I am not even looking at a property unless we can come to terms that are at least in the ballpark that will work for both of us. Is that the best way to handle the initial point of contact or should I continue trying to get to know them before discussing terms.

The reason I ask is because a guy contacted me this morning, but won't give me any info about the property as he said he had some bad experience previously with other investors and wanted to meet face to face to make sure I am legit, which is completely understandable. However I told him that I don't want to waste his time or mine if there is no possibility of  me moving forward on the deal, so I required the address and what he's asking before meeting, he then told me he wasn't interested anymore and hung up. How would you handle sellers like that?