Does Zillow show agents the offers I've received?

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I was selling a rental as a FSBO. An agent that I had no relationship with drove to my house to "help" me. She showed me a printout of my FSBO ad on Zillow and said she knew that I had received a lowball offer that, in fact, I had never received, but it was close to a lowball offer that I had received only by text. That lowball offer was from, I'm guessing, a wholesaler, and the agent wanted to assure me that it was a "scam." She said, "They sell those contracts over and over." This was how she was "helping" me. Why would she claim to know about an offer I had received, or an offer very similar to one I had received? Does Zillow make such information available to agents?

Ronald Allen Barney · Answer

I don't think it was Zillow.  My guess is the wholesaler sold you as a lead to a realtor out of spite when his lowball didn't net him a contract.  Sometimes wholesalers and unscrupulous agents like to play "good cop bad cop" with the leads they pass around.

Yoann Dorat · Answer

@Ronald Allen Barney yep I agree with Ronald, the information is not coming from Zillow, it’s just a wholesaler trying to recoup some of his marketing dollars by working out a referral with an agent.

Ronald Allen Barney · Answer

By law she is required to help, but it seems she may have exaggerated the woes and perils of what it was she "saved" you from.  Wholesalers gonna wholesale and they aren't gonna make any money by offering you full value.  That doesn't mean wholesalers burn down daycare centers and cut puppies open with a dull knife.

Kay March · Answer

@Ronald Allen Barney Thank you for that suggestion. I am sure that the agent wasn't really trying to "help"! She really does play the "good cop" role in a lot of her advertising, which features cuddly kittens.

Does Zillow show agents the offers I've received?

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