Did You Get My Offer? I sent it Through Trulia

Last week I got the strangest phone call. The guy is a Buyer. He saw my listing on Trulia. He liked the remote land, which is a 36-acre parcel, that I had listed. He has been to the property and thoroughly walked it and researched it. You can see the Property on my Seligman maps page here and the Virtual Tour of the lot here.

In our phone conversation he told me he had summarized his offer and sent it to me via e-mail. On further questioning, he told me that he used Trulia to send me the e-mail. I stopped paying for Trulia Pro around two years ago. I suspect that his e-mail went to an Agent who pays Trulia for Buyer Leads.

This story has a happy ending though, as the Buyer told me to write up his offer and we are now in escrow. Both the Buyer and Seller seem happy with the accepted contract. I am also happy that the Buyer did not stop with the e-mail to Trulia.

Lesson to Buyers who may read this: Do not depend on Trulia or other search site such as Realtor.com or Homes.com to make the connection with the listing agent.