Try getting onto a mortgage lead list when you don’t want to be.<\/p>\n
It started on\u00c2\u00a0Thursday – calls from mortgage companies, asking for my ex-wife (who hasn’t lived here in many years) saying that she had requested information on a refinance.\u00c2\u00a0 The first couple I just said “No – and you shouldn’t be calling me – I’m on the National Do Not Call List<\/a>“.\u00c2\u00a0 But it quickly became obvious that this was going to be a big problem.\u00c2\u00a0 I got 3 more calls that night, 4 more on the answering machine the next day, and 4 more that night.\u00c2\u00a0 They called on Saturday, too.\u00c2\u00a0 Several even emailed me.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s basically a nightmare, and could take WEEKS to get through all of these calls.\u00c2\u00a0 So here are my questions:<\/p>\n 1.\u00c2\u00a0 How MORONIC are these lead companies to not KNOW they are going to be found it?\u00c2\u00a0 They sent this lead to DOZENS of companies.\u00c2\u00a0 Once I have confirmation of the source (and I will get it) I will DESTROY them.<\/p>\n 2.\u00c2\u00a0 How bad is the mortgage market getting that these companies will just take ANY lead they can get?\u00c2\u00a0 Turns out that mortgage leads are about $20 per, and word from friends is that they are routinely “cut” with 20-30% made up fake leads.<\/p>\n 3.\u00c2\u00a0 How TOTALLY MORONIC is the guy who actually tried to pitch me ANYWAY – even after I explained that I had a good rate, had no intention of refinancing, and was just EXTREMELY irritated with this whole deal?<\/p>\n