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Top 10 ways to say "No"
I found this message on the very active discussion boards at www.naifa.com..
"I've been overwhelmed with orders
from finance companies not local to my area requesting SFR apps. As with many of you, I'm
a single shop operator feeding my family, and am skeptical of such
"institutions," if remittance is contingent upon my value at least meeting what
they're looking for. As we're all probably getting good at weeding out their motives,
perhaps they're becoming more sophisticated. So, here's my Top 10 list of clues, whereby I
say "No."
- If they send you an order, without verbal correspondence
first, say No.
- If they can't pronounce your city name, say No.
- If you say no and they proceed as if you accepted the order,
say No (AGAIN!)
- If you can't determine the name of the company's contact
person, or number, because the fax is so muddled with routing information, say No (TO
SOMEONE!)
- If they tell you they'll be doing a lot of business in your
area, say No.
- If they answer the phone saying "ABC Mortgage, formerly
XYZ Mortgage," say NO.
- If they send you an order to appraise a property several
states and thousands of miles away, say No.
- If they don't have WATTS (toll free phone number) facilities,
say No.
- If they want you to pull comps before you accept the
assignment, say No.
- If they say they don't know who to call, tell them to check
out www.asc.gov's roster.
Need I say more???
This message was posted by subscriber Richard Poole, who gave me permission to reprint it.
Thanks for a little humor!
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