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Lyn Sims, Real Estate Broker Retired

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Rainmaker
1,624,853
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

I constantly have someone to put me on auto update. They just get your mail and hook you up. So rude...It is ok if they have ''unsubscribe'' option, but I have one out of area lender who is sending me his creations(listings from agents he sponsors) and NO opt out options! I emailed him back many times, spam is still coming. 

Feb 15, 2016 04:07 PM
Rainmaker
3,986,308
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I hate when my email box fills with these

Feb 15, 2016 09:41 AM
Rainmaker
3,988,013
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

You are in their address book and they do not have it grouped properly. Of course he may just trying to make you think of him each month or may be really proud of his newsletter and ants to share..

Feb 15, 2016 07:42 AM
Rainmaker
2,221,377
Anthony Acosta - ALLATLANTAcondos.com
Harry Norman, REALTORS® - Atlanta, GA
Associate Broker

The agent sending the news letter may not know you are also a real estate agent.  Unsuscribe, that's what I do..

Feb 15, 2016 04:53 AM
Rainmaker
921,504
Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

Your email showed up on a list. 

That agent got a list.

A smart agent knows any email with a hart beat on the other side has value.

And, knowing there is an address or two or 200 in a list of 15,000 should never stop the marketer.

Do not un-subscribe because that CONFIRMS there is a heartbeat and this will result in the OPPOSITE of what you want, but not from the same source.

Simply redirect that email and all from that source directly to the trash folder and all is once more good in the universe.

Feb 15, 2016 04:49 AM
Rainmaker
4,800,132
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

It's annoying.  I make sure not to work with Realtors who have nothing better to do than email me listings and newsletters that are not relevant.

Feb 15, 2016 03:28 AM
Rainmaker
633,070
Buzz Mackintosh
Mackintosh REALTORS - Frederick, MD
“Experience, reliable, leadership”

Could be someone looking for you to keep them in mind for referrals. I get a number of news letters from other agents / relocation directors from  all over the country. Certain ones I find pretty informative and also a source for some good ideas!

Feb 15, 2016 02:56 AM
Rainmaker
1,728,256
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Another spam emailer.

Feb 15, 2016 01:06 AM
Rainmaker
979,596
Troy Erickson AZ Realtor (602) 295-6807
HomeSmart - Chandler, AZ
Your Chandler, Ahwatukee, and East Valley Realtor

Lyn - I get a ton of emails from other agents, but not that many newsletters, if any. I do get  one that is mailed to me.

Feb 17, 2016 11:58 AM
Rainmaker
5,877,915
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

I find this strange too, and on occasion get similar emails.  Not sure why anyone would do that.

Feb 16, 2016 09:22 AM
Rainmaker
4,901,858
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

Probably hopes to get a referral one day.

Feb 15, 2016 09:32 PM
Rainmaker
5,240,047
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

No reason other than someone should cull their list!

Feb 15, 2016 09:18 PM
Rainmaker
2,759,812
TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

 Good morning Lyn Sims . Probably got your email address from somewhere.

Feb 15, 2016 05:21 PM
Rainmaker
2,538,633
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning Lyn. I add everyone I meet to my list, it is emailed out to 3,000 email addresses. In the last 12 months I get an average of 15 emails after each is sent and can count on 5 new transactions.

I never take it personally when someone opts out.

Feb 15, 2016 04:46 PM
Rainmaker
4,319,773
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Lyn Sims - it's not me for sure!

I do not like to send the local newsletters, specially to other agents!

Feb 15, 2016 03:39 PM
Ambassador
6,419,449
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

One of the problems with mass mail, very tough to keep an accurate db, somehow they got the idea at one time that you may be moving to MA, or they think you will be a good referral source.

Feb 15, 2016 02:07 PM
Rainmaker
4,272,934
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

I get those all the time and recycle them

Feb 15, 2016 02:04 PM
Rainmaker
140,768
Joan Dickie
Keller Williams Premier Realty - La Crosse, WI
Keller Williams Premier Realty

I have a couple of agents in my office who send me the canned franchise monthly newsletter.  Why?  I doubt I will forget you.

Feb 15, 2016 12:14 PM
Rainmaker
2,443,250
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

Maybe they are hoping you will send them referrals?

Feb 15, 2016 10:57 AM
Ambassador
3,742,070
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

I'm getting a lot of that, too.  It gets to be annoying enough that I sure wouldn't send them a referral.

Feb 15, 2016 10:25 AM
Ambassador
3,349,554
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

I get that kind of crap a lot.  I just do not get it. That is spam, IMHO.

Feb 15, 2016 07:16 AM
Ambassador
2,684,669
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

     They may have bought an email list from some "leads seller". 

Feb 15, 2016 06:55 AM
Rainmaker
1,506,163
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Very odd.  Maybe it was a typo?

Feb 15, 2016 03:10 AM
Rainmaker
1,241,879
Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Contact the person you want to be UNSUBSRIBED because you are a realtor.

 

Feb 15, 2016 02:08 AM
Rainmaker
564,720
Women of Westchester Working Together
Women of Westchester Working Together - West Harrison, NY
Women helping Women get ahead

Yes, a bit dumb.  the person should have different lists/tags and they prob. aren't that focused  on true databased marketing.  They are just trying to get their database #'s up...which is a bit pointless.

Feb 15, 2016 02:04 AM
Rainmaker
400,356
Jill Murty, Realtor - Orange County, CA
Movoto - Laguna Niguel, CA

It's probably an oops, a glitch or a dumb agent.  

There was an agent I'd never heard of who sent me an email at least once a day for over a month.  Some days, I'd receive five or six emails that read in part:

"Dear Joan, 

Are you interested in knowing what your home is worth?  Click here for your personalized blah, blah, blah..."

I let it go on because I was curious to know for how long it would continue.  It stopped for a while and started again.  I haven't received anything in over a year, so it may have stopped for good. 

Feb 15, 2016 02:00 AM
Rainmaker
634,532
Kathleen Luiten
Resort and Second-Home Specialist - Princeville, HI
Kauai Luxury Ocean Home Sales

Probably doesn't have a filter for licensed contacts' info so everyone gets the same newsletter. Happens to me, just from a few agents. 

Feb 15, 2016 01:45 AM
Rainmaker
637,484
Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor®
Carmel by the Sea, CA
Rothwell Realty Inc. CA#01968433 Carmel-by-the-Sea

Talked to an agent from a Big Box agency who sends me his newsletter every month, and he basically said he doesn't even know how many of those on his list even got on there. He didn't even know what's in his newsletter, someone writes it for him. Did I "unsubscribe"? Nope, I want to know where they, the brokerage, is coming from.

Feb 15, 2016 01:28 AM
Rainmaker
766,179
Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

Lyn Sims , I send out a monthly newsletter to over 2,000 people.  I'm sure there are many Realtors that happened to get on the list.  I'll give you an example, there's a person on my sellers list that I've been trying to list their home for about three years.  Last Friday I wanted to show a particular home and when I called to set up the showing the number of the Realtor was the same as the person I've been trying to get to list with me. 

You can unsubscribe or do what I might do, see what another person writes in their newsletter.

Feb 15, 2016 01:28 AM
Ambassador
5,061,034
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Well unless you are interested in hearing from this agent, unsubscribe. It's unwanted, so it's spam

Feb 15, 2016 01:26 AM
Rainmaker
4,582,434
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Stuff happens.  So does spam.  Unsubscribe.  Delete.  Move on.  

Feb 15, 2016 12:55 AM