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Rainmaker
5,569,243
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

I have an excellent BS-meter... has rarely failed me.

Jul 16, 2016 03:04 AM
Rainmaker
4,904,488
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Trust but verify.   And thoroughly.   

Jul 16, 2016 01:32 AM
Ambassador
3,748,511
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
Retired Broker/Owner - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Yup! I can just feel it and sense it.

Jul 16, 2016 02:07 AM
Rainer
187,002
Raj Taj
RE/MAX - Lake Bluff, IL
Drive By Blessings!

My truth meter does not work well with females, some can B.S. me all day long!

Jul 16, 2016 02:03 AM
Ambassador
3,487,448
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

YES.  When they "dance" around a direct question and do not answer it. They either don't know or they are hiding something. Usually the truth!

Jul 16, 2016 01:35 AM
Ambassador
2,743,265
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

    Talked to a guy yesterday, nothing he said was credible... I had to put on knee-high wading boots it was getting so deep.

Jul 16, 2016 05:53 AM
Rainmaker
2,810,734
Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Debbie - After a while in the business, I developed a pretty finely tuned BS meter - correcting for my own wishful thinking was a big step.

Jul 16, 2016 05:33 AM
Rainmaker
1,566,440
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

I'm pretty good at it, most of the time.

Jul 16, 2016 04:24 AM
Ambassador
1,070,672
Mimi Foster
Falcon Property Company - Colorado Springs, CO
Voted Colorado Springs Best Realtor

The older I get, the more fun I have with outright asking them if they're BSing.

Jul 16, 2016 03:46 AM
Rainmaker
1,395,083
Wayne Zuhl
Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ
The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

I'm a perpetual rose-colored-glasses wearing pie-eyed optimist and never doubt anyone. It's my biggest fault.

Jul 16, 2016 02:39 AM
Rainmaker
1,133,504
Diana Zaccaro Broker Associate
ZOOM Realty Group - Cocoa Beach, FL
"The Accidental Blogger" Cocoa Beach, Florida

My spider sense is pretty darn accurate and serves me well.

 

Jul 16, 2016 02:22 AM
Rainmaker
1,774,668
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

My skeptical vision is always 20/20

Jul 16, 2016 01:21 AM
Rainmaker
4,648,315
Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400
The Top Team @ Charles Rutenberg Realty 255 Executive Dr, Plainview NY 11803 - Plainview, NY
Long Island Condo and Home Specialists

I usually can read people well. I've been right almost every time...

Jul 16, 2016 05:06 AM
Rainmaker
5,733,498
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Oswego, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Very accurate! That said, not 100%!

Jul 16, 2016 02:58 AM
Rainmaker
5,586,490
Barbara Todaro
Retired...Mentoring Newbies - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

I can usually tell the BS'ers from the others.... 

Jul 16, 2016 02:42 AM
Rainmaker
637,764
Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor®
Carmel by the Sea, CA
Rothwell Realty Inc. CA#01968433 Carmel-by-the-Sea

That's where we go out and find the truth independently. If it's our client doing this, that spells trouble for the relationship.

Jul 16, 2016 01:54 AM
Rainmaker
1,525,666
Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

I think it is much more accurate than when I was younger.  I tended to be very naive and trusting.

Jul 16, 2016 01:48 AM
Rainmaker
291,069
Allie Angeloni
Long Realty - Oro Valley, AZ

Not always Debbie Reynolds.  I tend to believe what I hear the first time around.  Though once I find out that someone did not tell me the truth, and their comments were BS, my Trust Meter goes down for them, and I tend to question any future statement that sounds even remotely off-key. 

Jul 16, 2016 06:40 AM
Rainer
231,279
Mike Rock
Complete Design - Granite Bay, CA
Granite Bay Luxury New Construction...For Less

i am very transparant , people can read me..but..i can read them as well... i dont deal with those people if i have any choice. to answer the ? , very accurate

Jul 16, 2016 05:00 AM
Rainmaker
5,433,052
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Wonder about some people sometimes.

Jul 16, 2016 03:55 AM
Ambassador
3,767,618
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

I tend to believe people until it's totally obvious that they are pulling my leg.  And I think that has served me better in life than always being on the lookout and assuming everyone I encounter is a BSer waiting to happen. 

Jul 16, 2016 03:49 AM
Rainer
36,680
Cynthia Biechler
Biechler Grp Real Estate w/HOMESMART Connect - Chicago - Chicago, IL

Yes..I can usually tell right away. Trust your instincts.

Jul 16, 2016 03:10 AM
Rainmaker
1,280,998
Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

I don't think mine is set properly! LOL! It's hard for me to pick up on the BS.

Oct 12, 2016 07:16 AM
Rainmaker
1,466,267
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Debbie Reynolds My 'gut feeling" never fails.

Jul 17, 2016 12:09 AM
Rainmaker
1,024,953
Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

My husband is a wiz at this!

Jul 16, 2016 11:26 PM
Rainmaker
3,075,667
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Coldwell Banker Realty

Michael Jacobs nailed this one!

Jul 16, 2016 10:51 PM
Rainmaker
8,423,417
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Hopefully, my meter is reasonably accurate.

However, we should understand that we may never have the full story in many situations. As some will say, all of God's children have problems.

Jul 16, 2016 09:40 PM
Rainmaker
4,323,400
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Debbie Reynolds - I think I have that sixth sense!

Sometimes I just decide not to work with few people...

Jul 16, 2016 04:47 PM
Rainmaker
1,675,882
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC • Short Sale • Probate

Yes, I do. But you can not spot it all the time. For example, I'm very bad with those who need something from you claiming they have no agent just to get the information or a showing. 

Jul 16, 2016 03:37 PM
Ambassador
3,240,197
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

Most of the time it's right on target.  My daughter could just never lie to me because I always knew

Jul 16, 2016 02:03 PM
Rainmaker
1,683,918
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

My truthmeter is just about 90% accurate when meeting someone new.  Just ask my wife!  

Jul 16, 2016 01:58 PM
Rainmaker
3,986,579
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I am pretty good but there are those that are professional at this

Jul 16, 2016 01:10 PM
Rainmaker
2,443,346
Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
The People You Know, Like and Trust!

I pretty much take people at their word until/unless they do something to earn disrespect.

Jul 16, 2016 01:07 PM
Ambassador
6,944,734
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Mine isn't very good at all I am way too trusting

Jul 16, 2016 12:47 PM
Rainmaker
2,236,146
Debbie Laity
CinaJones Real Estate - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County

I have a pretty good BS meter, although I'm also a very trusting person. I'm involved with a situation now with a client that really took advantage and he's had his hard times, but I'm still working with him. My BS meter is thinking about going into the red. 

Jul 16, 2016 12:25 PM
Rainmaker
1,209,377
Amanda Christiansen
Christiansen Group Realty (260)704-0843 - Fort Wayne, IN
Christiansen Group Realty

Early in my career I was gullible.  Today I can smell it a mile away.  

Jul 16, 2016 11:22 AM
Rainmaker
944,615
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

The smell test usually works well; develops with age and experience.

Jul 16, 2016 10:30 AM
Rainmaker
5,513,675
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Mine is spot one! Rarely has not worked!

Jul 16, 2016 10:27 AM
Rainmaker
1,772,023
Noah Seidenberg
Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL
Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

Most of the time but I have seen people that are such good lairs that they even believe themselves.

Jul 16, 2016 07:55 AM
Rainmaker
5,774,279
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

I sense it and then ask Ron if he sensed it also...and then we give them the benefit of the doubt...more often then not we are right.  A

Jul 16, 2016 07:35 AM
Rainmaker
1,282,530
Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

Most disclosures are like that, esp older homes. 

Jul 16, 2016 05:20 AM