You think spam is bad?

Try getting onto a mortgage lead list when you don’t want to be.

It started on Thursday – 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.  The first couple I just said “No – and you shouldn’t be calling me – I’m on the National Do Not Call List“.  But it quickly became obvious that this was going to be a big problem.  I got 3 more calls that night, 4 more on the answering machine the next day, and 4 more that night.  They called on Saturday, too.  Several even emailed me.  It’s basically a nightmare, and could take WEEKS to get through all of these calls.  So here are my questions:

1.  How MORONIC are these lead companies to not KNOW they are going to be found it?  They sent this lead to DOZENS of companies.  Once I have confirmation of the source (and I will get it) I will DESTROY them.

2.  How bad is the mortgage market getting that these companies will just take ANY lead they can get?  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.

3.  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?

Bottom line – if you need a mortgage, refinance, or have other capital needs – my buddy Ron at Platinum Capital is the MAN.