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I almost prefer overt racism to what happens in the USA. My friend had gotten married was looking to buy a house, and his wife having a lot of trouble driving

I almost prefer overt racism to what happens in the USA. My friend had gotten married was looking to buy a house, and his wife having a lot of trouble driving out to a location only to hear it was off the market. So he decided the he would take some of the burden from his wife, and visit places after work himself. Fortubately, he didn't coordinate this well enough so he ended up going to some off the same places as her. Guess what? In the morning, his Hispanic wife would be told the house was aleady sold or the seller was no longer offering it. That same day in the afternoon, he the White husband would get a tour and be told he could buy anytime. Racism is alive and well, if it weren't the color of my friends face he wouldn't have a house today. Funny enough his white neighbors spontaneously moved after he arrived with his Hispanic wife, and now the entire neighborhood is more multicultural.

pandaman 4y ago
I am curious about the technical details. Your friend's wife walks into an open house, perhaps with a sign outside, there is an agent with cookies and leaflets inside and the agent tells her the house is off the market and he or she is just chilling there for no reason at all?
- dismantlethesun 4y ago
  Yes they say the house was just sold or the owner has just gotten news that’s taken it off the market. This isn’t really unusual when you are buying in a hot market. When I was getting my place it happened several times and the realtor would usually offer to give me an appointment at another place or just take my number so they’d call me if the current deal fell through. I think the realtors don’t leave specifically for that reason: it serves as lead generation for their other properties.
  - pandaman 4y ago
    It would be extremely unusual especially in a hot market. When I shopped for a house in such a market (the house I got had ~20 offers) in roughly half of open houses I was not the only person looking. The ones where I was the only one looking were mostly unattended. If the house is under contract already it's showing in the MLS, and if it's being offered through MLS one can lose license for refusing to show it.

pandaman 4y ago

I am curious about the technical details. Your friend's wife walks into an open house, perhaps with a sign outside, there is an agent with cookies and leaflets inside and the agent tells her the house is off the market and he or she is just chilling there for no reason at all?

dismantlethesun 4y ago
Yes they say the house was just sold or the owner has just gotten news that’s taken it off the market. This isn’t really unusual when you are buying in a hot market. When I was getting my place it happened several times and the realtor would usually offer to give me an appointment at another place or just take my number so they’d call me if the current deal fell through. I think the realtors don’t leave specifically for that reason: it serves as lead generation for their other properties.
- pandaman 4y ago
  It would be extremely unusual especially in a hot market. When I shopped for a house in such a market (the house I got had ~20 offers) in roughly half of open houses I was not the only person looking. The ones where I was the only one looking were mostly unattended. If the house is under contract already it's showing in the MLS, and if it's being offered through MLS one can lose license for refusing to show it.