Crazy Sh*t In Real Estate with Leigh Brown - Episode #44 with Scott Lincicome

Agents go out of their way to prepare snacks for clients, but
what do you do with the clients who pack down their purses with
the snacks? Or better yet, rob the whole house that you’re
showing? In this episode, Leigh welcomes Scott Lincicome who is
from Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate in Pinehurst, North
Carolina. Scott shares his experience dealing with some downright
thieves. 


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Time Stamped Show Notes: 

00:21 – Introduction for today’s episode

00:41 – Leigh introduces Scott

00:53 – Scott is from Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate in
Pinehurst

01:09 – The largest Harris Teeter store is in Pinehurst

02:23 – Scott calls his clients “snack snatchers” in the
story

02:49 – The story started last fall during a estate sale

03:32 – 2 days after the sale, Scott got a call from an
internet lead —a family who wanted to see the house

03:40 – The clients came to the house and said they
wanted to buy the house and said they also bought the
furniture from the estate sale that happened two days ago

04:20 – Scott got a call from an agent with an offer
represented by that family that got in contact with him via
internet

04:58 – The family’s agent was negotiating with Scott
over the sale of the house

05:20 – The family’s agent said that every meeting, the
family would steal the snacks the agent prepared, thus the
nickname “snack snatchers”

06:31 – Scott received a call from a different agent
about a couple interested in the same property

07:00 – The couple turned out to be the snack snatchers
from the first agent with whom Scott was already negotiating



08:17 – Three weeks ago….

08:22 – The snack snatchers had an offer on another house
one street over, with the same builder who partners with
Scott

08:44 – Two days before the closing, the snack snatchers
went to the property with an agent and they unlocked the
windows

08:54 – The day before closing, the snack snatchers went
back into the house through the windows and backed out of the
sale, closing day



09:30 – Back to the first story...

09:39 – Scott, the agent, and the snack snatchers went to
the property

09:46 – Scott talked to the agent in the corner about
what happened three weeks ago

10:00 – While the snack snatchers were touring the house,
they got a call from Scott’s first agent asking them what was
going on

10:32 – The husband was on the phone

10:52 – The wife said that she still needed to look at
one thing and went back inside the house

11:00 – The husband told the wife that they needed to go,
so they left in their minivan

11:20 – The agent went back into the house and noticed
that the wife unlocked the back door

11:43 – Scott calls the first agent to check on the first
property the snack snatchers visited

12:00 – Scott drove to the first property to see the
lights on, the back door unlocked, and the furniture missing

14:30 – Four days after, the snack snatchers were seen
around the neighborhood sneaking around

15:00 – Scott and some of the people from the
neighborhood called the police

15:20 – It turned out that the snack snatchers were
making an offer again on a house across the property they had
just robbed

15:51 – The snack snatchers bought the third house



17:45 – Reach Scott at 910-315-7856, or by email and website

19:00 – Tweet Leigh Brown for your very own crazy story in
real estate! 

3 Key Points You can usually find crazy clients, but psychotic
ones – they’re quite rare. Be more cautious during the viewing—make
sure that you’re the last to check the house. Advise your agents of
previous problematic clients, so they will be more aware. Credits

Audio Production by Chris Mottram

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Cover Design by Two Minds Design

Original Music by Rimsky Music