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Rainmaker
1,661,936
John McCormack, CRS
Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM
Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

To hide their ID for whatever reason.  

Oct 23, 2015 12:41 AM
Rainmaker
1,390,113
Wayne Zuhl
Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ
The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

I saw an anoymous question asking for advice on changing brokerages. That made sense to me.

Oct 22, 2015 08:51 PM
Rainmaker
883,732
Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

Maybe they are too shy to openly ask questions they are unsure of... or Mike Rock may have the answer.... witness protection program

Oct 22, 2015 06:13 PM
Rainer
231,224
Mike Rock
Complete Design - Granite Bay, CA
Granite Bay Luxury New Construction...For Less

they are in the witness protection program and trying to get into real estate. :)   or they are intimidated?

Oct 22, 2015 01:19 PM
Rainmaker
1,726,096
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

No idesa, but I do not even open anonymous posts.

Oct 23, 2015 02:50 AM
Rainer
28,413
Blanca Barajas
Winter Group - Las Vegas, NV

Humm I wouldn't know, maybe they are not confident or are afraid to ask a sillly question.

Oct 23, 2015 01:09 AM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

There is no good reason, i would vote for AR to get rid of anonymous. 

Oct 22, 2015 11:04 PM
Rainmaker
1,466,207
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Captain Wayne - Rowlett Real Estate School Maybe they don't want to look silly by asking what they think is a dumb question.

Oct 22, 2015 11:03 PM
Rainer
150,416
Michael Thacker - Re/Max Real Estate Center - Louisville
Re/Max Real Estate Center - The Thacker Group - Louisville, KY
Your best friend who just happens to be a Realtor

I have wondered that since coming here, and I will be honest I usually don't answer their questions.

Same for those without some kind of photo or logo.

Michael Thacker

Louisville KY - Realtor

Oct 22, 2015 09:05 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 Friday morning Capt. Wayne. Good question! Who knows? People do some weird things.

Oct 22, 2015 07:58 PM
Rainmaker
1,683,912
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Good Question!  Maybe they don't want do feel inferior by not knowing the answer, so they don't say who they are.

Oct 22, 2015 01:24 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,785
FN LN
Toronto, ON

Often for privacy reasons or because it is an offered option.

Oct 22, 2015 10:05 PM
Rainmaker
921,504
Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

Because the ANONYMOUS option is predominately displayed when posting a question.

Take it away.

 

 

Oct 22, 2015 09:28 PM
Rainmaker
2,817,671
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Once in a while, the q's may be a bit confidential.  Wayne and Jean Marie Zuhl gave a good example.  But the majority I see really seem innocuous.

Oct 22, 2015 09:13 PM
Ambassador
6,393,609
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

fear of ridicule, private matters, or just want to stir something up.

Dec 07, 2018 05:19 PM
Rainmaker
1,502,998
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Like Wayne and Jean Marie Zuhl stated, the one about changing brokerages is the one that made sense to me.  Other than that, I'd guess it came in from the website and the person isn't a registered user.

Oct 23, 2015 06:51 AM
Rainmaker
763,883
Tony Lewis
Summit Real Estate Group - Valencia, CA
Summit Real Estate Group Valencia & Aliso Viejo

Captain, it would make sense if a person had a serious question and need answers but didn't want the issue to be traced back to them for a particular case or circumstance.

Oct 23, 2015 06:30 AM