New agent, phantom buyers and the career-ending consequences

by Troy Palmquist

A California agent created three fake offers to keep a luxury listing from expiring. Troy Palmquist and Summer Goralik look at how the scheme unraveled in their latest True Crimes of Real Estate episode.

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