Monday, May 17, 2010

How Do I Know Starnest Isn't A Scam.

Is there a Starnest Scam? Can Starnest be trusted? Can one trust Starnest to find a nice real estate property and help secure that property without incident? We looked heavily into the Starnest company to see if it is a scam and here is what we found.

First thing we did was check up on their credentials. Are they are registered business? Yes. So, being that Starnest is a registered business they will have a great deal of difficulty operating a scam company with the federal government aware of their existence. In our experience companies which are scams do not even have a business license because they do not want the United States government to be aware of their existence let alone aware of the owners identity. This was the first thing we found when we looked into the Starnest company and so far we didn't see any Starnest scam.

So we decided to look even further to see if we could find something in the companies domain that would alert us to the fact that Starnest is a scam. So we did some digging and found that the Starnest domain has been registered for the last 6 years. This is a positive sign for the company. If Starnest were a scam they would of been put out of business years ago and the fact that they have been in business for over six years is a very good sign that Starnest is a legitimate company.

Then we decided to make contact with Starnest to see if we could find anything. First we sent the Starnest offices an email stating that we wanted to purchase a property in Manhattan and our budget was one million dollars. We did this to see if any aggression arose in the Starnest company. If they were a scam they would of jumped all over the possibility to take our million dollars and run off so the trap was set. Next we received a professional phone call from a Starnest manager. The call came about 48 hours after the email was sent which shows initiative but doesn't make them look bad. The manager on the other end was very professional and offered his services but was not pushy and did not seem to have the aggression that other companies sometimes have (especially scam companies.)

After the initial phone call we decided to visit the Starnest offices to see for ourselves the validity of the Starnest scam claims. We could not have been more impressed. We were greeted warmly by 2 Starnest employees and their professionalism and kindness was beyond measure. Not only did we determine that Starnest is not a scam but we recommend Starnest to anyone seeking help in the New York Real Estate industry.

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