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Real Estate Agent Stalker?

Right around mid 2021 when we all started getting vaccinated, my wife and decided "Since I only need a computer to work, and COVID made WFH possible, let's travel and consider moving!" So we took 3 or 4 work/vacations across the country. I would work during the week on my computer but the weekends we would visit open houses $100k+ less than the price that I'm used to seeing in my home state. Also, I shared contact info with a number of realtors across our 3 or 4 chosen cities to potentially relocate.

Then in 2022, and after some thought and consideration, my wife and I decided to move and rent in our chosen city and decide to rent so that we can truly decide if we would want to buy a home there.

Now, about two weeks after moving to the chosen city, I get a text on my phone (I paraphrase): "Hi Scud000, it's me the realtor from last year. I remember you mentioning you're looking to potentially considering moving to this city among others as you can WFH. Was this city the lucky chosen one?"

The timing is just too good. So it comes across bizarre to me that they would know I moved to this city as my wife and I did not broadcast our moving details on social media or anywhere. How does this realtor know we moved and chose the city they are located? It seems like too much of a coincidence. Anyone experience anything like this before?

I'm thinking of replying to let them know I'm taking a year as a renter to get much more familiar with the area and neighborhoods before buying, but also feel kind of hesitant as I want to ask them "How did you guess we moved this city?" without being so direct about it.

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source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/wayjiu/real_estate_agent_stalker/
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