Can I fool potential customers about age and experience?

[John Apple]

I am a brand new agent at 21 years old. Age and experience will be my biggest hurdle by far in this business. In order to gain some credibility, I was thinking about telling customers im in my 20’s instead of 21 if they ask. Also, during appointments, I want to have a friend or family member call me so that I can pretend it’s one of my clients who is returning a call about an offer on their listing. This will hopefully show clients that “wow maybe he knows what’s he a doing” without directly lying to them. I researched This and haven’t found anything about this violating real estate law or fiduciary obligations since it has nothing to do with the client at hand. Is this a good tactic?

[Ben Sears]

I'm going to be as nice as I can about this. Don't ******** people. If I was your client I would much rather know what's really going on with you instead of you halfway lying to me. As a fairly experienced investor, I can promise you that if I found out that I was being jerked around by an agent I would delete your number from my phone and never call you again. On the flip side, if you're honest with me and can demonstrate that you have some knowledge in the industry (or at least have a good attitude about learning) I would be more inclined to help you out and make it work out for both of us.