How not to cold call.

[Josh James]

Has anyone heard of Casanova Worldwide Real Estate L.L.C.? I got a cold call from some guy who didn't identify himself, and just started asking me personal questions about myself and my business. I got the company name by looking up the phone number on Google. This is how the conversation went:

"This is Josh"  <-- That's me!
"Hi, Josh, I heard you are a wholesaler. Are you a wholesaler?"
"Yes, what are you looking for?"
"Well, uh, are you a wholesaler, a rehabber(he may have said fix and flip), or a buy and hold investor?"
"I do all three, why do you want to know?"
"Do you have funds available to buy properties right now?"
"I do, I just bought one today, and I am in contract for another."
"You sound like a young guy, how old are you?"
<this is one of my hot buttons>
"Don't insult me like that."
"I'm just asking a question."
"Well, I'll tell you what, you go first and tell me how old you are."
<click, he hung up on me>

First rule of cold calling, ALWAYS IDENTIFY YOURSELF! (unless you are a scammer... ?) Then what does it matter how old (or young) I am? Why do you need to know how much money I have so much before you even say who you are?

The more I look at it, I think it was a survey or a script. Anyone with similar experience?