what's the secret to guessing peoples income/NW?

[sle]

How do salespeople and other "relationship" people guess what is the spending power of the person in front of them?

It can't be the car, clothing or the accessories, cause that stuff is very random (in fact, in the instance that prompts me to ask these indicators were pointing in the opposite direction). If it's some sort of intuition, how do these people develop it?

 

[ElCubano]

They would never guess with me.

 

[sle]

They would never guess with me.

I thoughts so too, but apparently they could. It's a neat party trick, but I wonder how they develop that sense.

 

[vanzandt]

I thoughts so too, but apparently they could. It's a neat party trick, but I wonder how they develop that sense.

Look at peoples fingernails and shoes.
For real.

 

[jem]

the quality of the leather on shoes and belts are a big signal.

when you see an exquisite leather belt matching the shoes on a guy
you may be in rancho santa fe or greenwich.
there is also no mistaking a expensive hair on a middle aged women.
Not many women can spend 400 bucks a month or more on their hair.
its straight, shiny and perfectly colored.

Nails on men and women can also be a signal.

 

[sle]

Fascinating. To give you some context, me and a couple friends were upstate this week. We were passing by an open house at some semi-posh cottage and decided to take a look.

That’s when things got interesting. The real estate agent was literally zooming in onto myself and a another person from the group.

At some point we went a bit ahead so we can look at the grounds and she literally was hovering. So I asked how come she’s not explaining the same things to the rest of the guys. She was like “you two are the only ones that can afford this place”. I was a bit taken aback and said that there is no way to know that for sure. As a counter to that, she said that she can estimate income and net worth of each person in the group. She was pretty close.

 

[lawrence-lugar]

How do salespeople and other "relationship" people guess what is the spending power of the person in front of them

If it's some sort of intuition, how do these people develop it?

You can read, or semi-read, people based on a collection of variables;
Their poise, grace, speech, attention to detail in hygiene, clothing, etc etc.

I like to think I can read people well. I always kind of just analyze the person in front of me in line...their family history, educational level, health history, political values, likes/dislikes, pets, etc etc

 

[sle]

You can read, or semi-read, people based on a collection of variables;

So as the stock analysts say, it's a "mosaic approach", there is no real tell-tell sign?

I always kind of just analyze the person in front of me in line...their family history, educational level, health history, political values, likes/dislikes, pets, etc etc

Interesting. How reliable is that? Some stuff is random. Some is an obvious giveaway but takes a bit of analysis. Some has to be very hard to know.