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I very rarely read the comments section of Brownstoner because it is so tragically obvious that the White Stoners who post here do so from the desks at their dreadful temp jobs while they wait for that big break when that degree from Pratt will get them a real job as a "graphic artist" in some windowless dungeon long enough to save for a down payment on a studio in the bowels of Brooklyn somewhere so that they can actually OWN something besides 80's rock albums and lava lamps.

In the meantime, you sit on your lazy oh so hip skinny jeaned bratty asses dissing every property on the market you will never ever be able to afford. Oh, and brokers? They/we are loathsome to you. And why is that exactly? (AND YES I AM A BROKER) Why are we the dredges you see us as? Ever stop to think that we are trying to make a living and feed our kids just like anyone else with any ounce of responsibility? That we work our asses off trying to market properties which are not always all that pretty because it is our job to do so? That we have to practically strangle our sellers before they will lower the prices on their not so pretty homes to market levels so that we perform our job successfully and actually sell the property? That not all of us are oily sleazebags who would sell our own mothers for a sale, and toss the kids in the deal too if it's a nice townhouse listing? Most of us, especially at the bigger firms can boast advanced degrees and years of experience outside the field of real estate. In between filing papers for the associates at the law firms you temp at, take a look at some of our bios. Naw, too lazy for that, right? Might bust open your pre-conceived notions.

Kids, most of you don't have a clue what you are talking about when you rail with so much hate and thinly-vieled racism against what you perceive as overpriced listings in neighborhoods you will never afford to live in anyway. But carry on, little Oz'es. You can be whomever you want while you pound angstfully against your keyboards. Anonymously.

Posted by: sound11217 at April 4, 2009 8:11 PM

I apologize, etson. My "rant" was over the top, and wrongfully over-generalized (is that an adjective?)
those who post here. All of your opinions are valid even if I strongly disagree with them. I never post here and this one came after a long day. It is just that we brokers are working so friggin hard to make a buck -- LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE THESE DAYS -- and one of the broker dissed in this long string of comments SO doesn't deserve to be trashed the way he was. Even though we don't work in the same office, we have co-brokered a couple of properties together. This guy is among the nicest, most honest brokers I know. He has more integrity than the hundreds of people I know and have worked with in every capacity and in every profession. He just doesn't deserve it.

He doesn't regularly read Brownstoner and when I emailed him and then called him to bring his attention to how people were mocking him and his assertion that you could actually own this particular brownstone (121 Lefferts) and "live for free," he laughed, and wondered why people didn't just contact him directly for the calculations he had relied upon by a well-regarded mortgage broker. My assertion was, and is, that some of the people who post here would rather criticise than investigate. They are unable to buy, so they criticise everything and everyone - especially brokers.

So again, I should have waited, or at least gotten his permission to post before doing so, and I apologize to him for not doing so. But for the record, I feel strongly about what I posted -- not about all posters here by any means, but about way way too many. And who the f*ck is this What clown? Was he/she exposed under one of the rocks excavated at the Atlantic Yards project? Will he/she slither back now to its home now that the project thankfully appears to be doomed, at least in its present incarnation?

Posted by: sound11217 at April 5, 2009 11:29 PM

I apologize, etson. My "rant" was over the top, and wrongfully over-generalized (is that an adjective?)
those who post here. All of your opinions are valid even if I strongly disagree with them. I never post here and this one came after a long day. It is just that we brokers are working so friggin hard to make a buck -- LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE THESE DAYS -- and one of the broker dissed in this long string of comments SO doesn't deserve to be trashed the way he was. Even though we don't work in the same office, we have co-brokered a couple of properties together. This guy is among the nicest, most honest brokers I know. He has more integrity than the hundreds of people I know and have worked with in every capacity and in every profession. He just doesn't deserve it.

He doesn't regularly read Brownstoner and when I emailed him and then called him to bring his attention to how people were mocking him and his assertion that you could actually own this particular brownstone (121 Lefferts) and "live for free," he laughed, and wondered why people didn't just contact him directly for the calculations he had relied upon by a well-regarded mortgage broker. My assertion was, and is, that some of the people who post here would rather criticise than investigate. They are unable to buy, so they criticise everything and everyone - especially brokers.

So again, I should have waited, or at least gotten his permission to post before doing so, and I apologize to him for not doing so. But for the record, I feel strongly about what I posted -- not about all posters here by any means, but about way way too many. And who the f*ck is this What clown? Was he/she exposed under one of the rocks excavated at the Atlantic Yards project? Will he/she slither back now to its home now that the project thankfully appears to be doomed, at least in its present incarnation?

Posted by: sound11217 at April 5, 2009 11:29 PM

*****Waring****** *****Waring****** *****Waring****** *****Waring******
"And who the f*ck is this What clown? Was he/she exposed under one of the rocks excavated at the Atlantic Yards project? Will he/she slither back now to its home now that the project thankfully appears to be doomed, at least in its present incarnation?"

"Waring?" What are you -- a blender?

I'm real sure about what ROFLMAO or whatever is supposed to mean, but it sure reeks of someone who gets precious little attention in your life that you Oz it up by being someone else. Am I supposed to be insulted because I don't know or give a f*ck who you are/ pretend to be/ want to be -- and tragically will never be?

"When was the last time you was at a closing??? Feb 2008???"

No, actually I was at a closing on Friday. Precious vocabulary, by the way.

"Look repeat these words "Regular of Decaf?"... ROTFLASMMFAO!!!!!!!!"

Huh? What does this mean? Never mind. I truly could not care less, you freakin nut case. I am going to bed (because I have a life). Think of something clever when you sober up. Stay up all night if you need to. Take your time. I will ignore you anyway. If it gets really bad, call the Suicide Line. Perhaps they can advise as to whether the blue or the red pill is better this evening. Good night.

Posted by: sound11217 at April 6, 2009 12:49 AM