Archive for March, 2006

Real Estate Agent or Hassle Hunter?

From what I could gather during my short career, a real estate agents job is all about dealing with hassles. That, of course, may depend on what your definition of hassle is, and I am sure there are some real estate agents who would disagree with my statement.
Here’s what I am trying to say: The [...]

More GAPJ Spam - A Sign of A Desperate Pump-And-Dumper?

I received yet another e-mail message pumping the GAPJ stock today. That is about the fourth message I have received for this stock in just the last few days. I am wondering if this is a sign of a pump-and-dump scammer that has become desperate to move this stock up so that they or the [...]

Latest PayPal E-Mail Scams

Although they seemed to all but disappear from my e-mail for a while, I am starting to see some new PayPal scams showing up in my e-mail lately.
These low-life crooks are always thinking of new twists to use in their scams to make them appear more realistic. They are still using their old familiar tricks [...]

Up Time – It Always Got Me Down

One of the duties of real estate agents in our office that I most dreaded was “Up Time,” also known as “Floor Time.” The enthusiastic instructor in my company-provided training even referred to it once as “Opportunity Time,” and that can actually be true if the timing is right.
Up Time, to sum it up briefly, [...]

Pearls of Wisdom From A “Senior Investment Advisor”

Imagine my amazement to discover that I had been fortunate enough to receive another fabulous stock tip from esteemed Senior Investment Advisor Estelle Jackson. Can there be any doubt that her word is as good as money in the bank?
But wait! Something here just does not seem quite right. Here is her latest stock pick [...]

What Exactly, I Disliked About The Job (Or “Build It And They Will Come…” Maybe)

In general, the fact that I am not much of a “people person” was a major contributor to my decision to give up on real estate as a career choice. I was foolish to think I could transform myself into someone who would be happy out working with all types of people, buying and selling [...]

Why A Career In Real Estate Was Not For Me

The reason I decided to end my real estate career was because it turned out to be a job that I hated. There were many things I hated about it once I got a good feel for what the job was really all about, and having come out of 20+ years of another job I [...]

Real Estate: A Pay-As-You-Go Career Choice

One of the things that most surprised me about my new career was how much money I was expected to shell out just to stay in the business. It’s wasn’t a situation where I was kept in the dark and then ambushed with demands for money. I was well informed about the various expenses involved, [...]

Back To School Again

Before performing any actual real estate duties, new agents with the company were required to complete 4 weeks or so of training (I can’t recall the exact number of weeks, but 4 is close). This is actually a good thing since there is a lot to know about the job and as I mentioned previously, [...]

More Penny Stock Pump And Dump

The crap keeps coming in. Instead of posting the entire e-mail messages with all the associated nonsense paragraphs (to fool the spam filters) I am just posing the images that arrived as the real “meat” of these spam-scam penny stock messages.
This first one is a real winner. It is concerning a stock called CWTD (China [...]