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Martin CS
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This BOTHERS me STILL

Martin CS
  • Investor
  • Allentown, PA
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I know in this business you are supposed to be thick skinned but you are also human sometimes. I have been in this business for about 3 years so maybe I should be over it but sometimes I still get the feeling like I am something "dirty" Or "illegal".

Someone who wholesales like me can't help to feel that way sometimes. You have realtors who feel like you are doing their job and they want you to do this while having a license. Then you have attorneys who are supposed to know their stuff still tell you that you are almost "brokering w/o license". And this is supposed to be someone who works for me. He was only one of these pre paid legal services guys so I am canceling that.

Then you have certain people out there who look at you like you are a predator or vulture because you are taking advantage of people and "stealing" their houses. I never force anyone to sign anything they don't want to sign. I know the investor way of looking at this is "helping" desperate sellers but that's not the way other people see it.

You also got other investors jealous and I just saw a guy this morning take down a few of my signs and put his on the same spot. What a punk! I never do that to other guys. We can all eat from this without cutting each other's throats.

Just this morning I get the town pissed off about my signs and leaving a nasty message like I am some type of hardnosed criminal. I probably have no more than 5 signs in this town and this is a major concern to them? The politicians can have their hundreds of signs out for months and that's ok. Isn't it stated in our constitution that NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!

Look I know this is all the nature of this business but sometimes I just wonder if there's a better way of making a descent living. It bothers me thinking this way because I am one of the lucky few that through hard work, has made profits in this cut-throat business. I come from nothing and everything I got in life I had to earn it.

Sorry to sound like a whiner but things haven’t gone too good lately and this morning was the icing. I don't want to feel this way about my business and company because I want to expand and really brand my company. But this type of stuff plays with your head and sometimes you rather be more in the shadows I guess.

Anyways I am just venting and thanks to all for listing (or reading)...

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Don Konipol
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Don Konipol
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We live in times when the profit motive and the free market is being questioned. We had times like this before - specifically 1932 - 1980. With the Reagan/Thatcher years perceptions changed and profit was no longer a dirty word. Unfortunately, the public opinion has shifted again back to an anti free market bias.

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