BP post got me fired!

[Todd Powell]

5 months ago I posted about creating $7000 of additional cash flow in a 4 year period and I also mentioned wanting to hang up my high paying W2 job. Further, a month later I posted about Oregon rental laws in March due to COVID and our Governor announcing an eviction freeze and someone literally stalked me from the east coast and emailed me, sent me a facebook message and threatened me and contacted my employer. For real!! My employer never liked me doing RE deals as it was. Whether a tenant would drop by their rent check or he knew I was flipping a house, he wanted me to be 100% owned by him. This crazy woman did in fact get ahold of him and sent my BP post and she emailed me stating she hated landlords, and she even had a FB page against “Evil landlords during Corona” or something to that nature. In the end, the last 4 months have been strange as I cannot tell you the day it is, but I have kept busy with two house flips, and looking at buying a 3rd. These are strange times, but always remember that what you write remains public and there is no deleting BP posts. In my case, although painful the first week, it ended well for me and I was prepared. The tough part is I never saw a pandemic where government would shut down businesses and colleges, etc and let tenants live rent free. So, I am taking a wonderful new W2 beginning Aug 5th. I hope we all get through this but wanted to share my journey.

[Dennis Cosgrave]

We live in sad times. People are becoming more afraid to express their true opinions. Say the wrong thing and the Twitter mob will attack you and try to destroy your life. I am hoping we have enough posters on here that are immune to the attacks of these extremists and are willing to stand up to them. If not, it will only get worse. It just amazes me that employers can fire workers just for what they may have posted on the internet. I wonder if there are grounds for a wrongful dismissal suit. We need a few high profile suits that might make employers think twice before going down that road.