Make it a habit to brush yourself off before coming inside.

Yes, I'm retired, I believe that is mentioned in my profile, you probably overlooked that, retired doesn't mean inactive in RE, it means I don't have to work, that I don't do a 9 to 5, that I don't have to do much as others do things for me, it also means I don't need to do business with anyone I don't want and along with that, it means if someone sends me a snide PM, I can brush them off!

I don't know if you will need an E&S policy, but if you have risks that the standard carriers just don't either a. want to touch, or b. understand, then you may continue to get the proverbial brush off.

Get him a paint brush, a roller and a plunger and put him to work. 

If it does not work find out why, brush it off, and move on to the next one.

I watched them brush him off, refusing to allow him to schedule a meeting with the head of the construction office.

This would in turn allow the value of the property to be calculated against it's income rather than just residential comps in the area which are proving hard to find.Guess I better brush up on the math while I'm here!

Brush my chompers.3.

When someone speaks ill of rental property investors, which happens from time to time, I bear in mind that the rental space is filled with nuance and realize that all broad brush comments can apply to some aspects of the space and not others at the same time.

Posting random "stats" seems a little bit of a wide brush.