tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post6285338250478245185..comments2023-12-30T10:06:37.450+00:00Comments on HousingPANIC - The Housing Bubble Blog with an Attitude Problem, 2005 - 2008: HousingPANIC Quote of the Daybloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-72360309836477721122008-08-06T04:53:00.000+01:002008-08-06T04:53:00.000+01:00If you want to see how "bloggers" who really are i...If you want to see how "bloggers" who really are in the business, do it, check out Active Rain. Content for points is a great motivator for realtors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-44559105183397982982008-08-06T00:39:00.000+01:002008-08-06T00:39:00.000+01:00fu u bloodsucking leech.fu u bloodsucking leech.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-65762820124937367772008-08-05T17:24:00.000+01:002008-08-05T17:24:00.000+01:00"I don't know what makes someone write about real ..."I don't know what makes someone write about real estate when they're not getting paid for it," McCoy said.<BR/><BR/>Do you think he thinks the same thing about sex?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-19249514393745323702008-08-05T17:23:00.000+01:002008-08-05T17:23:00.000+01:00The blog in question:http://blog.seattlepi.nwsourc...The blog in question:<BR/><BR/>http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/realestate/<BR/><BR/>... doesn't seem to contain the statement in question. Keith? A little help here, please.Peahippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01249343346796502619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-75828014409079138762008-08-05T14:22:00.000+01:002008-08-05T14:22:00.000+01:00I'd lose that gut Kendra.I'd lose that gut Kendra.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-87674217674824340032008-08-04T23:25:00.000+01:002008-08-04T23:25:00.000+01:00It's troubling to think that so many think no one ...It's troubling to think that so many think no one has a heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-86350993509936495392008-08-04T22:06:00.000+01:002008-08-04T22:06:00.000+01:00I SO LOOK FORWARD TO LIFE IN ANOTHER 10 YEARS OR S...I SO LOOK FORWARD TO LIFE IN ANOTHER 10 YEARS OR SO...<BR/><BR/>I'M BETTING ONE MORNING I OPEN MY WEB BROWSER AND SEE A NEWS STORY ABOUT AN OLD AND DUMPY KENDRA TODD LIVING IN FLORIDA IN A OVERPRICED P.O.S. SHE'LL HAVE THREE KIDS, A HUSBAND THAT DUMPED HER MONTHS AGO, SHE'LL BE A FAILED REAL ESTATE AGENT, AND SHE'LL BE OFFERING HERSELF, HER KIDS, AND HER MORTGAGED TO THE HILT CRAP BOX HOUSE UP FOR SALE TO ANYONE THAT WILL BUY THEM ALL - JUST LIKE THAT OTHER DISGUSTING HO DID DOWN THERE RECENTLY...<BR/><BR/>IT HATH BEEN FORETOLD...<BR/><BR/>DOPES!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-50486643730641819092008-08-04T21:27:00.000+01:002008-08-04T21:27:00.000+01:00Marlow,if the world had listened to folks like Kei...Marlow,<BR/><BR/>if the world had listened to folks like Keith and other posters on HP back in 2005 and 2006, we wouldn't be in this catastrophic mess.<BR/><BR/>The entire bubble was built on cheap money (that wouldn't last) and fraud...fraud at all levels starting with real estate agents. It encompassed borrowers, lenders, banks, ratings agencies, investment banks, etc. It was a bubble built on fraud and interest rates set by an artificial mechanism: the FED...not the market, like they should be.<BR/><BR/>Government regulation in the form of an artificially low interest rate and rampant fraud throughout the entire mortgage financial chain is what the bloggers were blogging about. They knew what the truth was (and still is). You are the liar and the idiot..and a fraudster.<BR/><BR/>That you can even come up with a comment like you did just speaks volume to the evil nature of you and your profession.<BR/><BR/>You don't deserve 6% of diddly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-32896379223654576382008-08-04T21:09:00.000+01:002008-08-04T21:09:00.000+01:00Watching the Realtors squeal about us in helpless ...Watching the Realtors squeal about us in helpless fury gives me a warm feeling inside....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-18976787885733133292008-08-04T20:55:00.000+01:002008-08-04T20:55:00.000+01:00In New York you become a real estate salesperson b...In New York you become a real estate salesperson by going to a class for one week and passing an easy test. To become a Realtor all you have to do is send a check to the NAR. Most realtors I know don't even want to join the NAR but they are forced to because the office they work for requires it. Why does the general public let them get away with calling themselvs "professionals"?brokersleaveyoubrokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872742292613334422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-39682072361196220202008-08-04T20:33:00.000+01:002008-08-04T20:33:00.000+01:00RIGHT ON!!!!Look at all the leadership expierence ...RIGHT ON!!!!<BR/><BR/>Look at all the leadership expierence Bush has!<BR/><BR/>... never mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-12702309570090487402008-08-04T19:39:00.000+01:002008-08-04T19:39:00.000+01:00Bubbles ar for bathtubs morons.You folks had bette...Bubbles ar for bathtubs morons.You folks had better go back to high school and get a ged.What we have right now is a retacement.Smart money is buying real estate as you morons still live in the basement with your blow up doll.Get a life and save your folks some money.<BR/><BR/>By the way I do have a man in my life for all you losers still wanking yourselfs to my pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-73595636244767347912008-08-04T19:21:00.000+01:002008-08-04T19:21:00.000+01:00And I would have gotten away with it too, if it we...And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddling bloggers!Refuse to buy overpricedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04529128673944692315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-73796954565378111672008-08-04T18:58:00.000+01:002008-08-04T18:58:00.000+01:00"converted condos are junk, they are just cheap ap..."converted condos are junk, they are just cheap apartments pretending to be something they are not. When they go unsold it is a win for humanity"<BR/><BR/>A simple, true idea elegantly expressed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-73107765934031837512008-08-04T18:34:00.000+01:002008-08-04T18:34:00.000+01:00These people should be paid in Ramen. Is there a m...These people should be paid in Ramen. <BR/><BR/>Is there a more discredited "profession" out there?<BR/><BR/>Morons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-57487738555712069912008-08-04T18:02:00.000+01:002008-08-04T18:02:00.000+01:00Blast from the (recent)Past!http://tinyurl.com/6ow...Blast from the (recent)Past!<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/6ow5ovAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-25952907435597485922008-08-04T17:58:00.000+01:002008-08-04T17:58:00.000+01:00"I don't know what makes someone write about real ...<B>"I don't know what makes someone write about real estate when they're not getting paid for it," McCoy said.</B><BR/><BR/>REIC people can't understand why anyone would do anything when there isn't a quick buck in it for them.<BR/><BR/>No surprise there.Frank Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625929422222490759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-48034564914768740282008-08-04T17:56:00.000+01:002008-08-04T17:56:00.000+01:00those employed in the business were too busy dopin...<B>those employed in the business were too busy doping suckers into toxic loans to worry about blogging. blogging by those in real estate didn't begin until business slowed considerably. blogging then became a way to seemingly attract more business or differentiate oneself from the others as business dried up.</B><BR/><BR/>What I find amusing is no realtor ever did any learning or educating, but now all of a sudden I go to an open house and the realtor has my books or even recognizes me. Which means they made no effort to learn how to sell until now, when it's too late and nobody is going to buy anything.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like the same is true with blogging - they'll now all suddenly jump online as if it will help them at all.Frank Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625929422222490759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-2159460270053772732008-08-04T17:54:00.000+01:002008-08-04T17:54:00.000+01:00You GOTTA see a picture of that "Mack" McCoy guy!h...You GOTTA see a picture of that "Mack" McCoy guy!<BR/><BR/>http://www.niceseattlehomes.com/<BR/><BR/>LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-24464308990634706292008-08-04T17:53:00.000+01:002008-08-04T17:53:00.000+01:00"...Some of them didn't even own any real estate.....<I>"...Some of them didn't even own any real estate..."</I><BR/><BR/>They probably held one of those sleazy "no-doc leases" that Schiff mentioned.<BR/><BR/>{/snark}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-37391752349600935532008-08-04T17:45:00.000+01:002008-08-04T17:45:00.000+01:00"I never thought that anyone would waste a second ...<I>"I never thought that anyone would waste a second of their day to champion falling house values, and celebrate when new and converted condos go unsold."</I><BR/><BR/>Words spoken by a man that probably owns an overpriced Seattle condo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-21382168493200785642008-08-04T17:19:00.000+01:002008-08-04T17:19:00.000+01:00hey you moron realtor.Not owning RE now does not m...hey you moron realtor.<BR/>Not owning RE now does not mean we will never own it, and in a sense we are cheerleading the market heading our way, where we can buy it without paying you 6% and buy it for pennies on the $ that you conned your latest "customer" into doing. We are neutral bystanders, you are the shills that stand to gain from what you're writing about.<BR/>Cool.<BR/>Cow_tipping.Cow_tippinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00096024651157768242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-62412352744202538982008-08-04T17:01:00.000+01:002008-08-04T17:01:00.000+01:00Wouldn't 95% of realtors be surprised to find out ...Wouldn't 95% of realtors be surprised to find out that HP'ers know more than they do about the real estate market, and economics in general?<BR/><BR/>We're the experts. They're ignorant commission whores.<BR/><BR/>Oh, was that too harsh?<BR/><BR/>Whoopsie.bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-10672918217242169972008-08-04T16:38:00.000+01:002008-08-04T16:38:00.000+01:00>> As blogs became more popular, it was trou...>> As blogs became more popular, it was troubling that many of the major real estate writers and bloggers weren't actively employed in the business.<BR/><BR/>The only thing troubling is that there's so many of you Realtor cockroaches, and not ENOUGH light to shine on you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-22486013563682333422008-08-04T16:36:00.000+01:002008-08-04T16:36:00.000+01:00yeah no conflict of interest.Also we like having m...yeah no conflict of interest.<BR/><BR/>Also we like having money in our pockets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com