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@NorthstarCharts @DuxVul So he lays out several reasonable question marks about the Heathrow reading, and you automatically assume his views on the Arctic in Antarctica? Doesn’t seem fair or logical.

@DuxVul You seem to be ignoring the fact that the fastest warming parts of our planet are the Arctic and Antarctic...no heat island, concrete or jet engines to blame there!

You should always ignore the Heathrow temperature The thermometer sits on top of 3000 acres of concrete and is passed by jet engine exhaust fumes that are 700 degrees Celsius

Definitely a problem in real estate. Do you want me to list all the other ways people can be dishonest in this field? Just have a hard time seeing how agent A being dishonest makes Agent B’s dishonesty Ok. This whole thread is about one conversation and you think thread jacking to talk about another problem somehow mitigates this one. It doesn’t - no matter how many times you try to misdirect.

@rpopp23 @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux I notice you completely IGNORED the counter argument about getting a listing by telling a client their home is worth $60k more than it is. Because that destroys your argument entirely. Good luck proving either one is being dishonest.

Fixer upper gets listed for $250k. I offer $180k with 3% commission — I’m a licensed agent and my company is the buyer. Plan is to wholesale it for $190k. Needs $75k in work and will be worth $320k after repairs. Listing agent says too low. 4 weeks later our CRM notifies me the list price dropped to $225k. I follow up. Agent still says $180k is too low. Another month goes by. CRM notifies me again — price drops to $210k. I follow up. Agent says they think it’ll work. I draft the offer, send it over, and it gets accepted. We price the deal at $190k and sell it — signed contract and EMD in hand. While we’re still in DD, I tell the agent my buyer needs a $20k price reduction to move forward, but they’re ready to wire EM and waive the rest of DD. Seller meets us halfway. Price drops to $170k. We make $25k. That’s the exact play we run wholesaling MLS properties.

@PatrickMoranTB The thing is, there are lots of Sabres fans who would say "do it, we need to trade for a top guy to be elite" and they as soon as it was done would say we overpaid.

Outta curiosity, Sabres fans---- If the price for Robert Thomas truly was Helenius, Mrtka, Quinn and a 2026 first (27th overall), would you pull that trigger if you're Jarmo?

You want to keep hedging with we could do that, or if the DD is only this long, blah, blah, blah. The point is, we are supposed to operate honestly, and he has very clearly and directly said he isn't. Not sure why that is so hard to grasp - the thousands of others who have commented generally seem to get it. You appear to be in the business, and you don't. And we wonder why there are class action lawsuits against realtors. The next time you take your ethics CE, ask the instructor if they think what he is saying meets the standard. Not your take on what he said and how it could possibly be twisted to really mean what you want it to - but what he actually said. There isn't a chance they say its ok.

@rpopp23 @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux Brother…diligence is 10 days if you have an agent worth a shit. And they’ve been working on market for 60+ before accepting his offer. Is the broker being “dishonest” when they tell their client to list for $250,000? I could argue that just as hard, if not harder.

Yes, fully walk away from a buyer who was dishonest and wasted 30? 45? days of their time because of his dishonesty. May have caused them to miss another offer. All good in your eyes because its just business, even though every real estate agent/broker agrees not to do this as a part of their licensing.

@rpopp23 @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux Doesn’t bother me a bit, because the seller is fully able to walk away if they don’t like it. Lots of tears in your end over that fact

@NotTheJoeMarino Or maybe, we think the current skills shown with even greater long term potential and low cost salary years are more valuable to the team.

This is a lot but I think we pick one “untouchable” out of the prospects/young players. It’s Helenius for me. The rest can go. If you’re too skidish to part with any of the other ones for elite talent, then you don’t actually want elite talent Sorry

@realdonkeyz @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux Honestly, he says what his practice is every time. Sorry if honesty bothers you.

@rpopp23 @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux Honestly…he didn’t know what he could resell it for before he wrote the initial contract. Honestly, when he finds that out he reduces his offer accordingly. That’s called diligence. Honestly.

Last night, I made a simple request on X. I asked if anybody visiting Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day would stop by Alan’s grave and leave a photo for our family. What happened next honestly caught me off guard. By this afternoon, dozens of Americans from all walks of life had made the walk to Section 60 to visit SSG Alan W. Shaw. Veterans. Families. Complete strangers. People who had never met Alan, but chose to honor him anyway. For one day on social media, people put aside the constant noise and negativity and came together for something bigger than themselves. My notifications filled with photos, kind messages, prayers, and stories from people honoring not just Alan, but so many of our fallen heroes. I don’t think people fully understand what moments like this mean to Gold Star families. The fear is never just losing them. It’s losing them slowly over time as the world moves on and fewer people remember their name. But today showed me that Alan will never be forgotten. After years of watching social media reward some of the worst parts of humanity, today gave me a reminder that the good is still out there too. Thank you to every single person who stopped by to visit Alan today, said his name, shared his story, or took a moment to honor the fallen. This right here is the America Alan knew and loved enough to fight and die for. And today, y’all showed us all that it’s still here and it’s still worth fighting for. 🇺🇸

@hockeyscoops77 @TSR_Jonah Yes, but we played him big bucks to play well and he sucked. Players got way too much of a pass from fans the. - blaming all the failures on the front office when the players just played like crap

@rpopp23 @TSR_Jonah him and jack are both possession players and we had not true 2c we were so far away when we signed him

@hockeyscoops77 @TSR_Jonah Taylor Hall just played like crap here. Hard to blame anyone but him for just how bad he was

@realdonkeyz @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux Article 1 - second sentence- it is the responsibility of realtors to treat all parties honestly. If you can’t see that he isn’t being honest when he knows going in he is going to retrade for no reason then I am not sure how to make you understand.

@rpopp23 @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux Show me the NAR regulation that says you need to pay the price you’ve offered before you’ve even begun diligence 🙄

@realdonkeyz @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux Well, you see, people can handle the swings when the other side plays by the rules. The NAR hammers home the whole idea of ethics, so maybe follow them. Offering a price you have no intention of honoring is not ethical.

@rpopp23 @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux Simple solution…don’t allow a diligence period if you can’t handle the swings.

@rzaraz @PatrickMoranTB Not even close

@PatrickMoranTB Had you asked the question before playoffs, without a doubt. Quinn proved himself more valuable to this team going forward than Tuch is

@realdonkeyz @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux Initially, yes. But they may have been higher than the retrade price. Which is part of why it is unethical to say you will pay more than you will.

@rpopp23 @LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux The seller is already at 60+ days before his diligence period even begins. They are accepting his offer BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE A BETTER ONE. Period.

@TSR_Jonah robinson jost and jankowski all were “free” why they work in carolina and not here is insane- also have to mention will carrier and taylor hall - sabres alum runs deep still in the playoffs

Kevyn Adams essentially getting Eric Robinson for free, letting him walk, and then trading a 2nd round pick for Beck Malenstyn has got to be one of his more under-the-radar bad decisions

@Lex_Jurgen @nypost That's why I am afraid to lose weight!

@nypost Theory: funny fat people lose all the funny when they lose all the weight. It was all stored in their fat. Basic science.

Drew Carey goes on foul-mouthed rant about Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral run: ‘F–k this guy’ trib.al/m8OLAXZ

@SuperNerdMike @drsuffy Stats & math are wrong. McD's didn't sell their 15 billionth until 1974 & sold their billionth in 1963. So only 14b, and in 1967 they were intl. But say all 14 billion were in the US from 1963-1974. That's less than 6.5/yr. So 1 every other month.

@drsuffy 1963-1973 saw 18 billion burgers being consumed by less than 220m Americans That's 90 a year on average, but Pareto means that 20% of the burger eating pop ate over 80% of the burgers, which is backed by McDonald's internal That comes to 300-400 a year for the heaviest eaters

Again, boomers can't math. Anyways, per McDonald's information, in the beginning of 1980, a new location would do $1 million in sales in a year, that would double by 1989 They would sell 2000 meals a day minimum averaged out in the US. During that time they made a new McDonald's every 16 hours, tripling in total sales by boomers. In fact it was so incredible, it's called the Golden Age (pun intended off the golden arch) In fact, per a survey done in 1984, 20% of Americans in this time ate specifically McDonald's at least once a week, with a 13% of them every day. These numbers kept growing EXPONENTIALLY to the point that the SuperSize program begun, to help fuel the boomers. So no, it was 3 burgers per year. It was 3 McDonald's burgers specifically at least once a week.

@Leegrasemann No chance. I'd do Greenway for a 2nd, but not Kesselring.

Buffalo Cap strapped needing to sign Tuch, Benson, and Krebs? CHI acquires: Jordan Greenway 1 year $4 million Rights to Michael Kesselring BUF acquires: TOR 2026 2nd round pick

@SinaiLawFirm @thmoneycircle Negotiate the offer. Get what you can get. Once you enter DD - if something comes up, negotiate that. But going in saying you are going to play games and renegotiate every time isn’t ethical.

@thmoneycircle At the end of the day if I’m representing someone that’s what I’m concerned about. If it’s the seller I would not put them in the position of being squeezed like that. If it’s the buyer and I can get them a 5-15% discount and I don’t take advantage - is that ethical to my client?

The responses to this, my god Where is the client advocacy? You have leverage and not using it? Why are brokers more concerned over their reputation (LOL) than getting their client a discount? A lot of fat cats out there we need a correction

@g_leichtfuss @willnyguifarro1 A re-trade is any change in the originally agreed upon price. It happens all the time when people find issues. Nothing wrong with that. The problem with the guy in question is he goes in knowing he isn't going to pay the price he says.

@willnyguifarro1 Is it even a retrade if it’s legit issue like less sqft than advertised?

I’d be liar if I said I’ve never retraded on a deal The difference with us is that it’s not part of our strategy. We don’t go into deals expecting a price drop but if I’m within my option period & I find something I don’t like such as a massive pipeline easement found on survey or the piece of land has less square footage than what the county states. Of course ima go back for a price drop. You’d be an idiot if you don’t. I only think it’s just if there’s an actual reason for the price drop. You can’t just price drop people for no reason & not become a complete asshole Just my 2 cents on that

@LivingInNorthGa @Jacob_Naviaux Pretty universally true. And yes the seller can walk. But we all know the seller is much more susceptible to this deep in DD because they don’t want to restart the clock. And other offers may have moved on. It is legal and happens, but it isn’t ethical.

There seems to be a significant amount of misunderstanding about this situation. For residential deals on the MLS in Georgia, the typical sequence of events in the early stages of a transaction are: 1. Offer (and counteroffer/s, etc.) 2. Acceptance 3. Due Diligence period begins with buyer free to terminate for any reason during DD. Earnest money typically fully refundable if buyer terminates during DD. 4. Prior to end of DD, another round of negotiations, typically involving requests for repairs or price reduction. Both sides fully expect this round to take place when signing the initial purchase agreement, unless the purchase agreement is specifically structured to preclude it. Deal can (and often does) terminate if both sides don't agree to a revised price and terms here. What Jacob describes is: 1. An offer 2. Acceptance 3. DD begins 4. Another round of negotiations involving a request for price reduction prior to DD's end. In other words, he's describing a completely standard, normal, not remotely unexpected sequence of events for this type of transaction. He's not price dropping a 90 year old widow two days before closing. He's not price dropping another investor after agreeing to what were understood as final terms. He's just going through the normal process for an MLS resi transaction in our state, with a seller who has retained professional representation that should have prepared the seller for this sequence to unfold. It would be surprising if there WASN'T a second round of negotiations during DD, particularly for a fixer upper where it would be normal to find stuff in DD that would justify a price reduction. Now, things one could quibble about: 1. Did his client "need" the price reduction in DD to move forward? If they locked the deal up at $190k and were only able to assign it for $190k, then it seems reasonable to say that the client, a business entity pursuing its business interests, requires a price reduction to move forward. One could quibble with the wording, but it seems like a pretty straightforward way to phrase it. 2. But isn't Jacob the client? No. The client is a business entity. Jacob is not a business entity. He is a person. In Georgia, entities can own property but they cannot be licensed as real estate agents, only people can be. Jacob is an agent. However, he is a principal of the business entity, and if he's required to disclose that then he should. 3. Is it unethical to make an offer with the intent to renegotiate during DD? If it is, then I'd guess something like 95%+ of MLS-listed home transactions in Georgia are unethical. 4. Yeah but there's a difference in renegotiating after discovering something in DD vs making an offer knowing full well that you're going to renegotiate regardless of what you find in DD, isn't there? Sure. And if a seller wants to preclude this possibility, there are ways to do so when structuring the initial purchase agreement & if that didn't happen then there are ways for a seller to guard against it in the DD round of negotiation itself.