April 16th, 2007 5:21 pm
Foreclosure Help and Hater Comments
Here is an email I got today:
Subject: Listen, you gotta start deleting those hate comments
Those haters are ruining your blog. It is because of their rubbish, that your intended audience (people who are genuinely interested in what you’re doing) are slowly slipping away from your blog. That’s why you’re getting less and less positive responses - the haters scared most of the nice guys away!
Remember, it is your blog. It is not your job to give every cuckoo a place to post his garbage. On the contrary: Your job is make sure that your blog is enjoyable useful and clean.
Yours Truly,
One of your regular readers
This person has a point. I’ve been told this many times before…
My intended audience are two groups: 1) people who just want to see what happens to me and 2) people facing foreclosure who need help.
If I’m going to turn this into a foreclosure help site and create a safe environment for people in foreclosure to share their troubles and receive help from the community I will need to address the negative comments. The negativity here is driving good people away!
Look in the comments on the last post and see how Phillip got personally attacked for giving me some constructive feedback (though I removed the really bad ones). Look what has been happening with Nigel for trying to bring a neutral light on my situation. Then there was Duane, Amy and other people that suffered harm. This tends to happen every time somebody leaves a positive comment or something helpful. That’s not good!
I asked my short sale realtor in Modesto to see if he wants to come on the blog and write some stuff about the foreclosure process. He refused to do that because he has been on this blog a couple of times and became repulsed by the hatred and negativity here. He said he would be willing to contribute his short sale tips only after I make this into a positive and supportive environment. I’m sure this will be the reaction I will get if I try to bring on any other foreclosure expert to do some guest-blogging here.
How am I going to turn this into a positive foreclosure help site with this amount of hate? As much as I love freedom of speech and keeping things “organic” around here I will need to address this soon. I’ve threatened to get more strict on moderation but I didn’t really do too much about it. I still approve about 95% of the comments.
Part of me enjoys some of the hater humor and jokes, even if it’s at my own expense. I don’t get affected by it. In fact, this is part of life. Every entrepreneur faces negativity on their way to success. Other people tell me they come here for the comments too.
However, when the negativity start affecting well-meaning people and the future goals of this blog, then it starts crossing the line. I’m not here to be the class clown as my primary goal. I actually want to make a positive difference and help people in foreclosure by sharing my story.
Any ideas?
…
By the way, I have some bad news on the CashCall situation… will update on that and other loose ends tomorrow.
235 Comments
April 16th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
So once again you whine about the hating but do nothing to address the source of the hatred.
There are tons of “getting out of debt” blogs out there on the blogosphere. With the singular exception of this one, the comments are overwhelmingly supportive. Why do you think that is?
Keep blaming everyone but yourself, though. It’s more fun for us, and after all, it’s the Casey Way™.
April 16th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
I have to agree with this post. I think people know this is mainly a hater site after reading through all the posts. You’re right, some of it is definitely funny and there is certainly an element of entertainment both on the blogging and comments side. That is part of the websites attractiveness.
But there is a serious side to the website too. Perhaps you could strike a happy medium in approving comments by not letting all the hater comments through. That would balance it out with the positive comments.
You know a “win-win” deal. haha
April 16th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Recruit volunteers–people you know well online and trust a little, obviously–to assist with the moderation duties. For best results, give ‘em a schedule. If you can get eight volunteers, they can each take a 3-hour block and you’ll have the whole day covered.
Drafting a comments policy, if you haven’t already, would also be a good idea. That way when someone complains about being modded out you can just say, “Here’s the policy, here’s the section(s) of it you violated, goodbye, thanks for visiting,” instead of having to engage the same dumb complaints over and over again.
The haters can start their own blogs if they’re that determined. Blogger’s free. You don’t need to host it here and they’ve had a free ride long enough.
April 16th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
What’s the bad news about the Cash Call situation? You mean that my $20 donation will not get me instant unmoderated comments for a month? I already know…
April 16th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
There is very little negativity here.
mostly just realism.
a person in your situation could use some.
if, on the other hand, you want to create a rosy atmosphere for MLM/get rich fast guys then by all means . . . ignore the truth and start quoting more of the RK rich dad poor dad BS.
the choice is yours.
Law 27
Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following
People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by offering them a cause, a new faith to follow. Keep your words vague but full of promise; emphasize enthusiasm over rationality and clear thinking. Give your new disciples rituals to perform, ask them to make sacrifices on your behalf. In the absence of organized religion and grand causes, your new belief system will bring you untold power.
April 16th, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Hey Casey
It really is very simple. Just delete any comment that is hateful in anyway. Nothing wrong with allowing freedom, but there is a point where to much is just to much.
April 16th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Casey,
Ban the hater’s now! Only let the positive comments through once the haters leave you will have a solid platform for helping people. You have the power to blow these comments out before they get posted make all posts you do not like Dead on Arrival (DOA). Someone tells you that you’re a screw up DOA, they tell you to file for bankruptcy DOA, they tell you to get a job DOA, they tell you you’re a criminal DOA, or they tell the feds are after you DOA. Don’t let them run this place you have the power to shut them out, go and shut them out immediately.
You’re so close to success with this site, book and Texas thing it’s scary. The long journey is almost over you just need to make a few more tweaks and your gold!
Keep living the dream
-Roger
April 16th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Part of me enjoys some of the hater humor … I don’t get affected by it. In fact, this is part of life. Every entrepreneur faces negativity on their way to success. Other people tell me they come here for the comments too.
Casey, Casey, Casey. No sane person “enjoys” crticism even well founded or well intentioned criticism. It is supposed to hurt. You have deeper issues to address. You are NOT an entrepeneur. Do you call people who jump out of airplanes skydivers? No, not unless they are prepared, equiped and successful. Were/are you prepared/equiped/successful?
There are three clicks here. Haterz™ who cannot turn away. Newbies who don’t know. Parasites who sense blood. There is a very small contigent of the curious who either jion the three or never return.
There are enough Haterz™ that you will never escape your past present or future. No threat or weird staling involved. You have solicited international attention. No Sacramento DA can ever run for reelection without expecting Serin questions. No FBI mortgage fraud announcement will ever avoid “4 Sate Casey?” comparisons. No Countrywide earnings report will go uncommented referencing “what about the $50k?”
Any ideas?
Yep. Lots of ideas. Wanna hold a vote?
#1. Turn yourself in.
#2. Stop digging.
#3. Focus.
Face it. You were lying. You won’t do any of these. Don’t tell us you’ve changed. You are still lying when you pretend to be interested in suggestions.
Now would also be a good time to explain Haterz™ to the newbies. They don’t hate you. They don’t even wish you harm. The very very worst of your Haterz™ want only that you face justice here on Earth. Is that hate?
April 16th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Hey Kid;
It’s April 17th tomorrow…no really!
D’you know what happens on April 17th this year?
All us working slobs, employees, employers, investors and kids with a paper route who made any money have to file our taxes.
How you doin’ on the IRS front, little hobbit?
I’m fairly happy…I’m due for some sweet cash-back from Sammy, but not too much, since I only like lending Sammy money under MY terms, (which come from the Treasury and are marked with an “EE”…can’t beat ‘em kiddo, No-none-ZERO risk to capital and it doubles in ten years…what else you gonna do with that pocket change?).
So…’fess up my favorite hobgoblin…how’s yer taxes lookin’?
ASW: signhere (just like at the bottom of your return)
April 16th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
I’m back, Casey. My IAFF boycott almost lasted a whole day. You’re not upset with me, are you? Good luck with sorting out the CashCall situation and the Modesto short-sale. How’s that for positive?
ASW: credit
April 16th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Back in the day you had a conf call with a guy who went to prison for mortgage fraud. He was very intelligent and gave you good advice. Did you follow it? Did you drive down to local FBI office? Why not? Was he a “hater” too, in your opinion? Or just the guy who knew what he was talking about?
These are the kinds of questions you need to start asking yourself, instead of your favorite, “why am i not rich yet, i have a corporation already, what’s the problem?”.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
My intended audience are two groups: 1) people who just want to see what happens to me and 2) people facing foreclosure who need help.
What proportion of your audience falls into each of these 2 groups? And which are more likely to become repeat visitors? (If you’re serious about developing this site into a business, you should already know the answers.)
Sorry, Casey, but you’ve only yourself to blame for this blog becoming a watch-the-monkey-dance attraction. The CashCall teaser at the end of this post illustrates that only too well.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Yeah I have an idea.
“Then there was Duane, Amy and other people that suffered harm.”
In EVERY SINGLE case YOU were involved. You are the lying, stealing, theiving cheat that has constantly bragged about gaming the system.
As I recall Duane left because YOU didn’t hold up your end of the bargin.
As I recall Amy left because YOU called her some variation of a hottie and put her picture up on your front page.
As I recall Nigel left because YOU wouldn’t get a job.
Oh sure, you can blame it on the haterz™ but it just won’t stick.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Constructive criticism should be allowed.
Name-Calling or baiting should not. You yourself do bait sometimes. So its both ways.
Keep the funny guys. Timeline Guy is hilarious.
Add more moderators, give them rules, and get towards real-time
April 16th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
As usual, lad Casey, you have everything backwards.
None of the readers want this to be a foreclosure resource website. No one in their right mind would come HERE for ADVICE on dealing with foreclosure, or any advice on anything at all, for that matter..
99.99% of the readers come here for the entertainment value. The entertainment comes form YOU–your primary role , though unintentional–IS as the class clown–and from the hilarious comments posted by your readers.
Please note that most of these “haters” readlly don’t hate you. They RIDICULE you. They do so because you present a combination of naivete, arrogance, delusional thinking, and spectacular incompetence that is….well, it is irresistible, especially to readers just coming home after a long day of honest work.
If you elminate the critical posts, your blog would shrivel and ddry up overnight.
Having said all of that, here is one serious suggestion:
Charge 2 cents or 5 cents for access to the blog. I find this blog, on many days, more hilariously entertaining than my favrorite sitcoms. I believe many of us would gladly pay for our daily entertainment.
And you would now have funds for further misadventures–truly a WIN-WIN!!
April 16th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Oh, and the best way to make this positive as an site will be to get some jobs and do something other than GRQ
April 16th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
The “haters” are ruining your blog because they say the same things over and over and over…Do they think anyone has somehow missed their message? Honestly, I wonder if they are purposely trying to bore everyone cross-eyed into going elsewhere because it suits THEIR purpose. What they say about you, says so much more about themselves, but I suspect you get that.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
It’s your blog. Censor heavily if you wish. Nigel does so. You’ll both continue reading Exurban Nation for real commentary. Eventually any new blood interested by the Nightline piece will find that site as well. In business, we thrive on details. Quite often one party or another wants to omit sensitive facts. This doesn’t stop a determined observer from figuring things out. You think you have something valuable for people facing forclosure? I think otherwise. Anyway, it doesn’t matter whether you wish to approve my comments on your blog. I post my responses elsewhere now anyway. It will make this web site less fun, though. I enjoy the commenters who clearly critique your ongoing failures. I think that’s the part people enjoy most. I know I do. Best of luck.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Casey,
Dump the haters. I have been reading from you for about two weeks and would like to see you succeed even help you along. However all those negative comments make me feel stupid for looking up to you which is unfortunate. There are a lot of us out here but we don’t want to be heckled just for defending you. Clear out those vicious assaults and provide your supporters a forum to assist and cheer your success.
Your supporter,
-Joe
April 16th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Stop the attacks Casey!
Get rid of those vial comments, don’t let them post.
-Juan G.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
I agree with you Casey, start filtering this hate full crap out ASAP. I’m getting tired of reading this negative stuff all the time.
Hate the game don’t hate the player!
-Steven Yturralde
April 16th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
“Those haters are ruining your blog. It is because of their rubbish, that your intended audience (people who are genuinely interested in what you’re doing) are slowly slipping away from your blog. That’s why you’re getting less and less positive responses - the haters scared most of the nice guys away!”
This is 110% true. Can the haters.
-Phil Cortez
April 16th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
As soon as you start censoring comments more than you already do, I will stop visiting, and so will 95% of the ‘audience,’ and your traffic will plummet.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Negative people live negative lives, remove the negative people from your life Casey. Ban haters.
Doug M.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Either ban the haters or change the web site to www.iHateCasey.com because that is all this site has turned into.
-Jez P.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
How am I going to turn this into a positive foreclosure help site?
To be blunt: you can’t. You don’t have the credibility to serve as a positive role model. And don’t blame the haters for this: your actions, your responsibility.
(And speaking of responsibility for your actions: it’s interesting that your recent interviews have focused on the “no worse than speeding on the freeway” stated income and have brushed owner-occupancy and cashback-at-closing under the carpet. What was the “bogus company controlled by a third party” that Scotsman Guide reported in January?)
April 16th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
Color code the comments. Red for haters, green for fans, and yellow for clueless newbies who think you can actually help them.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
St0p the H8erz !!
H8erz G3t a L1f3.
-#1 F4n
April 16th, 2007 at 6:25 pm
1) If you start filtering out all the “haters”, you’ll soon find that you have about three newbie cheerleaders contributing to your blog.
2) If you start filtering out all the “haters”, your site will all of a sudden be completely devoid of useful information. I find that the most educational stuff comes from “haters” posts. Most of us come here for a bit of a chuckle at what people are saying to/about you anyway. Entertainment value would be zero, traffic would dive.
3) The reason all these people get dragged through the mud is because they made the mistake of having anything to do with you, Casey. You seem to be something of a bad luck charm. When people associate themselves with you, everyone assumes the worst of them because, really, who here, in their right mind, that has actually read this blog would ever deal with you?
Casey, when it comes to this blog, you’re in a tough spot. Have you noticed that no one seems to want to advertise here through AdBrite? And even if you filter out the “haters”, that won’t change because your traffic will drop, people will stop paying attention to you (save for the occasional peek at the never ending trainwreck-in-slo-mo) and your ad spots will be useless…
Prove me wrong. I dare you.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
process away the organic. enjoy.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
[i]”I actually want to make a positive difference and help people in foreclosure by sharing my story.”[/i]
No you don’t, and nobody is buying it, either. Your actions prove otherwise. If you have any doubt in what I am saying, just read the list of Recent Entries to understand what your real priorities are.
I’m out.
Thanks for letting me have a little insight as to how the mind of a low-level scam artist works.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Hey Casey, isn’t it the haters who bring in the traffic?
I’m sure that people who need foreclosure help gets all the help they need from the haters and not from you… and that’s why those people in need of help will keep coming.
The benefits of keeping the haters outweigh the benefits of throwing out the haters.
Isn’t it the haters who have told you gave you good advises?
Isn’t it the haters who bailed you out?
The ones who are truly concerned are the haters.
There are extreme haters who wants you in jail and such for the crimes you’ve done, but many haters are trying to help you to succeed.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Casey, Casey, Casey.
You’ve tried it before.
Way back at the beginning, negative comments were the reason you started moderating to start with. And those comments were *ugly* - the negative stuff you’re getting today is purely schoolyard taunting by comparison. You started moderating, and what happened? The harshest criticism moved to other blogs and your situation got worse.
Since then, you’ve been taking your sweet time moderating any comments at all, sometimes letting as long as two days go by before approving any. This completely kills the possibility of any sort of ongoing discussion or debate, which no doubt has been another “hater control” tactic.
And what happened? Critics decentralized. They began redundant-posting on blogs such as EN. They launched their own blogs to criticize you.
You seem to think that if you just sterilize the comments here, all the criticism will stop. But history has shown the opposite - the more you try to quash it, the better breeding ground you give it. You’ll just not have any more control over it, because it won’t be at IAFF.
Direct results:
1. The criticism will get a lot worse, and anyone dumb enough to publicly come to your aid will be vilified. They will all get the Nigel treatment, and thank you for it.
2. Comments here will dry up to a trickle, along with your traffic - because, like it or not, the vast majority of your hits are coming from people who can’t stand you. They’re coming back several times a day. That will all be gone.
3. The only ones posting will be the ones telling you what you want to hear. Now granted, that may be what you want - to have smoke blown up your r***** . But if you’re looking for anything like credible honesty, that will be gone.
Oh.. and don’t forget - just because you moderate out negative comments, doesn’t mean the critics will leave you alone. What happens if all your harshest haters decide to start leaving 20, 40, 100 junk comments a day? Think you’re having a moderation problem now? Are you really prepared for the job of moderation to consume three, four, five times the current time that it does?
Even better.. they could do so through web anonymization services, rendering any sort of traceback impossible - and you completely impotent to stop it.
Face it, Casey - you’re stuck. Right now you still have a bit of control and influence over the situation. The moment you shut the haters off, all hell breaks loose.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
You know you can’t meaningfully clean up this site. If you did almost everyone (including me) would leave and never come back.
Your set of fans and potential fans is much much smaller than your set of haters. Stick with us, kid; we’ll take you far.
Now please, talk about your corporation. What state? How many shareholders? Who’s on the board? Was the transaction moving $4500 from the corporation to you (and on to your lender) structured as a loan? If so, what are the terms of the loan.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Casey,
People make mistakes; it’s horrible that these jerks pick on you all day. I get tired of reading this crap that “you are going to get arrested”. It’s been months and you’re still free, it’s obvious that you are not going to jail and fact that these creeps keep bringing it up is annoying. Dump the haters and just post the positive stuff.
-Missy Imp
April 16th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Dumping the “Haterz” is only a small part of your problem.
The bigger issue is proving that you actually have anything to offer people in trouble other than referrals to your vague “network”. This is hardly the only site on the internet that exists to help people facing foreclosure, and most of those sites have much more content and credibility than yours. You need content and solid, useful information, not vague offers of “write to me and I will try to help you”.
I’ll repeat to make my point more clear: Doing more comment moderation is one step, but even more important is to have something on this site that’s of greater value to people than the other choices out there.
Can you do that?
Frankly, I doubt it. But go ahead, prove me wrong.
asw: craziness
April 16th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Go ahead, edit out the “hater” comments, and watch you numbers drop like a rock. I have no sympathy for stupid people who make stupid decisions. Enjoy your little stupid people’s club
April 16th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Casey,
All of your haters were, at one time, well-intentioned people. After seeing you repeatedly ignore good advice and follow courses of action that were shady, they grew to despise you.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Any ideas?
Yes - please start moderating with an iron fist. That means deleting 95% of our posts. I’m serious - I’m like a Casey addict and I need an intervention. Help me out by killing your blog. (I’m serious).
Thanks and good luck with your “positive” blog. It will succeed just like “N”’s blog is succeeding - which is good for me as I don’t feel the need to go there anymore.
If you do what I suggest, EN will also die and you’ll no longer be feeding it. Think about it.
Casey - I really am serious.
April 16th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
When you started this blog back in Sept ‘06, you didn’t have a predominately “hater” filled audience. You have successfully managed to turn people into “haters” by your actions (and inaction). In (7) months, this has been your ONLY success. Good going Casey!
Your blog will not be “useful” to anyone until you successfully manage to extricate yourself from the mess you created by your actions (and inaction). Unless you can turn your financial situation around rather quickly, you are NOT QUALIFIED give people advice of ANY kind. You aren’t trying any harder to fix your self created problem than you were (7) months ago (if you were, I promise that you wouldn’t have that pesky “hater” problem).
If your primary goal is not to be the “class clown” (or first class idiot), all you have to do is stop acting like one.
How do you stop foreclosure? Get a job and pay your mortage payment.
Oh - answer this
Why keep us in suspense another 24 hours + with your Cash Call situation? Especially since so many of your “haters” sent money to assist you with your Cash Call situation.
April 16th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
What’s the bad news with Cashcall?
- that you owe them more today than when you started? (we already know that)
- that the interest rate is now so high that your normal payment of $220 won’t even keep up with interest? (we already know that)
- that it’ll take a regular payment of $300 to $400 every month for the next 10 years to pay them back? (we already suspect that)
April 16th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
If you want people to respect you, then do the right thing and turn yourself in.
April 16th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Casey,
That’s quite a quandary you’re in. On the one hand, readers would be more receptive to this blog being a serious foreclosure tool if the haters were gone. On the other, you might not have many readers left if the entertainment was shown the door. I don’t know how you’ll resolve that.
In my day job as anesthesiologist, I too have patients who behave like haters. However, their hate usually turns to love after the surgery, when they get better. As for those who don’t get better… well, maybe they’re haters to the end - but that makes their pissy attitude temporary for me so I’m not going to worry about them! Optimism, Casey. You gotta have optimism!
BTW: Haters or lovers… it’s all the same in the end. Their money spends the same. Something for you to think about.
April 16th, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Let’s see the short sale go through first before Mr. Short Sale Realtor Man gets all uppity.
BTW: the Haters sent you about $220 the other night. If you had managed to answer the UTAH payment question it would have been $10 more.
ASW: sweet
April 16th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Casey;
If you really want to have an open, constructive, and effective conversation, you should look at comment moderation, something akin to sites like slashdot.org and digg.com.
In this way, the positive comments will shine, the negative comments won’t get noticed by the crowd, and your site will shine.
I’d offer to help, however, I’ve got way too much on my plate, but if you have specific questions, don’t be afraid to ask, and I can give you some pointers on how to implement this.
Ian
April 16th, 2007 at 7:32 pm
I agree with that email. I guess I fall into the first group, since I have never bought or owned any property, but intellectually, I’m fascinated by your story (I’m the author of several story collections, so I guess I like all kinds of stories). The “hater” comments — as opposed to genuinely thoughtful, even passionate critiques — are turnoffs. I think you can contribute to raising the level of discourse by deleting at least some, if not most, of the “hater” comments. Others facing foreclosure problems may be upset that they, too, could be targets of similar hatred. Good luck!
April 16th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Bad news? On this blog? NEVER!
April 16th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
I just came across the website about a week ago or so and found it somewhat morbidly fascinating. (Though, I ‘m afraid, the fascination is quickly wearing off.) The most entertaining part of the blog (to me, at least) is reading the comments of the posters (including the “haters”) and their ideas as to what you should do. I don’t think the haters really hate you; they mainly seem frustrated by your actions (and, in particular, your inactions).
For what it’s worth, I think the blog would be much more interesting if you allowed real time posting instead of the delayed posting you get by moderating the posts. The way you do it now, there is very limited interaction among the posters, some of whom have very good ideas. And, for some reason (maybe fatigue), you don’t seem to post replies to many of the posters who ask pertinent questions or offer advice. That makes reading the posts a bit frustrating — no back and forth.
But it’s your blog. You can do what you want. Good luck.
April 16th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Don’t blame the haterz for the harm brought to Duane, Nigel, Amy, etc. It’s your flakiness, laziness and the inability to get anything done that is ruining your business relationships.
April 16th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
Wow. Just wow. Lately every single post you have done has been trolling and now you are complaining about the hater comments? If you truly want to turn this into a foreclosure help site (ha!), stop trolling and feeding the haters. But why would you want to do that and kill your traffic?
April 16th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Casey,
I think maybe 25% of the haters are true haters. I think the rest of us “haters” want to see how you do and on the inside are secretly hoping you succeed. It is just frustrating as heck to see you make the same mistakes over and over again and make little no progress despite plenty of good suggestions.
April 16th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Casey,
Don’t moderate the comments. They’re the best part.
Please put up Google Adwords, you spend so much time working on this site, and it really is quite entertaining. You deserve to make a couple of bucks off of it.
April 16th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
Casey,
I think you should use your website to help others. Like you should give insight to others how they can take advantage of the increasing number of homes on the foreclosure and REO market.
…I think it would be interesting considering you are coming from the other side of the fence.
April 16th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
You will never remove what you consider “hater posts”. If you do, this site will die.
People do not come here for foreclosure advice.
We come here because your situation is similar to the carnage of a car accident. We cant just drive by.
April 16th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Casey,
It’s great news that being the class clown isn’t your primary goal. Your might want to re-evaluate your priorities though, if you put your mind to it, you can become the #1 all-time class clown. That’ll show those haterz you can be successful.
You really should crack down on the posts by only including enough of the people looking for a cheap link, haterz, and jokerz to balance out the 3 positive posts a day.
That swirling sound you hear is your blog being flushed.
April 16th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
You could probably reduce the volume of comments considerably by moderating more quickly — or not moderating at all. You can delete posts that violate your policy later.
I know that I for one am less likely to take the time to type something if I see that someone else has already expressed the same idea.
What horribleness could anyone post that would be so damaging that you wouldn’t want it hanging out there for even 24 hours before you could delete it? The truth?
April 16th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Looks like Casey is running out of ideas to keep the Haterz around, which are 99% of his audience.
April 16th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Casey,
It is somewhat strange that there are so many hateful comments here. You took a leap and things didn’t go your way, and I think you’re handling it incredibly well. Spreading knowledge, keeping your head up, and learning throughout the experience. Brian Tracy says that the average self-made millionaire goes bankrupt at least twice, and I think that you have the right, optimistic, risk-taking mentality necessary to make it in this industry.
It seems like you made some hasty decisions, but you’re constantly learning, and you definitely aren’t afraid to stand out. I wonder how many of these haters have ever made money as entrepreneurs, and how many are truly financially successful. I don’t think there would be so much hatred toward you unless you had something that people really feared. I think that something is your willingness to be exposed - to risk and to ridicule.
Just remember,
I’m not sure where you are on that curve now, but you obviously have the potential to be in that upper right hand corner, for what it’s worth.
April 16th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
BTW, your buddy Phillip from Houston. On that website, why is he using a picture of the Jacksonville skyline? If Phil wants to impress investors in Houston real estate, shouldn’t he use a picture of Houston?
April 16th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
I like the ASW of manbag. Is that your manpurse of the sack of flesh you keep an important organ in?
We want to hear about CA$HCALL. Are they suing you yet? We should start a line on the date the first lawsuit service hits. I take 4/16/07!
April 16th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
Hey what exactly do you have to offer people?
How to juice?
How to lie on loan applications?
How to be a typical welfare clown and sit on your butt everday?
You are no saint, you are no role model. You are exactly the opposite of what people need to learn. Thats why people hate you, you got nothing to offer besides people getting a laugh at your expense. You are worthless!!!! Get a job!!!!!!
April 16th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Wow, after the news today about Va Tech, you just don’t seem very newsworthy or important anymore. But since I need a break from all of the horrific news, I came here for a little levity. I can always count on you to bring a good chuckle to my lips and an incredulous shake to my head.
I think if you filter out most or all of the so-called “haters” comments, you will be filtering out much of the useful knowledge on this site. The comments, not the actual postings from you are where the real information is. Thanks to your site and your “haters” comments, I have learned quite a few things. I was about to accept an offer on a subprime mortgage with not so wonderful terms (but it was the only way my husband and I could get into our own home so we were going to go for it). After reading through your blog and really starting to tune into what is going on in the housing and mortgage world, I decided that my family would keep on renting for a while longer. At least until our credit clears up later on this year and we can qualify for a better rate. Your follies have made me realize that the only way to achieving a stable financial futer for my family is for my husband and I to really buckle down and work hard, both at paying down our debts and increasing our savings. We will no longer entertain the thoughts of subprime mortgages or creative financing.
So in closing, I owe you a thank you. Thank you for sharing your story, and for being a how-not-to-live-your-life role model. And thank you for allowing the “haters” comments because those are what really opened my eyes.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Casey,
I would no more come here for Real Estate Investment advice than I would ask Dick Cheney for gun safety advice.
If you had the so called “Haterz” around before you bought 6 houses and actually listened to them, you wouldn’t be 5 foreclosures and one short sale in the hole.
I only came here because I heard some bonehead with no income was able to buy 6 houses and lose out on every one of them.
Had you put up an advice blog and never bought a house, nobody would be here.
So good luck deleting the um Haterz aka your audience.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Way to go with the cashcall cliffhanger. Now, I’ll have to check in tomorrow to see what happens.
Will there be another fund raiser for $200? Will there be yet another interview where someone gives Casey advice that he promptly ignores? Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of Casey’s Consequences!
April 16th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
@ 19,20,21,22,25,35, & 39
As if you are all not the same person. Faking comments - a new low.
ASW: iwaslyingtothebanks
April 16th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
A thing to consider: there is a single entity on this blog that creates haters. Its name is Casey Serin. Even if you ban us (ban’s an awfully negative word, isn’t it?), you’re desperately unwilling to stop creating haters. Every time you don’t get a job, every time you ignore your debts and flaunt your ignorance as being a virtue (silly haters with your “college degrees”), you piss people off. You can filter out every last comment that offers the slightest criticism, but the positive people that remain will not remain that way forever.
They’ll offer to help, you’ll ignore them/screw them over, and they’ll get mad. You need constant media exposure to bring in people, because frankly, only people who are new to you will like you. A lot of the folks that came from Nightline this week will have migrated over to EN within a couple months, I guarantee it.
You’re totally misreading your audience; people come here to gawk and to mock you to feel better about themselves.
Asking you for help on foreclosures is like asking a convict how to stay out of prison. I promise you that your traffic will plummet once there’s no train wreck to watch and no witty repartee to view. Endless praise is boring, your audience won’t stay to see it. And your regular readers like yours truly that think it’s fun to post on your blog will get annoyed at your authoritarian treatment and ignore you.
Consider this: Who comes back over and over to your blog, boosting your visits and traffic? Haters! All of your staunchest enemies read your site regularly, wanting to know every bit of Casey gossip. Most of the Nightline people will spike your traffic and then never return.
I’ve had times with my own site where it’s mentioned somewhere prominent, has a huge blip of visitors, and then a week later it’s like nothing happened. I may mangle this statistic, but I think 70% of a typical restaurant’s revenue comes from 10% of its customers; the regulars! The last thing a restaurateur wants to do is boot out all his best paying folks.
Purging the comments of your angry visitors will gut your prime readership; the haters themselves and the people who come to watch you squirm under their vitriol.
With your houses almost gone, you’re already at risk of losing most of your gawkers; no one’s going to come to gawk at a bad foreclosure advice site.
Stick to what you’re good at; pissing people off. You have quite a talent for enraging people, and they come to you for their fix; they’re addicted. Your talent for real estate is far more questionable.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Personally, I would love it if you deleted all of the “hater” comments. Its a little after 9 p.m., I’m working extra late tonight mostly because I come back to this site over and over and over again through out the day. I can honestly say, if you took out all the “hater” stuff I could and would just go back to work.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Let’s say that you get rid of the haters.
Here are the main questions that people who are needing of foreclosure help will ask to see if you can be of any good help.
1) What did you do to stop foreclosure?
2) How did you do it?
# 2 is very important to build your credibility.
By the way, is it me or are all the supporters one person trying to fool with you?
It’s like
SUPPORTER # 1
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
- supporter #1
SUPPORTER # 2
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
- supporter #2
SUPPORTER #3
BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH
- supporter #3
It’s like every single supporter is putting a dash and their user id after what they say.
It seems to me like you’re fooling yourself by posing as a supporter yourself (I don’t know why the heck you will do that for?) or some extreme hater is fooling with you to just get only positive comments so that your blog will die.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Ok Casey, let’s dance.
Give us a sample of this sage advice you are going to distribute.
This isn’t “hate” talking, it’s life.
What are you planning to tell these folks that come to you for foreclosure avoidance advice?
1) file chapter 13…you haven’t done that…yet
2) sell the shack…you didn’t blaze any trails there either
3) get a hard money lender to bail them out…you haven’t done that either
Anything else? Short sales maybe? Your’s didn’t work out so well. Taking on the debt and having nothing to show for it doesn’t mean success.
What you have is a viable website name. That’s it.
Your experience is laughable. You have succeeded in churning $500 or so on a pocket change sized flip in North Carolina and even that isn’t giving you any street cred towards helping people who are facing foreclosure.
So please, if you are going to answer any one request today answer this: What are you bringing to the table to help these people who are facing foreclosure and REALLY wish to do something about it?
ASW: winwin
April 16th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Casey
The hater comments are what make this amusing.
our little fanclub is boring, while TimeLine Guy and
Sputnik the cat are great.
Now if you were to be answering comments
it might be one thing, but, given the lack of action,
it’s just boring.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
I used to be an honest man. I am crumbling. No — I have crumbled.
When they assessed me at $75,000 a fortnight ago I went out and tried to borrow the money, and couldn’t; then when I found they were letting a whole crop of millionaires live in New York at a third of the price they were charging me I was hurt, I was indignant, and said: “This is the last feather. I am not going to run this town all by myself.” In that moment — in that memorable moment — I began to crumble. In fifteen minutes the disintegration was complete. In fifteen minutes I had become just a mere moral sand-pile; and I lifted up my hand along with those seasoned and experienced deacons and swore off every rag of personal property I’ve got in the world, clear down to cork leg, glass eye, and what is left of my wig.
Those tax officers were moved; they were profoundly moved. They had long been accustomed to seeing hardened old grafters act like that, and they could endure the spectacle; but they were expecting better things of me, a chartered, professional moralist, and they were saddened.
I fell visibly in their respect and esteem, and I should have fallen in my own, except that I had already struck bottom, and there wasn’t any place to fall to. At Tuskegee they will jump to misleading conclusions from insufficient evidence, along with Doctor Parkhurst, and they will deceive the student with the superstition that no gentleman ever swears.
Look at those good millionaires; aren’t they gentlemen?
April 16th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
The comments by Phil Cortez, Doug M, Pole Dancer, Steven Yturralde, Joe Newman, Juan Gonzales, and Missy Imp were all posted by the same person.
Casey, are you posting comments under pseudo names on your own blog? Or is that Nigel?
April 16th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
Go ahead and censor, it’s your right. Remember this, you will lose participation which will KILL your hits and web page visits. As an advertiser myself, I pay for sites that keep people reading for long periods of time. A hater will come here, read your latest idea and run to EN or Aspeth’s site and post their feelings there. YOU said you started this blog to control the spin of the people posting negative stuff about you. Getting rid of the haters because a few cheerleaders say so (and I hate to say it but it’s weird you have all these newbies posting and signing off with their names - if I didn’t know better I’d be guessing they are all the same person!) is the wrong course of action.
Go ahead and be like Nigel. In the end you will move from being #50,000 something on Alexa (good ranking, actually) to 300,000 or less. You want that? Go ahead, I don’t care. You will find me and many others at EN.
Rob Dawg will win in the end, is that what you want?
April 16th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
BTW, Duane is a cool guy. You were the one that killed that deal not any of the so-called “haterz.”
Learn what a hater is BTW. It implies jealousy and trust me when I say this…I would, could and never will be jealous of somebody like you.
Good night and good luck, Casey.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Why don’t you create an area for your realist/hater posts and then create areas where there is no posting. This way you get your sales pitch out to people while keeping a section of the site to blogging your many mistakes.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:36 pm
Casey,
Why you so clueless, bro? People dislike you because you’re a gambler, and they like making fun of you because you lost. But they only hate you because you’re lazy, dude. That you don’t have a job is a big problem. If you had one, at least people would respect you. Nobody roots against the hard-worker, but nobody wants to see a looser [sic] succeed, either.
If you want to set up a foreclosure help site, why not stop taking about it and link in some useful sites?? Why do you always do nothing except pray for the hail mary pass and then wonder why people don’t root for you?
April 16th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Casey, I wont lie to you buddy, I am honestly torn. On the one hand, the haterz can be absolutely hilarious, on the other, they can be outright cruel. I have made posts on both sides, but I do genuinely want to see this board amount to something big for you. Look, you have the traffic already, so it can go either way. Keep the comments or delete them. BUT…..
I would encourage you to take a serious look at the company that you keep. A big reason that your new “partners” get attacked is because they usually have a hidden agenda that somehow involves taking advantage of you (or your traffic, or your story). YOU ARE EXTREMELY GULLIBLE, and anyone can see your “green-ness” a mile away. A lot of times it was the haterz that saved you from getting into an even deeper mess by scaring the scoundrels away from the site (ie. PRLink and NLL were ripped to shreds which will probably stop them from pursuiing that NDA contract).
You are what you attract, and you seem to attract a lot of “get rich quick” energy which almost always is synonymous with fraud. In short, dont just clean house with the hater comments,clean it with your business relationshps as well. Good Luck.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
Ah, saturated fat.
The most maligned and misunderstood “bad” food in the last thirty years. During the last year, I’ve been trying to figure out why everyone thinks saturated fat is evil and I have been unable to discover any evidence that there is evidence that saturated fats are bad for you. In fact, quite the opposite. I’ll take this space and discuss briefly (although it might seem long to you) saturated fats, polyunsaturated fats, cholesterol, and the misconceptions we’ve been brought up with. I’ll touch briefly on trans fatty acids too, but that topic is so nasty that it really deserves it’s own article along with the possible manipulation of the American diet by food oil companies.
When training for my first career in real estate, I was told that debt was a tool. “Debt is like a fulcrum and lever,” allowing us to lift what we otherwise could not lift. We can buy a home, a car, start a business, or go out to eat and not be bothered with having to wait. I remember a finance professor telling us that debt was a two-edged sword, which would cut for you like a tool but could also cut into you and bring harm.
This is how the wealthy really build their wealth. Debt is dumb. Welcome to the real world!
April 16th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Casey is back to writing his own comments again. Yawwwwwwnnnnnnnnnn…
April 16th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
Casey,
To address this specific problem, you should dig into your programmer’s skillset a bit. Implement a community comment moderation system like Slashdot has. I have to believe the majority of your active users will merely moderate down the hatred to levels that fall below the default viewing level.
Michael
April 16th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
According to Proverbs 22:7, “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave of the lender” (NRSV). I was confronted with this scripture and had to make a conscious decision of who was right - my broke finance professor, who taught that debt is a tool, or God, who showed the obvious disdain for debt. Beverly Sills had it right when she said, “There is no shortcut to any place worth going.”
Boy, what a reach. I could spout the myth with enthusiasm, but life and God had some lessons to teach me.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Mr. President, are you sure about this?
It’s very humbling and I will try to keep my homily brief. But be warned—I’m Irish.
I’d like to talk about the laws of man, here in this city where those laws are written. And I’d like to talk about higher laws. It would be great to assume that the one serves the other; that the laws of man serve these higher laws… but of course, they don’t always. And I presume that, in a sense, is why you’re here.
I presume the reason for this gathering is that all of us here—Muslims, Jews, Christians—all are searching our souls for how to better serve our family, our community, our nation, our God.
I know I am. Searching, I mean. And that, I suppose, is what led me here, too.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Casey,
Your site is unique. There is nothing else like it on the web. Do you really want to trn it into an inferior verison of www.foreclosureforum.com ?
This is an entertainment site, and you need to keep it JUICY. Lately there has not been enough JUICE on this site. I am talking about stuff like you and Nigel Swaby sipping juice together. That was classic.
You need to do another cash back at close deal as well. That would really get people riled up, if you could pull that off.
Also, you could go to one of those wheatgrass cleansing clinics or something like that would be sweet.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Any ideas?
>
Get help with the sweet juice! said it yourself awhile back.
April 16th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
You can start helping others once you have helped yourself. Since you apparently have difficulty with your creditors, you have not helped yourself yet.
To quote: Physician Heal Thy Self.
Or:
Remove the Log from your own eye before removing the splinter from another’s.
April 16th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
I’ve got to be blunt. If you want this to be a foreclosure resource site, you’ve got to start providing some sort of information that would be useful to people in foreclosure.
So far, you’ve mostly been posting “Casey’s story according to Casey.” Since your story includes virtually no notable success to date, either in your real estate investing or your foreclosure avoidance, it’s not going to attract anybody looking for real world advise.
You need to bring some useful content to the table. Otherwise it’ll never be taken seriously and will remain mostly a place for baiting and for people who want to make fun of you.
-btc
SC: millions
April 16th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
By the way, I have some bad news on the CashCall situation…
Clarify please. Bad news for you or bad news for CashCall?
asw: diener
April 16th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
stupid, it’s call “FREEDOM OF SPEECH” IN AMERICA.
YOU CAN GO BACK TO RUSSIA
SWEET~~
April 16th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
WE THE “HATERS” DONATE YOU THE MONEY LAST TIME.
OTHERS DID NOT DONATE YOU THE MONEY.
SO YOU DECIDE WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO KEEP.
April 16th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
Casey…Some things to consider
http://leftonred.wordpress.com.....e-anymore/
“…I have been behind on a few bills for the first time in years. I can’t find a decent job because of this. I overworked my body and hands and now have a disabling injury. Society will not give me a decent job because of my credit score. I’ve been defending Casey Serin on his blog about his choices to not a college degree if he truly wants to be an entrepenuer. I stil back up my claims somewhat. I’ve personally know too many people some of which are in my family, that made it happen and have the freedom that 9 to 5 ers don’t for much more income. But…anything can happen. It’s alot more risky. I was dabbling in different things on the side and was preparing to go that route too. The injury has gotten me. It has consumed my life in every single way. I cannot find a decent job because of my current credit rating. The same jobs I could have had 6 months ago easily. That extra 6 months I needed to get really prepared. If I would have only knew.
If I had stayed in school and gotten my degree I think more doors would have opened anyway after my injury. I’ve lost almost everything now. Beginning to lose myself. I don’t know where to turn and no one else does either. I’m toast…”
April 16th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
asw: crashflow
Casey…I love the haters. That’s what I come here to read. Your comments don’t do much for me, but I love what the audience has to say. And I love you. Good looking dude, you are. That should be brought out more often.
Don’t the some of the haters think you’re cute? I’m sure they do.
April 16th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
If you start not posting comments from the ‘haters’, or as we prefer to be known, ‘non-criminal realists’, this blog will die. You can see what the traffic looks like when your moderating falls far(ther than usual) behind.
Come to think of it, your 15 minutes is over. You can’t provide foreclosure advice, except perhaps, how to get yourself in a position to get foreclosed on. So stop the ‘haters’ from posting, and go gentle into that good 8′x10′ cell.
April 16th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Casey,
Get rid of the hater emails and your traffic will drop 90% overnight.
Watching you crash and burn is the only thing that makes this website worth visiting.
…And turn this website into a help website? If you give away your 2 cents your be left with 0 cents.
April 16th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Count me as one of the Casey Lovers. I don’t like what the boy has done and yeah he’s a nuckle head…but….He really is cute. How could I hate a face like that?
April 17th, 2007 at 12:04 am
Comment all the blogs you wish too! People will still use other sites and expose you as the lying thief that you are!
April 17th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Can we go back to having Casey list his daily activities. I mean it seems that you Casey need help first and foremost, so I think that helping others face forclosure is noble; however, I personally must be updated on your cituation or else there is no need to come here. Now please do tell what the heck you’ve been doing.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:34 am
“My intended audience are two groups: 1) people who just want to see what happens to me and 2) people facing foreclosure who need help.”
1. >99%
2.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:37 am
Trust the old cliche; “If it aint broke, don’t fix it.”
I come here for the comments. Don’t try to turn this site into a foreclosure help site. Start another website for helping people in foreclosure, but keep this site as-is.
Ask yourself, why would anyone want swimming lessons from someone who’s been drowning for the last 12 months?
Here’s a money maker for you. Drop the book idea and go for a movie script. Pitch it as a comedy about a naive immigrant who believes get-rich-quick seminars and late-night infommercials are his ticket to success. Spoof his gullibility. Imagine he’s taken advantage of by one grifter after another as he bumbles his way into deeper debt. I’m thinking Lock Stock 2 Smoking Barrels meets Borat.
I usually charge a lot of money for these ideas, but this first one’s free. Make it happen and I’m sure you can bring many of your haters on-board to collaborate and help you write the script.
asw: SACRAMENTO
April 17th, 2007 at 12:42 am
For better or for worse, your “haters” increase the ranking of your website which will likely translate into future earnings for you.
Barring seriously demented, racist, sexist, or profanity-laden posts, let this website be a reflection of everything that needs to be said — both bad and good — about foreclosure and open your coffers. You are likely to make something substantial from this site in the future.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:45 am
“My intended audience are two groups: 1) people who just want to see what happens to me and 2) people facing foreclosure who need help.” - Casey
1. Haterz want to see what happens to you, definitely. I think the word thrown around is schadenfraude.
2. Haterz are the ones facing foreclosure too. You are like a punching bag, a mirror, a doppelganger. Accept your role and take it.
p.s. I’m not a hater. But the haterz are hilarious and are the entertainment value in this blog, seriously. Don’t take it personal.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Also, posting about haterz only recognizes them and encourages them and adds fuel to the flames, are you that dumb?
I was admiring your, almost, courageous obliviousness of them.
Ignore them and let them rant. It’s probably trolls from cashcall and your banks anyway.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:54 am
Three update question(s): 1) What happened with your laptop and what was the fix?
2)Did you ever find the cellphone you might have left in a restaurant?
3)–What’s happened with the speeding ticket?
April 17th, 2007 at 12:59 am
What a world we live in.
Well, Casey, your friend Nigel has kind of gone off the deep end. I’m not sure that he understands this internet stuff isn’t real, but just a facet of life. No matter, the way to piss him off is by tanking your site, I’m sure you don’t really have a problem with that, it’s not like it’s making you any money. I’m thinking I’ll post everday with a website reference, then redirect that link to one of my prOn sites after it goes through moderation. It’s really an opportunity for you, it’ll give you an opening into where the money really is.
April 17th, 2007 at 1:23 am
Casey, Casey, Casey, you talk about the haters as if you are outside of this thing instead of the instigator for much of it. You post things that are meant to incite anger in people, you make people type in words that already anger them because of either your abuse of the English language or your constant overusage of terms that are not appropriate to anyone in your situation, and you continue to ask for advice that you blatantly ignore. These are the most obvious examples of your trolling your own audience that come to mind, I am sure there are many others.
How can you ever hope to turn this site into anything other than what it is until you start taking a long hard HONEST look at yourself and your situation? You are the only one who is truly a hater here. We have nothing to be jealous of you about.
Good luck on turning this site into a place to help people but I just don’t think that will ever happen until you help yourself.
Kerriella
April 17th, 2007 at 1:51 am
How about this…?
Run your forclosure site on a different site and only ‘force’ positive comments on that site….
Meanwhile we can all stay here and you won’t have a chance of losing your current audience
This blog is about you.. the other blog can be about foreclosure….
April 17th, 2007 at 2:46 am
Casey, I wont lie to you buddy, I am honestly torn. On the one hand, the haterz can be absolutely hilarious, on the other, they can be outright cruel. I have made posts on both sides, but I do genuinely want to see this board amount to something big for you. Look, you have the traffic already, so it can go either way. Keep the comments or delete them. BUT…..
I would encourage you to take a serious look at the company that you keep. A big reason that your new “partners” get attacked is because they usually have a hidden agenda that somehow involves taking advantage of you (or your traffic, or your story). YOU ARE EXTREMELY GULLIBLE, and anyone can see your “green-ness” a mile away. A lot of times it was the haterz that saved you from getting into an even deeper mess by scaring the scoundrels away from the site (ie. PRLink and NLL were ripped to shreds which will probably stop them from pursuiing that NDA contract).
You are what you attract, and you seem to attract a lot of “get rich quick” energy which almost always is synonymous with fraud. In short, dont just clean house with the hater comments,clean it with your business relationshps as well. Good Luck.
I agree 100%
April 17th, 2007 at 3:39 am
Why not add a forum component to the blog with volunteer moderators, where discussion and criticism can take place relatively unhindered? Then you’re free to moderate the direct comments but leave an avenue open for haters [sic].
April 17th, 2007 at 3:45 am
Serin talks about getting rid of the “haters” but he knows as well as the “haters” do that he loves the attention too much, and if he banned the “negative” comments there would be very little happening around here.
In other words, it’s just another idle threat.
April 17th, 2007 at 3:59 am
#101:
That’s actually a bloody great idea. A movie like that would be hilarious!
Casey: The BEST way to deal with the haters is to just go about your business and turn this site into something useful (and sort your own sh*t out along the way). If you are able to develop this site into some kind of forclosure portal, where experts in the R.E. and Mortgage fields (e.g., read: NOT you) offered advice and resources to those seeking info and advice, then the comments would transform on their own.
In the meantime: keep it organic.
Maybe I can even convince my cat Sputnik to return…
SN
April 17th, 2007 at 4:23 am
You say that you want this to be a resource for people who are facing foreclosure. But so far there is nothing here that would help them. List of lenders, other foreclosure websites that specialize in helping people, links to money management help, links to lawyers who specialize in this, links to county governments, etc.
People who need help come here, look around, and flee. Maybe they email you a little bit, but most end up getting real advice and assistance elsewhere.
April 17th, 2007 at 4:24 am
hate is too much. He’s ready for a crack down on the overwhelmingly negative posts. He “tried” this once before, got some encouragement and then continued to allow the negativity. If he’s successful this time, will he kill his traffic?
April 17th, 2007 at 5:15 am
The so-called ‘Haterz’ would like you to think that they’re the only reason for the success of your blog, and think they can bully you into accepting their comments. Why take this kind of treatment? You’ve accommodated them long enough.
This is your blog, not the “rob dawg show.” Your house, your rules. Let them go back to their own little no-name blogs to complain about you.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:52 am
I’ve heard a few times about your desire to become a foreclosure adviser.
In two months, I’ve never seen anyone ask for or be given any advice from you.
If you delete what you classify as “hater” comments, you might as well just pick up the phone and chat “real-time” with Nigel.
By the way, I own the home I’m in, the one next to me, and one 1/8 of a mile away, all in Zip code 07648.
I bought one of them in ‘86, the one next door in 93, and the one I’m in in ‘79.
Total mortgages = $84,000. (Total purchase price = $500K)
NAV = $1.6 Million. (That with a 200K haircut in the last 12 months.
My advice to anyone who ever asked was this: Go in with at least 25% down, and pay it off as soon as possible.
(I’m also getting $10455.00 back from Uncle Sam, yeah, I go single-zero on my looser W-2 job, I like the 10K shot in the arm once a year instead of an extra $200 each week, but that’s just me.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:52 am
I don’t think you are capable of telling the difference between hateful comments and constructive comments. I only come here to read the comments. I usually quickly skim your post, because there is rarely anything new or interesting in it (is that hateful?). I find a very, very small number of the comments to be offensive in any way. I’ve learned quite a bit from the commenters. If you moderate out all of the ones *you* consider haters, then I’ll not have a reason to come here.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:55 am
casey,
i read your post and it got me thinking. what have you said or done in the past few weeks that i could say positively impacted me. believe it or not…i thought of something.
for months and months i have been struggling with the two possible outcomes resulting from the unwinding of the great housing bubble…a bubble that you so eagerly helped create.
will it be inflation? or deflation? i am sitting on alot of cash right now and it has been really unsettling to think that the speculative actions of people like you could help wipe out my hard, earned, w-2 wage earnings.
but then you spoketh…it was your words casey that put my heart at ease. it is your meager analysis of the weakening u. s. dollar and your speculative interest in precious metals that lets me sleep at night. it was your “wish” of cash to wildly speculate on thease assumptions that eased my pain.
cash…my dear friend casey…will be KING!!!
April 17th, 2007 at 5:55 am
why do so many of the “constructive” responses have such similar formats?
April 17th, 2007 at 5:55 am
Casey,
Just medidate on this :
http://bp1.blogger.com/_wFWqWI.....w_Poor.jpg
April 17th, 2007 at 6:05 am
“yeah he’s a nuckle head…but….He really is cute.”
Has anyone ever noticed that Casey’s small fan base has the same poor spelling? It must be genetic.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:12 am
I’m not here to be the class clown as my primary goal. I actually want to make a positive difference and help people in foreclosure by sharing my story.
I think these are one and the same thing.
As another poster said, the way to avoid foreclosure is to get a job and pay your mortgage. Easy.
People who are in the middle of foreclosure don’t need your advice, and certainly shouldn’t follow your actions.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:14 am
1. How’s your job hunting going?
2. Utah payment?
3. Updated financial statement?
Answers to these questions would be Sweet!
April 17th, 2007 at 6:47 am
Casey -
Is this “Amy” you refer to Amy Coleman, the one you yourself called “your cute Realtor”?
April 17th, 2007 at 6:51 am
Hey Casey,
Have you read that classic book for “Think and Grow Rich”
If your definate cheif aim is to create a website to help people in foreclosure then why dont you just do it,
Loads O Money
April 17th, 2007 at 6:57 am
Hi Casey,
I have frequented this site for less than a month, introduced to your story through the Get Rich Slowly blog… http://www.getrichslowly.org/b.....two-years/
I read your blog daily not for the “advice” you think you can give but to see the next part of the trainwreck. I am not pulling for you, but I am not a hater. I am indifferent. The reason I am not pulling for you is that I believe you deserve consequences because of your actions (or better yet *inactions*.)
Just as a murderer deserves life in prison, you deserve a life in debt prison. You made many mistakes, just as criminals make mistakes. You stole money not much differently than a white collar thief steals. No hate or personal attack here, just the facts as you have given them.
I have recieved useful information from your comment section, a large part from the haters. Your supporters typically do not provide much information though, just typical cheerleading. So if you block the haters, this blog will be pretty much useless.
I go to the Get Rich Slowly blog daily because there is information over there, true information about personal finance. You should check out JD’s blog, you might learn a thing or two.
# rubber-necker
April 17th, 2007 at 7:16 am
What is indifference? Etymologically, the word means “no difference.” A strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur between light and darkness, dusk and dawn, crime and punishment, cruelty and compassion, good and evil. What are its courses and inescapable consequences? Is it a philosophy? Is there a philosophy of indifference conceivable? Can one possibly view indifference as a virtue? Is it necessary at times to practice it simply to keep one’s sanity, live normally, enjoy a fine meal and a glass of wine, as the world around us experiences harrowing upheavals?
Of course, indifference can be tempting — more than that, seductive. It is so much easier to look away from victims. It is so much easier to avoid such rude interruptions to our work, our dreams, our hopes. It is, after all, awkward, troublesome, to be involved in another person’s pain and despair. Yet, for the person who is indifferent, his or her neighbor are of no consequence. And, therefore, their lives are meaningless. Their hidden or even visible anguish is of no interest. Indifference reduces the Other to an abstraction.
Rooted in our tradition, some of us felt that to be abandoned by humanity then was not the ultimate. We felt that to be abandoned by God was worse than to be punished by Him. Better an unjust God than an indifferent one.
Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response. Indifference is not a beginning; it is an end.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:18 am
I think you’re confusing sheer exasperation with “Hate” as you term it, casey.
Some of your users are just out and out abusive, I’d hesitate to put a % on it but it’s a tiny minority.
Then, there is the vast majority, the likes of myself who find ourselves dizzy at the sheer scale of your difficulties and who continue to be amazed at your propensity for procrastination and seeming lack of focus.
That drives us to exasperation and the odd heated, urgent comment or quip that is intended to drive you to focus.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:22 am
I assume you want to support yourself from the site, because you have not shown any inclination or aptitude for any other work.
If you are going to turn this into a resource, the first thing you need to do is create a business plan.
Step 1.
Figure out what income will come in. If this includes advertising revenue, how will you prevent the 14 year old haters from running up false clicks and getting you banned.
If this includes providing customers to legitimate businesses, go to EN and schedule a meeting with Stephanie’s boots. Legitimate businesses are not going to touch you with a 10 ft pole until you can demonstrate that you will take responsibility for your actions.
If this includes providing marks to con artists, figure out how you will avoid being the mark. This will be very difficult since you have a definite aptitude for being the mark.
Step 2
Cut your income estimate by 75%. You have always been way to optimistic about your prospects.
If you still have a potential business, I would suggest running it by a couple of the haters who have shown intelligence in their hate. They will poke holes in it while you can still fix them
April 17th, 2007 at 7:24 am
We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community. We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present, unemployment, inflation, but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. We are attempting to fulfill our national purpose, to create and sustain a society in which all of us are equal.
This — This can be accomplished only by providing each citizen with every opportunity to participate in the management of the government. They must have that, we believe. We believe that the government which represents the authority of all the people, not just one interest group, but all the people, has an obligation to actively — underscore actively — seek to remove those obstacles which would block individual achievement — obstacles emanating from race, sex, economic condition. The government must remove them, seek to remove them. We.
This, my friends is the bedrock of our concept of governing.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:26 am
The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we’ll continue to follow them.
I’ve always had great faith in and respect for our space program. And what happened today does nothing to diminish it. We don’t hide our space program. We don’t keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That’s the way freedom is, and we wouldn’t change it for a minute.
We’ll continue our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue.
I want to add that I wish I could talk to every man and woman who works for NASA, or who worked on this mission and tell them: “Your dedication and professionalism have moved and impressed us for decades. And we know of your anguish. We share it.”
There’s a coincidence today. On this day three hundred and ninety years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. In his lifetime the great frontiers were the oceans, and a historian later said, “He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it.” Well, today, we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was, like Drake’s, complete.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:31 am
@105. 3 minor update questions
Three update question(s): 1) What happened with your laptop and what was the fix?
Bad hard drive. He had a Bestbuy card someone gave him. He used that card to buy a new hard drive.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:42 am
A few specific ideas…
You said have two audiences. Maybe the best solution is two different venues. One that is the Casey Serin’s story and the second that is focused on all the others who need and want help. The hate is not directed at many people other than you Casey. I am not a supporter of the hate. I think that if you were not the center of attention it would die out. If everyone who needs help were not mixed in with your stories they would not need to listen the hate.
You noted that you lack the knowledge, skills and time to help all the folks who need help. A site that is going to help others will have to be bigger than a site about Casey. It would give you more room to share the responsibilities, share the branding and the financial benefits. In other words you would have a way to motivate others to engage or to have skin in the game.
What is best for you and your future RE investing might also mean that you should be discussing it on a forum that is different from a foreclosure advice site.
Many successful business people on the web have more than one domain, presence or identity.
A very big message the folks are trying to send you is the need to stop swimming upstream in all aspects of your life. Some things are known to work and other things are known not to work. In a few ways you need to pull the trigger, make some hard decisions about how to focus and get on with it. You do not and should not do everything by the seat of your pants.
While the present blog might be fun you likely have to take a different tact if you really want a multi-person foreclosure help business. A spin-off from this site but a spin-off that is clearly able to take a different tact.
The only way you will write a book, develop a web business helping those in foreclosure, successfully investing in real estate deals and stay married is to develop a team or hand off certain aspects so you can focus on areas where you can provide unique contribution.
Your thoughts?
For RE investors and other readers…
Foreclosure overview -> http://johncorey.wordpress.com.....-overview/
Buying (REO) property from the bank -> http://johncorey.wordpress.com.....re-buying/
John Corey
Real estate investor, 20+ years - multiple states and countries
http://johncorey.wordpress.com/… - advice for real estate investors
April 17th, 2007 at 7:43 am
Casey - people don’t come here for your writings, you’ve said what you need to say, the last couple postings have been recycled material for goodness sake.
If you turn this into a “safe place for people to discuss foreclosure issues”, you’ll be here with about three others.
Trying to get people to be nicer to you by threatening to cut off the comments is lame. Your comments section is what is keeping the blog hits up and you know it.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:43 am
The comments are really the only thing on here to read. The posts are just meaningless dribble not worthy of the dirty nakins they were written on.
Keep the comments coming, positive and negative. You don’t listen to any of them anyway so what do you care?
April 17th, 2007 at 7:50 am
“..Those haters are ruining your blog. It is because of their rubbish, that your intended audience (people who are genuinely interested in what you’re doing) are slowly slipping away from your blog. That’s why you’re getting less and less positive responses - the haters scared most of the nice guys away!…”
Or maybe the “nice guys” are just getting tired of Casey’s inability to deal with reality??
asw “winwin”
ironic, no?
April 17th, 2007 at 7:57 am
Kudos, Casey! It’s about time you took these haters to task for their constant negativity. This is your blog, and we are all your guests. It’s completely rude for people to come into your house and immediately talk trash to you like you are some kind of invalid. If you want to make this a foreclosure site, you absolutely need to make it a positive environment. People who are facing foreclosure don’t need to be made to feel any worse than they already do.
Quite frankly, I think the haters have been scaring away any supporters that come across the site. I don’t post here because I know I’ll immediately get trashed.
Stand fast Casey!
April 17th, 2007 at 8:26 am
The lesson of this event is not only about the mystery of iniquity and evil, but secondly it’s a lesson about our need for each other. This has been a terrible week with many tears. But also it’s been a week of great faith.
But how do we understand something like this? Why does God allow evil like this to take place? Perhaps that is what you are asking now. You may even be angry at God. I want to assure you that God understands these feelings that you may have. We’ve seen so much on our television, on our — heard on our radio, stories that bring tears to our eyes and make us all feel a sense of anger. But God can be trusted, even when life seems at its darkest.
But what are some of the lessons we can learn?
April 17th, 2007 at 8:32 am
If there’s truth, you have the capacity to know what is right and what is wrong. And if you can’t define what is right and wrong in a culture, you are headed for the kind of moral nihilism we’re experiencing today. Samuel Johnson, the great British writer, once said when he was told a guest was coming to dinner who believed that morality was a sham, he said — he roared back — he said, “If he believes there’s no difference between virtue and vice, let us count the spoons before he leaves.” Trouble is students are buying this stuff.
There is ultimate reality. God has created us. He has spoken. There is a known physical order. There is a known moral order; because God has created it, even in a society which says there is no such thing. It’s true; there is.
So is this the correct plan to follow? Probably not. There are two major problems with the Millionaire Maker’s plan to get out of debt. The first major problem with it is the order that Langmeier suggests you order your debts to pay off. There is no good reason to list your debts by highest balance to minimum payment ratio as she suggests. If you want to do it mathematically proper, you should instead list them from highest interest rate to smallest interest rate. This way you are paying off the highest interest debt first, and are lowering the overall interest rate of your debt as you pay on them.
April 17th, 2007 at 8:33 am
get rid of non productive comments.
do not let them occupy space rent free
about time
April 17th, 2007 at 8:35 am
As a recovering Casey supporter I now relaize how wrong I was.
Casey you have nothing to offer the world of value beyond being a target for ridicule, soon as you realize this the better.
April 17th, 2007 at 9:11 am
for you Casey. Repost this thread with you having deleted out all of the Haterz comments. Something along the line of a trial run. Kinda give you an idea of how much the comments will knocked out of the mix.
Then today, when you post about what’s going on with CashCall, don’t let a single Haterz comment through. Bring the hammer down. Let’s see all the positive thoughts pour through without any negative energy disrupting the flow.
You might as well get started with figuring out how much time it will take to do the moderation that you desire. There’s no need to guess when you can actually do it.
On a sidenote, when are you going to get someone to post an ad at the top of your site? Seems like you’ve been asking for someone to buy that spot for awhile now. Is there a specific type of company you’re looking for? Or a certain amount of money a company would have to pay for that spot?
April 17th, 2007 at 9:20 am
I think you might be to lazy to moderate effectively. Wouldn’t it require you to read everything everyone submits and filter through it? Come on man you’ve got sweet deals to swing…
April 17th, 2007 at 9:21 am
Casey,
Suportive comment, Haterz suck etc.
-Supportive guy
April 17th, 2007 at 9:25 am
newbies suk! bring on the haterz…..they are funny!
Good luck Casey…..I still think you can pull it off if you BK and start new! THEN the haterz would have even more to comment on. i think that would be even MORE funny!
ASW= azz hats
April 17th, 2007 at 9:39 am
And what does that do with me?
And I tell you I would suffocate in the stench of my own sins today if I did not know that Christ took them away. That inspires in me what Chesterton said is the “mother of all virtues.” That inspires in me a sense of gratitude that I will do for my God whatever He calls me to do.
Anything less — you should’ve joined the Air Force. This might be our Commander-in-Chief’s Navy, but this is my boat. And all I ask is that you keep up with me. We’re capable of launching more firepower than has ever been released in the history of war.
For one purpose alone: Keep our country safe.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Thank god for post #8 and others written by “They see you coming”.
I know this comment will probably be deleted but if you objectively read what he said about “GC Properties” he couldn’t have hit the nail on the head any more. Completely exposed their scam.
I know you want to delete this comment Casey but please read the posts where on the last thread where he actually did the research to expose the rip off this Phillip guy is pulling. I am all about making money but not by fleecing the ignorant.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Casey:
Keep giving updates, we want to know what is going on (how much did the blue ball sell for?)
April 17th, 2007 at 10:17 am
How dare you refer to crticis as “Haters”, they are critics pure and simple , it seems you want people to pat you on the back and say now now poor casey ..we know its tough.
Get real ..you want to play expert and big business guru..well toughen up, and also wise up - you really do have nothing to offer in regards to foreclosure help ..it would be like getting a wolf to look after the flock..really Casey ..people dont hate you ..its you that turns them into haters to nullify their honest message - i see this as an entertainment site and nothing else
April 17th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger.
I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.
Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.
I do not know the dignity of their birth, but I do know the glory of their death.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:32 am
Dear Mr. Serin,
We are still anxiously awaiting your first book advance. Please call us at (303) 421-1212 at your earliest convenience.
Warmest personal regards,
Thomas J. Lipton
Managing Editor
April 17th, 2007 at 10:41 am
Ah! Good sir.
You say, metal would have been developed by men, to forge weapons at the Macho Metal Corporation. Why? I mean, at that stage animals were just as easily slain by wooden spears as by any iron tipped variety, unless of course some trendy nomadic bistro had put Rhino noisettes on the menu.
Why, then, did man develop metal? Metal utensils, unlike clay and flint, could be shunted from place to place without breaking, thus ensuring that their owners did not have to surrender their no claims bonus, while iron knives stripped flesh from bone more efficiently than flint and enabled man to enjoy fillets and other choice cuts. Culinary refinement was in full flow!
The development of pottery must rank as one of the most profound artistic and scientific achievements of mankind.
Why, then, did man develop metal?
April 17th, 2007 at 10:47 am
There is a wonderful feeling of trust and familiarity here — Francia reminds me of my teacher back home. At the same time there is something to be said for an artistic director who has a certain “scare” factor to keep the dancers on the edge.
I was in the corps for five years and was promoted to soloist during my sixth season. By that time, I felt that I was more ready. Sometimes dancers tend to think that if they are performing soloist roles, that means that they are ready to be promoted. I really think that dancers should view soloist roles as an opportunity to learn and grow, and not treat them as if they represented some sort of entitlement to a promotion.
I like going out with friends. I am setting down roots in Seattle — I just bought a condominium!
April 17th, 2007 at 11:01 am
Multiple frauds, serially-foreclosed, Ponzi schemes, chain letters…and still, you walk around free and blog about your exploits with no restraint.
You refuse to allow any meaningful conversation here by strategically delaying moderation. You engage in baldfaced trolling rather than address your serious issues of judgment and character.
And now, you’re thinking about editing out your haterz?
Who else will be left?
April 17th, 2007 at 11:05 am
There are readers who are interested in the interaction between you and the haters. Some of the posts made on this site just seem to encourage the haters. It’s like the Howard Stern radio show. Haters listen to the show more often and longer than fans.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Casey,
Why don’t you get a W-2 job to earn steady income and continue blogging about your debt, finances, and messy situation. You’ll keep your audience and can continue to figure out how to monetize your blog or earn something from your noteriety. For example, we’d all still like to know what your tax consequences are after being forgiven debt.
Then begin assigning contracts on the side for extra income. With assigning contracts, it would be near impossible to get into more debt, and you’d still have your RE adventure, to which, like me, I see you’re addicted.
That’s a simple enough plan, and keeping things simple is important.
Do not try to start earning passive income by buying properties because you have already proved to yourself and everyone else that you can’t do it. Not yet at least. Not without following someone 1 on 1 who is doing it correctly, which I think is the only way to learn - just like medicine is taught. Do not spend a dime on any RE stuff to learn either - books, gurus, skools, etc. - you’ve spent enough already to educate a small village for several lifetimes.
Remember: W-2, blog, assign contracts.
I’m off to study anesthesia and to take a look at how our rehab man is doing on our 13th unit. Good luck.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:21 am
A Review of Casey’s Blog:
We already know what’s going to happen for the most part and there is little valuable info given. Why don’t you start talking about real real estate issues? Do you read the news? There’s all kinds of stories about foreclosures and tightening lending standard, but you would rather write “Dear Diary, Today I woke up early, took a wheat grass shot, jogged, opened mail from 2 weeks ago and my lenders are calling me. What ever should I do?”
And this is why I barely scan your blog now…..booooring.
April 17th, 2007 at 11:23 am
aaack!!
Whatever you do, DON’T follow Nigel’s advice over at DHC - or you’ll end up with a lame-a** blog like his!
Back to my nap in a warm spot…
thppttt!!!
S_t_C
April 17th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Its tax day and I want to see that 1040.
Julian-The Original Trailer Park Boy and Hater
April 17th, 2007 at 11:52 am
By the way, I have some bad news on the CashCall situation…they want their money back.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Casey- did the Phoenix hags give you permission to write a book? I thought you signed all of your rights away. Refresh us please.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Get rid of the haters… They are poision. They are wasting the time of legitimate readers and yours.
Follow Roberts advice in the video…
April 17th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Those haters are ruining your blog. It is because of their rubbish, that your intended audience (people who are genuinely interested in what you’re doing) are slowly slipping away from your blog. That’s why you’re getting less and less positive responses - the haters scared most of the nice guys away!
Look in the comments on the last post and see how Phillip got personally attacked for giving me some constructive feedback (though I removed the really bad ones).. this tends to happen every time somebody leaves a positive comment or something helpful. That’s not good! When the negativity start affecting well-meaning people and the future goals of this blog, then it starts crossing the line.
Philip the anaesthesiology resident is using your blog to promote his online business, wherein he solicits out of state “investors” (people who have some cash to throw around) to buy property in Houston, paying his company fees to find the property, manage it, etc. It is a business he is running, and he makes it sound like the properties are worth $50K-$100K more than he is able to pay, and he can find these properties all day long.
You really shouldn’t call it a comeback, since you’ve never really been at the top.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Oh no.. they started a whispering campaign.
Nostalgia is the disease of all ages. The age of broadband makes it possible for almost everyone to indulge in musical nostalgia at no cost.
Throughout human history, gold has been not only a means of exchange, but also a store of value! Gold is an excellent hedge against inflation, and protects earnings for the future. Modern investors can invest in gold the traditional way - by purchasing gold bullion in the form of bars or coins - or they can trade in gold or gold futures electronically, or by investing in gold mining or refining companies.
I’m not an assiduous downloader, and the majority of the offerings leaves me indifferent. Nevertheless, even Picky Me managed to find some tasty tidbits, including several rare pearls.
This, then, is the fundamental principle of the retail trade: the adjustment mechanism which brings into balance the amount of gold in circulation with the supply of consumer goods works, not on prices but on the discount rate. The law of supply and demand is inoperative.
You cannot have it both ways!
April 17th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
i think you just like the attention– no matter if it is postive or negative.
If you were SERIOUS about creating a helpful site for folks in the same situation as you (is that even possible???) then you would abandon this ludicrous dog-and-pony show and do something serious.
Here’s a little homework assignment for you: Research the bible about working for a living and about paying your taxes.
THEN you can quote some more bible verses for all us ‘hater’s out here. Until then, please, for the love of God, keep the token bible verses out of this blog. It’s so unseemly as to be blasphemous.
Meanwhile, you are a beloved source of pure unadulterated, real-life moronic entertainment.
THAT is why I am here. Keep up the good work, Casey! You’re a riot!
April 17th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
It’s funny being an “old timer” in the world of the Internet.
About six years ago, when I was 40 years old, a Stanford freshman said to me, “Wow Jaron Lanier—you’re still ALIVE?” If there’s any use to sticking around for the long haul — as computers get so much more powerful that every couple of years our assumptions about what they can do have to be replaced — it might be in noticing patterns or principles that may not be so apparent to the latest hundred million kids who have just arrived online.
I remember the first time I noticed myself becoming mean when I left an anonymous comment on a blog. That has led to the global flood of anonymous mob-like commentary.
It’s amazing that details in the design of online software can bring out such varied potentials in human behavior. It’s time to think about that power on a moral basis. After reading Smart Mobs, I wanted to uncover all industries, technologies and trends, that would be affected by this tsunami.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
You shouldn’t start censoring comments. I saw you on Suzy Orman and while I don’t agree with how you got your loans I think the give and take between you and the people who disagree with you make your blog worth reading. Otherwise its just a diary. If you really want to help people who are facing foreclosure you need to let them see all the angles and not just yours. You don’t know everything.
It won’t be half as interesting for me if you kill off the critics. You’ll just be another blog, and there’s a bunch of those already. Leave well enough alone.
April 17th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Casey, don’t let the haterz get you down, man! They is a bunch of loosers like ur alwayz saying to us. I for one am a 100% supporter and have gotten lots of help from ur site. It taught me many things I didn’t know before you told them to me. For instance, I can now see myself “Failing forward” in my new business ventures. You’re an inspiration to anyone who is trying to suceed in business. Thanks you!
Jack
April 17th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
dude,
did you get a JOB ???
not a hater, just a JOB holder!
April 17th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
101
lol i would definitely wait in line to see such a movie
April 17th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
I would like to let everyone know that getting a loan from cashcall is very bad. My loan was for 10,000 in 2004 and in 2007 its 9,450. My interest rate when I first got the loan was 39% then I lost my job in 2005 then they lowered the interest rate to 18%. Then cashcall was supposed to take the money back out of my account in sept and they didn’t so they also dinged my credit reports. I believe there is no justice of trying to get ahead. But if anyone out there knows of anyone that I can apply for a better loan to payoff this one I would be more than happy.
April 17th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Take some responsibility for what YOU’VE done to create this situation: posting nonsense about taking showers and juicing (fiddling while Rome burns), trolling (both baiting us with inflammatory comments and posting just enough to encourage speculation), not answering questions, etc., etc., etc.
If Philip was “personally attacked” it was because he has brought it on himself. Can you honestly defend someone who doesn’t return a security deposit to a tenant who left the place spotless? That is morally repugnant, and it’s doubly worse because he’s not broke, like you, he’s in a secure enough financial position to pay it. HE’S A SLIMEBALL. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS.
April 17th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
@101 - Great idea, I am going to write that before Casey can even think of a title. Hahahahahaha. See you at the Oscars.
asw: thingy
April 17th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Way to go Casey! Here is a news story on helping people in foreclosure. Hope this helps turn your site into a real resource.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18158015/from/RS.3/
Eylonda and Tyrone Wynn of Dallas thought their prayers had been answered when two young women from Resolutions Foreclosure & Home Mortgages knocked on the door in December 2005.
The Wynns paid Resolutions $950 to negotiate a repayment plan and in January 2006, Resolutions told the Wynns the lender had agreed. But a month later, after they still hadn’t received any paperwork, they found out their house was to be auctioned that day and their file at Resolutions had been closed. They were forced out of the house in March, four years after buying it.
“They were there to help us out of foreclosure, but we lost the first house we bought instead,” Wynn said.
A Resolutions official blames the Wynns for not following through on their efforts. But the couple’s experience highlights one of the risks for homeowners who find themselves desperately trying to avoid foreclosure: You may simply wind up losing more money.
As the number of foreclosures rise around the country, the number of companies offering help is increasing, too. Many are negotiating terms the homeowner could fairly easily obtain on their own, while others are doing even less and simply exploiting vulnerable homeowners.
Experts recommend that homeowners screen offers carefully, and take the following precautions:
Don’t pay upfront fees to any person or organization promising help.
Don’t sign anything without having an independent lawyer review it.
April 17th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Well, what about Cashcall? Did they sue your a** or just make some really unpleasant telephone calls?
April 17th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
JOIN THE SGCC!
SGCC is the Sounds Great Casey Club. Join today!
No matter what Casey says, SGCCers stifle their natural urge to “hate,” and instead post nothing but
“Sounds great, Casey!”
This accomplishes several goals.
First, it takes the “negativity” away. Casey gets the support he needs to do anything he desires (it’s the haterz’ fault he hasn’t gotten much done since September; they undermine his confidence).
Second, it is a code to all the other SGCCers out there that they, too, think Casey is full of carp, but they’re not going to waste their time writing a response that will only be considered hate and is only feeding the troll anyway.
So, repeat after me, from now on:
“Sounds great, Casey!”
April 17th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
By the way, I have some bad news on the CashCall situation…
Clarify please. Bad news for you or bad news for CashCall?
let teh trainwrek commence!
April 17th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
I realize that this is a private institution, and as such you are allowed to moderate comments as you see fit. That is your right.
You say you don’t want to be the class clown or to allow your reputation to hurt others. The problem is that people have not seen you act in a decisive manner to address your current problems (overwhelming debt, potential legal liability, etc). You occasionally drop an odd tidbit here and there but it doesn’t give people a solid vision that you know what you are doing.
April 17th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Have a separate section on this site where you can put the ‘haters’ comments. That way those that seem to enjoy reading those comments can go to that link and read away. The Positive comments can be read here where you currently have all comments.
April 17th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Casey, I am not a hater, but I have an observation: I think a lot of the people who visit here take some sort of enjoyment seeing your plight and seeing people cutting you down. I am not saying that is right, but I think if you cut them off, your site traffic will hit the floor. It’s up to you what you do. Again, I don’t hate but I am not confident in your success for a help site on foreclosures.
What are your thoughts?
April 17th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
This evening while I was away a “Rep” from Cash Call knocked on the door asking for me. Since he didn’t have a package my housemate was very hesitant to disclose any information. Finally he left and went to sit in his car. I guess he was going to wait around for me. My housemate found a note from Cash Call on the front door.
What is utterly ridiculous about this is I have called Cash Call and written them REPEATEDLY explaining my situation. I’ve lost my job and right now my home is about to go into foreclosure. All they care about is getting me to wire them some money (I DO NOT HAVE) thru Moneygram and THEN offering me a deferrement when I called and BEGGED for a deferrement as soon as I was laid off. They were NOT interested in helping me AT ALL and said I should have called them a month prior. I asked them how was I supposed to know a month in advance I would be getting laid off?
Well now it’s really personal since they’ve invaded my personal space with their REP slash body guard looking dude who did NOT intimidate my house mate and certainly not me. Next time he comes the police will have to escort him off of my property.
April 17th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Casey, I’ve been reading your blog for a while now and it’s been entertaining watching you deal with your crisis. But I have to say this is one of the most troll infested sites I’ve ever seen.
I know you like freedom of speech and all but freedom of speech means that if any of your haters want to start a site of their own to spew their hate they are free to do so. It doesn’t mean you have to provide them the bandwidth to bash you.
I definitely think you should allow constructive criticism on your site, that will help keep you grounded. But there is no reason you need to allow the kind of hateful remarks some of these frustrated fools feel the need to make. How is reading some hater’s comment about your “man purse” going to help anybody?
good luck and I’m looking forward to the comeback…
April 17th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
I tripped across the video; it’s that bee-atach Erin Morgan! Ewwww. Enough to turn a man gay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....mp;search=
April 17th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
#5
Good wisdom there. I have been some of the same about different things in life. Glad to see you brought it out.
April 17th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
well,
1 year from now… either you’ll be in jail, or 2mil in the black.
if you do get more ‘credit’ from your corporation… at the very least listen to people that have done this longer than you and have been successfull instead of walking the plank before getting your feet wet.
Phillip the doc seemed to have a good system down… hitch your wagon to his train and ride the baloney pony to profit town.
What I’m trying to say is that ‘a mans gotta know his limitation’ ..you did not, witch is what got you into this mess… slow and steady wins the day, especially in this market.
Also, declare bk and move on… you could have done it right by following all the advice to do one house, then move on, build a team yada yada all the while have a 9 to 5.
I would say that it would behoove you to do the bk, get a job with similar pay to what you had whitch would basically reset your position. You could then thank the Lord that you are able to go back to the top to the trailhead and go down a different path.
April 17th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
I agree Casey, please stop letting these haterz walk all over you. I myself have been looking for foreclosure information and have yet to find anything useful. Please go forward with your foreclosure help site because there is a definite need for this kind of help on the web.
The haters just don’t get it that you’re trying to help people here.
April 17th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
Many of the haters here are jerks. That’s for sure, and
in my opinion, they should leave you alone.
Nevermind their negative attitudes. Who needs them?
Go ahead with the foreclosure idea, I think it’s great.
Regardless of which direction you take, I know that
unless something crazy happens, you will continue to
land sweet deals and good things will eventually happen.
Especially if you continue to help people like you’ve been.
Stay the course Casey, you’re making a comeback.
!
April 17th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
**ATTENTION** **ATTENTION**
Casey has been scammed again, this time by a vanity publisher that you pay to publish a book.
It’s not a real publisher. It’s a VANITY PRESS THAT IS A SCAM.
April 17th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
If by trouble with Cashcall you mean: they have decided that you are not going to be eligible for a forebearance and that you need to start paying them immediately, then you have trouble.
It means that you have major trouble coming down the pipe.
[Insert Previous Comments here involving Repo, Civil Lawsuits, Collections Agencies, Wage Garnishing, etc etc etc]
One of the problems I see is this: Most of your plans involve A big score later when you need money right now. The only way you can hold off your creditors is if you have some guarateed form of income on a weekly basis. Anything less and they will go back to [Previously mentioned bad things].
I suggest you get Cashcall under control immediately. They have the worst rep of your creditors. But that has been detailed extensively in previous entries.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
“By the way, I have some bad news on the CashCall situation…”
Need we say more???
HATE HATE HATE HATE
April 17th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
You know, you’ve got a sort of Gatsby quality about you. I can see it now…
“Serin believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter - tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further… And one fine morning -
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Didn’t really work for him either.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Casey, anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job, you’re in bad shape. That’s what your haters don’t understand.
When you have — he is your enemy. Let me tell you, you wouldn’t be in this country if some enemy hadn’t kidnapped you and brought you here. On the other hand, some of you think you came here on the Mayflower.
And you and I are in a double-track, because not only do we lose by taking our money someplace else and spending it, when we try and spend it in our own community we’re trapped because we haven’t had sense enough to set up stores and control the businesses of our community.
The man who’s controlling the stores in our community is a man who doesn’t look like we do. He’s a man who doesn’t even live in the community. So you and I, even when we try and spend our money in the block where we live or the area where we live, we’re spending it with a man who, when the sun goes down, takes that basket full of money in another part of the town.
The government has failed us; you can’t deny that. Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you change your — your attitude. Once you change your attitude, it changes your behavior pattern and then you go on into some action. As long as you gotta sit-down philosophy, you’ll have a sit-down thought pattern, and as long as you think that old sit-down thought you’ll be in some kind of sit-down action.
Don’t you get that, you haters?
April 17th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Casey, I’m here today in all humility to say: you changed minds; you changed policy; you changed the world. That matters more than the hate.
Why does this loom to be such an explosive political year? Because this is the year of politics. This is the year when all of the white politicians are going to come into the Negro community. You never see them until election time. You can’t find them until election time. They’re going to come in with false promises, and as they make these false promises they’re gonna feed our frustrations and this will only serve to make matters worse.
I’m no politician. I’m not even a student of politics. I’m not a Republican, nor a Democrat, nor an American, and got sense enough to know it. I’m one of the 22 million black victims of the Democrats, one of the 22 million black victims of the Republicans, and one of the 22 million black victims of Americanism. And when I speak, I don’t speak as a Democrat, or a Republican, *nor an American.* I speak as a victim of America’s so-called democracy.
But when churches started demonstrating on debt, governments listened—and acted. When churches starting organising, petitioning, and even—that most unholy of acts today, God forbid, lobbying… on AIDS and global health, governments listened—and acted.
Look, whatever thoughts you have about God, who He is or if He exists, most will agree that if there is a God, He has a special place for the poor.
In fact, the poor are where God lives. Please remember that.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Today is not over… some updates to come soon… had to go downtown today to take care of some urgent biz
April 17th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
“Had to go downtown today to take care of some urgent biz”.
You can fax your response to the lawsuit to the court to avoid having to show up in person just to answer.
April 17th, 2007 at 6:58 pm
To all the Casey haters:
In the Scriptures, poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times. Trains aren’t mentioned once. That’s not an accident, but that is a lot of air time, 2,100 mentions. (You know, the only time Christ is judgmental is on the subject of the poor.) ‘As you have done it unto the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me.’ (Matthew 25:40). As I say, good news to the poor.
A few days ago I was sitting on a train myself, bound for Stockholm. It was early evening; there was little light in my compartment and none at all outside. My fellow passengers were dozing in their respective corners, and I was very quiet, listening to the rattling of the train.
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep. So we took turns staring out the window at the darkness, until boredom overtook us. And he began to speak. He said, “Son, I’ve made a life out of reading peoples faces.. and knowing what their cards were by the way they held their eyes. So if you don’t mind my saying, I can see you’re out of aces.
For a taste of your whiskey I’ll give you some advice.”
Truer words were never spoken, people. You have to know when to hold them. Know when to fold them. Know when to walk away. And of course, know when to run. Never count your money, not when you’re sitting at the table. There will be plenty of time to count it, once the dealing is done. Right?
See, preventing the poorest of the poor from selling their products while we sing the virtues of the free market… that’s a justice issue. Holding children to ransom for the debts of their grandparents… that’s a justice issue. Withholding life-saving medicines out of deference to the Office of Patents… that’s a justice issue.
And while the law is what we say it is, God is not silent on the subject.
History, like God, is watching what we do. And so does the gambler.
Thank you. Thank you, America, and God bless you all.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Today is not over… some updates to come soon… had to go downtown today to take care of some urgent biz
You have no “biz.” Biz is buy/sell/add value. You have no biz.
Perhaps you meant to say something else?
April 17th, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I would encourage you to take a serious look at the company that you keep.
A big reason that Casey’s new “partners” get attacked is because they usually have a hidden agenda that somehow involves taking advantage of you (or your traffic, or your story). YOU ARE EXTREMELY GULLIBLE, and anyone can see your “green-ness” a mile away. A lot of times it was the haterz that saved you from getting into an even deeper mess by scaring the scoundrels away from the site (ie. PRLink and NLL were ripped to shreds which will probably stop them from pursuiing that NDA contract).
Spoof his gullibility. Imagine he’s taken advantage of by one grifter after another as he bumbles his way into deeper debt.
I usually charge a lot of money for these ideas, but this first one’s free. Make it happen and I’m sure you can bring many of your haters on-board to collaborate and help you write the script. I’m thinking Lock Stock 2 Smoking Barrels meets Borat.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
I would say… paying your bills is not a loose end. It’s pretty much the beginning and middle bit too. I would say… blogging is a loose end. Dreaming of your new cash-cow foreclosure portal link-farm is a loose end.
I would say… the important news you’re going to announce is a loose end. Paying creditors, on the other hand, is quite a tight end. Quite a tight end indeed.
April 17th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
SORRY, DUDE,
NO MORE DONATION FROM US, IT WON’T BE THE SAME AS LAST TIME.
HATERS
April 17th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
Casey,
I admit: I am here, like many others, for the entertainment value. Not for a foreclosure website. I’m on the buyers side of foreclosures anyway. I do click on other links and bloggers that others have posted here and find some good sites also.
But mostly it’s entertainment to see what ultimately happens. Glorious riches though an incredible stroke of luck… or just missing that train to riches. However, I am hoping you pull through this because I always root for the underdog.
My vote is to continue blogging about your activities, let the haterz continue to post (but don’t take it personally - it’s just for the entertainment value), and continue to increase your noteriety until something glorious happens.
By the way, to everyone that thinks I’m on here to promote my blog, forget about it. We recently suspended our rebate program (we used to rebate half of our commissions per deal for the buyer) because we have too many active members to efficiently mentor and work deals. I just found this blog and happen to have a blog myself like others because we are in similar industries.
WORD.
asw: awesome
April 17th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
First, let me just say that I’ve been reading your blog since
before Christmas. I haven’t posted much, and it’s because
I don’t feel like dealing with the harassment of the “haterz.”
Practically every single comment on the site is negative
lately, and I think it’s because they abuse the supporters until
eventually they leave. You put lots of work into this blog and
as the blog owner it’s your decision alone as to where this
site goes from here. A shift to a more positive environment,
even if it means losing the haterz, is the way to go.
Arguing with them is pointless as all they do is sit there and
repeat the same things over and over. It’s annoying and
really counter-productive to legitimate discussion. In fact,
each worthy comment is buried under a pile of ones that
should have been deleted from the thread. It’s very hard
to sift through the garbage to find the good.
That’s why I think what you’re proposing is great and will
help IAFF become a much more enlightened place to find
information about foreclosure. I’m glad that you decided to
steer the site in that direction. It’s a great idea.
Give it some time and I think IAFF will grow into the
undisputed leader for foreclosure info on the web. Maybe
you will even find a way to pay back every dirty penny.
April 17th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Cashcall ain’t nothing but trouble. I can’t believe you hooked up with them.
On the other hand, you tend to either already be friends, or become friendly, with people you play against regularly and it may be ethically uncomfortable to consistently take money off them. If that is a consideration then commercial poker tournaments where the prizemoney comes from entry fees and sponsorship are more appropriate to your needs.
I was one of those desperate people. I got a loan for $2600 also. I paid the $75 down payment and have since paid over 3700 and the principle has gone down about $100. To pay it completely off, I would have to pay over $8,000. I am doing a debt settlement with one of the credit counseling agencies that contacted me when I signed up on this site.
I put them down as one of the creditors. However, I have heard that they are very hard to work with and will fight a settlement. I know they are calling me every hour on the hour.
Taking money off these hardened regulars is hard work and there are easier gambling targets to attack.
April 17th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
@173. J. T.
You might try Prosper.com. I was able to acquire a loan even with my lower (mid 600’s) fico. The interest rate is high, but not so when compared to your CashCall loan!
Hope this helps.
ASW=whatdebt
April 17th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Remember kids, it’s important adulty stuff if it’s ‘biz.’ You wouldn’t understand.
April 17th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Casey, Jimmy Jack know you like freedom of speech and all but freedom of speech means that if any of your haters want to start a site of their own to spew their hate they are free to do so. It doesn’t mean you have to provide them the bandwidth to bash you.
See, if Jimmy Jack alone had been made the victim of these attacks, he should not take one moment of the Jimmy Jack’s time for their consideration, and believe it that other dudes and dudettes who have been unjustly and unfairly assailed, as Jimmy Jack’s been, hold the same attitude upon this that he do. Neither the clamor of the mob nor the voice of power will ever turn Jimmy Jack by the breadth of a hair from the course he done mark out for himself, guided by such knowledge as Jimmy Jack can obtain and controlled and directed by a solemn conviction of right and duty.
That just how it be - the Jimmy Jack way. And I hope your haters appreciate that. Cause it ain’t changing. Amen.
April 17th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
I don’t hate you. I just don’t like you. I think you are self-servign, self-centered, spoiled brat kid.
There, is that hate??
April 17th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
ASW: Success
Interesting commentary. I agree that this site will lose momentum without the haters, its happened before. I do like the idea of possibly giving the “mean ones” their own forum though. Casey, provide them a link to another site (modeled after this one) where they can spew their hateful comments. Oh, it wouldnt hurt if they had to pay a monthly fee to join. Here’s motivation: cut off moderation at the other site, and let them have at it.
I truly detest those posters who attack the truly nice people who comment.
Still here. Watching.
April 17th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Why is everyone so afraid of CashCall? What are they going to do, kneecap you if you don’t pay ‘em?
April 17th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
I just don’t see it happening this blog lives off of the hate…that what 98% of the comments are and Casey knows that…but I still wish him the best of luck in the turn around.
April 17th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Downtown + bad news regarding Cash Call = lawsuit? They need a judgement to attach to your last property so that they get paid from the escrow funds.
The haters probably financed this activity with that last payment. He he.
April 17th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Been reading for a while now, and must say that it is with some fear, and great anxiety, that I must address the erasing of January from the 2007 calendar (or, as it it known in my home, the 2006 - 2007 academic calendar).
As tempting as it may be to obliterate the horror that ensued from prolonged withdrawal from your personal computer, as well as your professional website, this obliteration has repercussions more far-reaching than the retention of your sanity. Please, show some mercy and rethink the “January must die” edict.
If January did not occur, I missed my Barry Manilow concert, my kids missed a month of school, midterms, and their second marking period report cards, and my husband has missed a pay check. Although my children might thank you for the loss of exams, the Barry concert was my Christmas present, bills will go unpaid without a paycheck, and the schools will demand that my children “make up” the missing month.
So please, I beg of you, let January BE January. I know computer withdrawal hurts, but it makes the reunion with your computer just that much sweeter. And the website, if you upgrade it, we will come. It’s either that, or my kids are coming to visit in July, and then, heaven help you.
Haters hate. And hating is bad. That makes haters bad. Simple logic.
April 17th, 2007 at 9:27 pm
Today is not over… some updates to come soon… had to go downtown today to take care of some urgent biz
Over, today is not! Do or do not - there is no try!
Ah, downtown he will go! Urgent biz there is!
Your updates.. find YOU they will. Oh yes!
The Force, strangely muddled with this one it is..
April 17th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Today is not over… some updates to come soon… had to go downtown today to take care of some urgent biz
>
Downtown the courthouse is downtown isn’ it? you being sued? did cashcall take your murse?
April 17th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
CASEY, DON’T BE A SISSY, DON’T PLAY THE BLUEBALL,
BE A MAN AND JOIN THE ARMY AND JUST DO IT!
IT’S AT LEAST YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT BY JOIN THE ARMY
SWEET~
April 17th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
I had a great vegan lunch at my favorite dumpster today. The lettuce was barely brown and only a few bugs were crawling on it. Sweet!
When I got back to my spot in the back alley, I noticed someone was in my box. I tried to explain to the squatter that he was in my place. He didn’t listen and drank something from a paper bag. I suspected it wasn’t a wheat grass shot.
As I was walking away, I tripped on a piece of garbage and fell down. After I got up and dusted myself off, I said, “It’s all good. This is a learning experience.” The bum burped and replied, “What’s your trip, buddy?” Then he laughed harshly and burped some more.
I wonder how you evict someone from a box? They never covered that in the realestate seminars.
April 17th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
INPUT: some updates to come soon.
Parsing … Please wait …
Displaying 3 results:
“Some updates to come within in 4 hours” (confidence level 0.25)
“Some updates to come tomorrow” (confidence level 0.35)
“Updates? Yeah, I’ll get to it one of these days” (confidence level 0.75)
INPUT: had to go downtown today to take care of some urgent biz
Parsing…. Please wait….
Displaying 3 results:
“I’m applying for food stamps” (confidence level 0.25)
“I’m thinking about planning to apply for food stamps” (confidence level 0.35)
“I was arrested” (confidence level 0.75)
April 17th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
So, how’s that making $8,000 in a month coming along? Shouldn’t you have about $2500 of that by now?
April 17th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
Agreed with the topic Casey. I would definatley turn this into a positive freclosure site. Not many out there have the knowledge and resources you now possess with this business. Behind you 100%. Good Luck!!
April 18th, 2007 at 6:18 am
Don’t hate the playa
Hate the game.
April 18th, 2007 at 8:30 am
@157 Philip - please tell Casey all about keeping tenant’s deposits, even when they don’t do any damage because that’s the trend. Casey likes to hear about these kind of win-win deals where he doesn’t have to do any work.
asw: failforward
April 18th, 2007 at 9:25 am
I think it’s pretty funny that these “supporters” are afraid to post comments because of the possible retaliation of the “Haterz.”
Really think about that for amount. If you are afraid to post a COMMENT
April 18th, 2007 at 9:29 am
As I was saying…
Afraid of posting “supporting” comments on A BLOG! Oh no the terrifying blog. The haterz! they will hunt me down… … they’re horrible…. I can’t.
This isn’t Egypt people.
Please. Grow some balls and stand up for whatever your opinons may be.
Supporters- keep on supporting
and haterz keep the reality checks going.
April 18th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Please delete the haterz. I spend roughly 1-2 hrs. a day reading the hilarious comments. If you delete them, then I will be able to return to work.
Seriously, think about it.
April 18th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
You know what Casey, feel free. Can the haters and see what happens. Its all good, right? Why bother trying to keep things “organic”?
It can still be organic. Not unlike your version of being vegan involves consuming meat.
So yes, by all means, can the haters. Censor your blog to only the information you want to see and want others to see. It will be exactly like the former Soviet Union publication policies. You remember those, don’t you? (see: Pravda newspaper)
Here are a few other examples of censoring:
- Nazi Germany
- Fascist Italy
- Communist North Korea
- Castro’s Cuba
See? You’ll be in excellent company.
asw: “cashcall”
On an aside, pertaining to cashcall, I can’t help but think of a quote that was made on the movie Predator 2 by the Jamaican High Priest to Danny Glover’s character in reference to the Predator. I think it fits the cash call situation (and the IRS) very well:
“There’s no stopping what can’t be stopped. No killing what can’t be killed. You won’t see the eyes of the demon, until him come calling….”
Have a NICE day Casey. And sweet dreams.
April 18th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Peeking in to see to check the train wreck. Not staying long.
If you block the haterz, you’ll crash and burn again.
Who are these newbies that just don’t understand that you started this blog to show others not to be like you???
April 19th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
John Chow has a recent post on negative blog comments and how to deal with them:
http://www.johnchow.com/how-to.....in-a-blog/
April 19th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
You know, if you just took our advice we wouldn’t hate you so much.
April 22nd, 2007 at 7:18 pm
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