{"id":359,"date":"2022-09-04T14:43:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T14:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamfacingforeclosure.com\/2022\/09\/04\/i-am-facing-foreclosure-com-stupid-or-not-i-will-keep-blogging-carefully\/"},"modified":"2022-09-04T18:37:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T18:37:52","slug":"stupid-or-not-i-will-keep-blogging-carefully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamfacingforeclosure.com\/stupid-or-not-i-will-keep-blogging-carefully\/","title":{"rendered":"Stupid or Not, I will Keep Blogging&#8230; Carefully!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>Last Sunday I pulled the plug on this blog with the following message:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p> <strong>That was Stupid!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog was the WRONG kind of exposure. I APOLOGIZE to my friends, family, associates and especially EVERYONE WHO HELPED ME with my real estate transactions.<\/p>\n<p>I DO NOT BLAME ANYBODY for ANYTHING and take full responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>What started as an honest desire to share my experience turned into something dangerous &#8211; playing with fire. After talking to a business associate this morning I realized I went TOO far and shared TOO much. I turned something small into a big exaggerated mess. Others were telling me<br \/> this too, but I wasn&#8217;t getting it. Now I crossed the line. I misused my ambition.<\/p>\n<p>I have damaged my reputation and I have damaged many good relationships through this. I never meant to hurt anyone. So to stop any further damage I am shutting down and laying low.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Can you tell the emotion in my voice?  I acted very impulsively and erased everything quick.  I&#8217;m glad I at least had backups.  It took me several days to restore everything.<\/p>\n<p>You see, Sunday morning I published the previous article &#8220;<a href=\"\/33\/will-i-go-to-jail-for-mortgage-fraud\/\">Am I going to Jail For Mortgage Fraud?<\/a>&#8220;.  Not only did I publish it, but I also sent an email to all my contacts to update everybody on my blog.  I wanted to encourage feedback and I was also asking for referrals to good real estate \/ bankruptcy attorneys.  I did get some good feedback, thank you to everyone who replied.<\/p>\n<p>Right after I sent the email out I got a call from an associate.  He urged me to take the site down <em>immediately <\/em>because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People may not want to do business with you if you try to &#8220;<a href=\"\/39\/no-judging-just-survivin-and-helpin\/\">expose<\/a>&#8221; everything and everyone publicly.<\/li>\n<li>You will have a bad reputation &#8211; for talking too much.<\/li>\n<li>If there is an investigation of any kind everybody involved might get be hurt &#8211; just being in the negative spotlight is bad.  <\/li>\n<li>Somebody will go after you &#8211; being public and being controversial is inviting trouble.   You may step on someone&#8217;s toes with your &#8220;honesty&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>You spend too much time blogging. What about selling your properties, rebuilding your business or looking for a job?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Very valid points&#8230;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the associate who made that phone call for opening my eyes to the range of negative possibilities.  <\/p>\n<p>I do NOT want to hurt people around me with my risks.  I definitely DO NOT want to have a bad reputation among the investors in Sacramento.  <\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s why I pulled the plug.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last couple of days I did some thinking.  I read the emails, the comments and listened to advise.  I considered every one&#8217;s point of view.  I weighed the downside and the upside.  I even talked to an attorney or two&#8230;  <\/p>\n<p>[drum roll, please]  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Today I decided to get back to blogging.. but to do it carefully:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I removed all the names of lenders, agents, etc, from all the posts.  <strong>I am not looking to BLAME nobody!<\/strong> I take full responsibility for whatever happens<\/li>\n<li>I decided to <strong>limit how specific<\/strong> I get about each transaction and individual techniques used.  I am not a real estate guru.  There are many courses on the internet about how to buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/custom?hl=en&#038;lr=&#038;ie=ISO-8859-1&#038;oe=ISO-8859-1&#038;safe=active&#038;client=pub-5423865677708812&#038;channel=3926164074&#038;cof=FORID%3A1%3BGL%3A1%3BBGC%3AFFFFFF%3BT%3A%23000000%3BLC%3A%230000ff%3BVLC%3A%23663399%3BALC%3A%230000ff%3BGALT%3A%23008000%3BGFNT%3A%230000ff%3BGIMP%3A%230000ff%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BAH%3Acenter%3B&#038;domains=IamFacingForeclosure.com&#038;q=no+money+down&#038;btnG=Search&#038;sitesearch=\">NO MONEY DOWN<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Common sense things like not sharing my personal details &#8212; too much. <\/li>\n<li>Limit my time blogging and concentrate more on selling my houses, re-grouping, making an income and repaying my debts (and supporting my wife who is a full-time student working on her Accounting degree). <\/li>\n<li><strong>If I get sued, so be it.<\/strong>  I&#8217;m already over-exposed online.  I might as well stay online and have a <a href=\"\/33\/will-i-go-to-jail-for-mortgage-fraud\/\">chance to explain<\/a> myself.  If I did anything wrong then I deserve the consequences. WHY HIDE??<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><del datetime=\"2006-09-29T00:42:06+00:00\">Also if main-stream media comes knocking on my door I <em>BETTER <\/em>stay online just in-case I have to correct any kind of a bad spin, inaccuracies, provide additional information, etc&#8230;<\/del> <em> I can&#8217;t say if I actually have any power to completely change a bad spin in the media.  I will have SOME influence though.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have a good story to share &#8211; <em>Dealing with Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, and what NOT to Do in Real Estate<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"\/31\/is-this-a-scam-why-am-i-doing-this\/\">primary goals<\/a> are: <\/p>\n<p><strong>1) <a href=\"\/14\/i-want-to-avoid-foreclosure\/\">I want to<\/a> Sell My Properties Fast<\/strong> to Avoid Foreclosure and Bankruptcy<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Share what NOT to in Real Estate<\/strong> as a Home Buyer or Investor<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Help Other People<\/strong> Who are Facing Foreclosure<\/p>\n<p><del datetime=\"2006-09-29T00:42:06+00:00\"><strong>4) Discuss Shady Loans and Real Estate Practices<\/strong><\/del> <ins datetime=\"2006-09-29T00:42:06+00:00\">I don&#8217;t have enough credibility or expertise for this.  I am only going to investigate into my own practices.<\/ins><\/p>\n<p>I hope people can benefit from this information.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"post_meta\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px\">\n<p class=\"tagged\">Filed under <a href=\"\/category\/blogging\/\" title=\"View all posts in blogging\" rel=\"category tag\">blogging<\/a>,  <a href=\"\/category\/goals\/\" title=\"View all posts in goals\" rel=\"category tag\">goals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"navigation\" style=\"font-size: 1.0em; margin-bottom: 0px\">\n<div class=\"previous\"><a href=\"\/33\/will-i-go-to-jail-for-mortgage-fraud\">Will I Go to Jail for Mortgage Fraud?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"next\"><a href=\"\/39\/no-judging-just-survivin-and-helpin\">No Judging! Just Surviving and Helpin&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday I pulled the plug on this blog with the following message: That was Stupid! This blog was the WRONG kind of exposure. I APOLOGIZE to my friends, family, associates and especially EVERYONE WHO HELPED ME with my real estate transactions. I DO NOT BLAME ANYBODY for ANYTHING and take full responsibility. 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