I was able to peg what you do from several sentences.
I chew propaganda up and spit it out daily.
Your assumptions of me are 180 degrees off.
I bought my first OO property in 1980. I’ve been a landlord since 1982. I rented a room for less than a year in 1982 until I bought my next home, and I won’t bore you with what’s happened since then.
Other than that, I’ve never rented a day in my life, unless you consider paying for cabins on cruise ships renting.
I can assure you that I’m not bitter, you won’t see me at one of “your” open houses, and I’m probably not like anyone that you’ve ever met before. I don’t fit into any box that you’ve ever seen.
I’m sure that you have never told people that buying a house is gambling. Your income depends on repeating the propaganda that spews from what is purported to be professional, ethical organizations. Your income depends on it.
I’d love to hear some of the lines that came out of your mouth (over the last 10 years) that got you by with nothing more than luck, it certainly wasn’t wisdom or experience.
Regardless of what the organizations that you pay dues to tell it’s members, you aren’t psychic and don’t have a crystal ball and have ABSOLUTELY no business giving people investment advice or predicting future gains, UNLESS you personally are a poster child for financial security for much longer than the 9 year bull run of local RE.
You want to go toe to toe, I can assure you that I can hold my own. I’m involved in the mortgage business but my income doesn’t depend on it. I wasn’t doing retail loans at the peak, so don’t even think that I put people into crappy loans or earned huge commissions.
Take a hard look at what you are saying, word by word.
That’s what I do, even when nobody is listening.
It’s called integrity.
I look in the mirror every day and like who I see.
I only hope that you can say the same.
