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Still happening… unfortunately the only fix is to delete the account if this doesn’t get addressed.

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Still happening… unfortunately the only fix is to delete the account if this doesn’t get addressed.

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Still happening… unfortunately the only fix is to delete the account if this doesn’t get addressed.

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Still happening… unfortunately the only fix is to delete the account if this doesn’t get addressed.

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Still happening… unfortunately the only fix is to delete the account if this doesn’t get addressed.

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Gary, don’t use the less-than or greater-than symbols in your posts. Your posts aren’t being cut off, but everything after one of those symbols is being interpreted as html.

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Gary, don’t use the less-than or greater-than symbols in your posts. Your posts aren’t being cut off, but everything after one of those symbols is being interpreted as html.

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I don’t think admin is concerned about reasonable networking.

Correct. People who participate in and add value to the forum are welcome to “network” and make it known if they think they could help someone professionally (including posting their contact info). If anyone gives you a hard time refer them to this post.

I tried installing a private messaging function once so that people wouldn’t need to post their emails. It was very buggy though. If I get a chance I will look into it again.

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I don’t think admin is concerned about reasonable networking.

Correct. People who participate in and add value to the forum are welcome to “network” and make it known if they think they could help someone professionally (including posting their contact info). If anyone gives you a hard time refer them to this post.

I tried installing a private messaging function once so that people wouldn’t need to post their emails. It was very buggy though. If I get a chance I will look into it again.

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OK Perry, it looks like maybe I took your post the wrong way a bit. Sorry about the touchy response. The whole point of this site has always been to tell the truth about what’s driving the housing market (something which was in short supply when I first started the site), and I’ve put a lot of effort into spreading that truth. I’m not looking for accolades, here, the point is to explain that after what I see as a very time-consuming effort on my part to promote the truth, I get (very) easily riled when I think someone is accusing me of being dishonest.

I couldn’t agree more with your assessment of the bubble, and I don’t believe people are innocent victims. If I gave that impression I didn’t mean to. Ms. Penner said something about subprime lenders victimizing people, but it was part of another question and I just let it drop because the “who’s to blame” question is a whole other topic that would have sidetracked the conversation, and imho it’s a less important one than the “what happens next” one that I tried to focus on.

I also agree with your observations that realists are often more circumspect. In a sense, I think that’s just part of being intellectually honest, unlike the permabulls. But either way I don’t worry about it much because I am just glad that realists are finally getting to air their opinions in the mainstream places — for a very long time, that wasn’t happening at all.

BTW thanks for the props on the telegenicity. 😉

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OK Perry, it looks like maybe I took your post the wrong way a bit. Sorry about the touchy response. The whole point of this site has always been to tell the truth about what’s driving the housing market (something which was in short supply when I first started the site), and I’ve put a lot of effort into spreading that truth. I’m not looking for accolades, here, the point is to explain that after what I see as a very time-consuming effort on my part to promote the truth, I get (very) easily riled when I think someone is accusing me of being dishonest.

I couldn’t agree more with your assessment of the bubble, and I don’t believe people are innocent victims. If I gave that impression I didn’t mean to. Ms. Penner said something about subprime lenders victimizing people, but it was part of another question and I just let it drop because the “who’s to blame” question is a whole other topic that would have sidetracked the conversation, and imho it’s a less important one than the “what happens next” one that I tried to focus on.

I also agree with your observations that realists are often more circumspect. In a sense, I think that’s just part of being intellectually honest, unlike the permabulls. But either way I don’t worry about it much because I am just glad that realists are finally getting to air their opinions in the mainstream places — for a very long time, that wasn’t happening at all.

BTW thanks for the props on the telegenicity. 😉

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“He’s now a talking-head who needs to mince his words.”

Perry, I find your post offensive. When asked a question, I answer it with facts, and not with dramatic statements, stories, or personal attacks. If you don’t like this style that’s fine, but that’s what I’ve set out to do and it doesn’t justify your implication that i am being dishonest.

I would never write that SD home buyers are the “dumbest in the nation” because it would be entirely pointless to do so. Seriously, what would that accomplish, and how does it add anything to the debate? This is about facts, not name-calling.

As for railing on the REIC, I am stunned by you saying I would never do that as I have repeatedly laid into Lereah, Chamberlin, and the various bottom callers that appear in the local media. Use the search to the left if you require proof.

BTW regarding what you wrote in this thread: http://piggington.com/media_appearance_0#comment , saying “some people would disagree” was an obvious (or so I thought) joke in reference to the fact that so many RE people have bagged so hard on me over the years.

Sorry if I have misunderstood you but I have zero tolerance of people accusing me of being dishonest and I caught more than a whiff of it in your post.

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“He’s now a talking-head who needs to mince his words.”

Perry, I find your post offensive. When asked a question, I answer it with facts, and not with dramatic statements, stories, or personal attacks. If you don’t like this style that’s fine, but that’s what I’ve set out to do and it doesn’t justify your implication that i am being dishonest.

I would never write that SD home buyers are the “dumbest in the nation” because it would be entirely pointless to do so. Seriously, what would that accomplish, and how does it add anything to the debate? This is about facts, not name-calling.

As for railing on the REIC, I am stunned by you saying I would never do that as I have repeatedly laid into Lereah, Chamberlin, and the various bottom callers that appear in the local media. Use the search to the left if you require proof.

BTW regarding what you wrote in this thread: http://piggington.com/media_appearance_0#comment , saying “some people would disagree” was an obvious (or so I thought) joke in reference to the fact that so many RE people have bagged so hard on me over the years.

Sorry if I have misunderstood you but I have zero tolerance of people accusing me of being dishonest and I caught more than a whiff of it in your post.

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The request was just to back off the name-calling and personal attacks… if you wish to address the substance of the arguments, please feel free. Thanks.

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The request was just to back off the name-calling and personal attacks… if you wish to address the substance of the arguments, please feel free. Thanks.

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