Archive for March, 2006

The Exam

I had heard many things with regard to the New Hampshire real estate exam. Some people told me it was difficult and others suggested it would be no problem at all. I did not know what to expect but I felt that I had a good understanding of the study material going in.
I had my [...]

New eBay Scam Messages

It’s been a while since I have seen any eBay scam messages in my inbox, but it seems I am beginning to get a new batch of them recently. These scammers are clever and they are always thinking up new and innovative ways to scam people.
This most recent ones attempts to fool victims into believing [...]

Those Incredible Relentless Spammers

You can be sure of one thing. If there exists a method for spammers to utilize in order to make sure their crap gets delivered, they will find it!
Naturally, the motivation is money, and as we all know, that’s one powerful motivator.
The latest trick I am seeing them press into service is using spam-bots that [...]

Back To School (Or Why Did He Quit Real Estate?, Part 2)

The meeting with the manager of the local real estate office that had contacted me went very well. She was a very nice person and I liked her immediately. She was easy to talk to and I could tell we would get along just fine. I had decided before the end of the meeting that [...]

So Why Did He Quit Real Estate?

I’ve just created this brand-new category in my blog called “Real Estate Career” which I will use to bore my readers with some of my thoughts regarding the reality of working as a real estate agent. At least as I see it.
My reasons for getting into real estate were probably not the best reasons in [...]

Penny Stock Spam Mini Flood

I am continuing to receive penny stock scam-spam messages on a daily basis. Until quite recently I had not received any of these for months. Every so often it seems like the anti-spam tactics that are being used by my ISP break down and the level of spam rises a bit after seeing virtually no [...]

Spring Must Be Pump And Dump Season!

I have have noticed a substantial increase in the amount of penny stock scam-spam that has been showing up in both my e-mail inbox and my “real” U.S. Mail delivery lately. I guess spring must be the time when the pump-and-dump artists come out from under the rocks they have been hiding under during the [...]

More Stock Spam

I love posting this crap since it gives people an opportunity to get the real story on this type of spam.
For the full story, check out this link.
Below is the lastest “pump and dump” stock spam I received (notice the paragraph worth of nonsense at the end of the message which is probably there in [...]

There Are Some Things I Will Never Understand

The festering undercurrent of sociopathic tendencies that inhabit some human animals is something that has always fascinated and amazed me.
Fortunately, there are only a few whose tendencies manifest themselves in ways that result in physical harm to others. The serial killers, rapists and those that decide to take a gun to work some day and [...]