"But, come on Mike, you swim against the stream on here in most of your posts and wear it like a badge of honor. Most of us don't agree that your choice is appropriate for us and your methods of expression are very close to proselytizing. You appear to be on a crusade, and your not getting agreement or even appreciation for it."
That was good Edd...I had to look it up..."proselytizing"...never heard it before!
The above sentiments are thoughtful...though not entirely accurate. I do appear to swim against the stream lately...especially when it comes to housing bubble debates. I find this ironic considering most mainstream experts (outside this Forum) don't subscribe to a looming catastrophe in the housing markets. But here the theory is (and always has been) all the rage. Guess I should just pack it up...I'm outnumbered.
Moreover, I AM getting agreement & appreciation for my viewpoints. It just so happens most of the people I hear from contact me via private message, and nearly all of them say the same thing..."they rarely posts...mostly read, and don't want to contribute because, of the way some Forumites conduct themselves."
I've also received phone calls (unsolicited), and two letters to date. I've been contacted via private message from those wanting to know what I did to escape (1st) appraising for mortgage lending purposes, and (2nd) how I left appraising behind altogether & increased my income. I've been contacted with enough frequency, and asked to share...that I wrote down my response in Publisher so I could just copy & send it easily via Private Email.
Yet others do agree with me publically, and they're attacked with almost equal frequency. One PM'd me recently that they're noticing they're "getting the cold shoulder lately."
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I wish we'd all just stick to the debate rather than opening up an all you can eat buffet of character assassination.
"Whether you personally win or lose has nothing to do with the larger question under discussion here. I realize you struggle with this, but it really is not all about you. Notice the topic of this thread is not "Is Mike's world and everyone who lives in it coming to an end?", and the only reason we keep ending up hearing about you is because you keep injecting yourself into it. Would you believe that not everyone cares about what you say you're doing? Go figure."
No George...it's not all about me. It's all "80% drop in housing prices lasting for a decade or more."
So lets quit making it about me, and lets get back to debate. You're not the only one that knows about "your market" and there's plenty of experts out there that disagree with your outlandish viewpoints & wild predictions of the past regarding that particular market.
You've given examples and so have I, and I must say, you're remarkably thin skinned with those who'd dare disagree with you.
-Mike
