Final KoiCast Fireworks

Link is to a post on DontHateCasey concerning the "final" koicast. It's "final" only if Casey stays the heck off the internet, as M. Singh might say. For some reason the link to the actual talkcast is buried in his text, so here's a more obvious talkshoe link.

Apparently things were a little boring at first until the excrement hit the air circulation impeller. Here's a summary of events, pieced together with great help by soemdood of CaseyHaterz.com.

Casey wrote to Nigel, and indicated that his "relationship with God is foremost."

LossMitPro called in for shites and giggles just to say that Casey lacks integrity. Shocking! In other news, Casey is doomed to failure because he lacks integrity, and um, Casey lacks integrity.

The real meat starts when Casey calls in. He's still praying for a reconciliation with his soon to be ex-wife. He's got a job now, apparently hawking some kind of naturopathic or homeopathic erectile dysfunction pill for men. $14/hour sweet active income.

Duane was on the line and acting all buddy buddy with Casey until Tracy (Nacho's Orion slave girl) called in and revealed that Duane sent Galina $1500 for lawyer's fees for the divorce, and also sent money for her to have a night out on the town with Annie and others. Duane absolutely delaminated at that comment, and dropped about 400 F-bombs.

There is now some speculation that Annie was involved in pushing Galina towards divorce, though I don't see how anybody could see that as a bad thing.

There, I just saved you 3 hours. You know you want to listen to it anyway...

Goodbye Casey, Again

Casey has scrubbed his EscapeMyHouse blog. The page is just a blank white slate in a web browser, but behind the scenes we see this:

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Oh, don't worry. He'll be back for his next fix of publicity and sweet sweet humiliation arbitrage.

Two Casey Posts - Why RE, and more Seminar Silliness

Casey has posted twice:
Why the Real Estate Angle

My brand of blogging I think is unique. Why do I have so many haterz and all that. Because unlike other blogger I’m not afraid to speak from the heart and reveal everything (sometimes too much). Including my insecurities, concerns about gray area activities, etc.

If I was to put a term on my style I would call it:

“Passionate Blogging”.

I think I threw up a little in my mouth.

Going to a Short Sale Seminar

I’ll be curious what they’re teaching agents and how it’s different from what they teach at classes targeting investors / flippers. I’m kind of glad I’m not an agent. Doing short sales as a principal / private investor gives you much more control. But there are drawbacks.

I bet there are drawbacks. Hopefully they draw him all the way back to jail.

A Good Title Agent...

Casey posts again at EscapeMyHouse, this time about the benefits of a good, shady, title agent. Main link is to EscapeMyHouse, here is a CaseyHaterz.com link.

Doing a short sale using my special system requires an especially good agent. I need one that can do a simultaneous closing and run preliminary title reports for free or for cheap…. amongst other things.

and from a comment:

Got a call from one of the jobs I applied for… its a web dev / blogging / marketing position. Can you say SWEET? Gonna go in for an interview tomorrow.

Let's just hope prospective employers have never heard of Google.

Response to syndicatered

From comments on a previous post, purportedly from syndicatered / Andrew G.:

Fact of the matter is I had never really gone into in depth what exactly it is I am dealing with aside from Commercial projects because I don't want more competition and it's pretty hard to believe and understand if you aren't dealing with it from 10 a.m. in the morning till 8 o clock at night Monday through Saturday. I expect nothing but skepticism from others. Kellene didn't lure me into a scam nor am I following Casey's path towards destruction. In fact I owe Mrs. Bishop all the thanks and love I have in my heart for introducing me and training me on something that is a very high paid career. Casey tried to make his money as an investor speculating, I am providing a commission based service where I only get paid for closings much like I did in the mortgage industry before this. Now the #'s are just massively larger and the deals are harder than you can imagine to close. Now lets go further into the future and assume the worst, I fail, I end up in foreclosure on 1 property that is on the beach with a million dollar view, not 6 properties in bad locations. So after everything was said and done I end up with a foreclosure on my credit that I can remove in a month from the credit bureau's never to bother me again.

And:

John my sole reason for disabling comments is I don't allow negativity into my life. Fact of the matter is, overall, other people don't want to see others come up because it makes them reanalyze their own self worth.

While it is true that you only have one property foreclosed, which is a huge distinction between you and Casey. I don't recall properly (can't check with the LiveJournal down) did you live in the condo you bought? If so, that's kudos to you for having an owner occupied loan on a place you actually lived in.

However, here are some of the "shady" things I recall you saying you did/would do, again I can't verify them with the LiveJournal down:

• Cashback at close. You talked about this as if buying a home was a profit generating event, something like "We spent the last of the proceeds from the condo purchase." Did the lenders know about your cashback?
  
• You say you can erase a foreclosure from your credit history after one month. This seems shady if it's true, and pointless if it's not or it's temporary. This also doesn't mean you have the right to say "no" when asked on loan applications "have you had a foreclosure in the last five years", which will be a red flag with potential creditors.

In addition to some shadiness, you seem to have some other Casey like attributes, like buying a flashy car you can't afford (using money you borrowed to buy a condo?), having extravagant expenses for someone living in his parents' house, and generally believing that if you keep on keeping on that The Lord or The Universe or someone will drop a steaming pile of cash on your lap.

I understand you don't want negativity in your life, but think about what that ultimate negative feedback mechanism, pain, is useful for: If you touch a hot stove, the pain makes you recoil. If you could not feel pain, you might destroy your hand because you don't have that warning.

Negativity is something you should embrace to acheive balance. In terms you might understand, pure Yin or pure Yang are both unhealthy. If you do not know what is bad, how can you know what is good?

Changes at Syndicatered's request

In a recent post I noticed that syndicatered's live journal was shut down. In comments to that entry, he says that he shut it down because the number 1 Google result for his full name was the single word "shiteweasel":



Since he asked nicely, I've removed the label with his full name from the blog, but I've left his full name in where talking about his commercial ventures where his name appears on the website.

I can respect him wanting to keep his "syndicatered" journal separate from his real name, but his commercial venture is fair game.

I've also changed the name of the blog, I'm not sure if that's permanent or the right thing to do or not, but this way at least people don't have to use a swear word to link up the blog if they don't want to.

Check out his comments, it shows that he still really believes in Kellene Bishop's commercial lending program, even though he's (apparently) not closed a single deal and is living with his mom.

Excellent KoiCast

Nigel's emergency koicast yesterday had Casey, and lots of fecal ferret droppings.

Relevant links:

• Nigel's official koicast post, with link to koicast
  
• Koicast realtime thread at CH.C (50 pages or so)
  
• Condensed version of that thread at CH.C (just 2 pages so far

Summary:
Casey left ForeclosureHelpBook because Damion got frustrated with all of Casey's flip flopping. They agreed that since Casey didn't get anything done, that he would eat his last two weeks salary, so Casey is short on cash.

Casey just went to a another seminar, which he viewed as a free way to network. Nigel asked him what a seminar has ever done for him, to which Casey said "Seminars have gotten me exactly where I am today." This apparently is a ringing endorsement in the Caseyverse. Casey also revealed that it is rare for him to go to a seminar and NOT buy something. This guy should change his name to Mark.

Casey is currently in Sacramento, looking for work. He got up at 8 AM yesterday and worked for eight hours before the koicast, but he can't remember what he did. Nigel says "You have a different definition of work than I do."

Honestly Wondering captured this exchange:

"do you see yourself as bound by your old promises?"

"that's a good question. I dunno. That's a tough question."

"what's your definition of 'promise'?"

"that's a loaded question. what's your point?"

"people don't think you've kept ANY of your promises."

"yeah, they have a point."

"why make promises if you don't intend to keep them?"

CASEY: "when they try to put me in a corner with a yes or no, I stick to my maybe"

Our hero also said that he would consider eating a bug for money, depending on species and amount of currency involved. Apparently he is living with his folks but still spends $200 per month at Whole Foods, so I'd imagine he's only willing to eat organic semi-vegan bugs.

He claims that he has an investment worth $5000 that he bought into for $3700, apparently a reference to GSPG. Also not revealed: Did he tell the bankruptcy attorney he's got assets like this?

So, all in all, same old song and dance, same old Casey. Maybe the IRS or FBI can slap some sense into him.

Syndicatered's LiveJournal Down

Looks like syndicatered has taken down his blog.

If you're reading this, Andrew, please know that we all wish you success. We just wish you realized that success involves avoiding being scammed, and doing something constructive besides meditating and believing you are special.

The Secret of The Secret is There Is No Secret.

Casey: Feeling Escape part deux

Link is to an archive thread at CaseyHaterz.com duplicating Casey's post and comments.

The post is almost entirely advice for how to start blogging.

Blogging too often or too much is an easy thing to fall into. Spending too much time on your “baby” blog can end up owning your life. I’ve even heard of ruined marriages from blog over-indulgence. We won’t name any names of course.

I personally think that you could get a better introduction to blogging from Gabe & Max's How To Get The Dreamlife Of Your Dreams Using The Internet.

Casey Comments at EscapeMyHouse

Link is to a thread at CaseyHaterz.com that duplicates Casey's Feeling Escape Part 1 post, his first at the EscapeMyHouse blog.

Since he has a history of deleting comments all the comments are archived there as well.

Some juicy ones:

Man… what a long day. Bankruptcy attorney meeting went great! I was only 10 minutes late. He is one of the best attorneys in sacramento and we connected well, even after I layed it all on the table.

Not sure what the monetization plan is quite yet but I do need some right now. I did not get paid for the last 2 weeks in Phoenix so I’m really short on cash. Barely made it here.

Damion is not a looser but a very good guy who took a risk on me. I was flip-flipping too much on his dime. Meaning just when I decided to do something I will change my mind. So not much work has been done. How would YOU feel paying somebody $1,000/week and seeing no results?

As for Bankruptcy, pretty much everybody, especially here in CA is lying on their mortgages, like with stated income, so that means you would have to throw out half of all the bankruptcy cases that come to court. Not realistic.

Something is still holding me back. When that happens I seek advice. Problem is I get different kinds of advice depending on who I talk to.

Conflicting advice = no clear advice = I do whatever seem right at the time = I second guess = I do the opposite = flip-flip-flip-flip-flip-FLOP

Those who followed me for a while know the story. The story of my life.

Working short sales and facilitating the deflating process is a good place to be. Especially if I can find somebody in town who can still do a double-close. Then i’m not putting up any money, just orchestrating and carrying out the escape plan and getting paid for it.

So that’s the method to the madness for the primary topic and my income strategy.

Secondary strategy is talk about HOW I do it and educate others to do the same - to become “escape artists” of sorts by helping others escape, AS WELL AS, escaping themselves out of debt, rat race, corruption, etc….

So, it’s all rolled into one. I’m escaping my own problems, helping others escape theirs, getting paid for it, teaching others how to do it and we’re all escaping together. One sweeeet escape!

I love that last one. He's right back to the sweet passive income ideas.

Escape to a Sovereign Life with Casey!

Casey's absence from the Caseyverse didn't last very long this time.

Now he's back with a blog about a blog!

Step 1. Get a free blog at Wordpress.com

When signing up, don’t worry about the username or blog address. You will get your own domain in the next step. Go ahead, get a free blog. Do it now.

This was broken by Nigel on DHC:

I'm keeping my promises...

I've got a W-2 job...

I'm leaving the Internet...

I'm starting a new blog...

Cognitive dissonance much?

Highlight from the KoiCast

The only real news was that Nigel talked to Casey. Casey's still in Arizona, but had indicated he would have to go back to deal with his divorce situation. May go back to Sacramento next week.

CaseyHaterz.com Koicast thread

The Koicast is currently happening (at this moment, somehow it's become a Sharkcast, with CHJTS grilling Nigel.)

The link is to the summary thread on CHC. Highlights to follow.

Other links:

KoiCast
Nigel's Post for today's KoiCast

Damion, meet Bus. Bus, this is Damion.

This verbose post on ForeclosureHelpBook says it all:

The Foreclosure Help Book project is on hold pending some staff changes and strategy adjustment. Feel free to contact us. Thanks!

So where did Casey vanish to?

Next Divorce Hearing November 26

Another Status Conference. This time it is noted that defense attorney is "PRO PER", meaning Casey is representing himself. Genius!

Cashtruck.com a cookie cutter

The link is to a google search for "Trying to sell your home can be a nightmare" - note how many websites start off exactly the same way as Cashtruck.

Just like Andrew Guzik/syndicatered, it seems Damion Lupo was suckered in by some seminar he paid through the nose for and then given a simple cookie cutter web site I'm sure he was "guaranteed" to make him boatloads of money.

Do these people google before hand to see how many other competitors they have before they jump in?

Foreclosure Help Book, LLC

Arthur_W_Spittle digs up this bit of juiciness, the LLC information from the Arizona Corporation Commission.

DS LUPO
MEMBER
15215 N KIERLAND BLVD
SCOTTSDALE,AZ 85254
Date of Taking Office: 10/29/2007
Last Updated: 10/30/2007

The LLC consists solely of Damion Lupo, so Casey owns zero percent of the enterprise. I suppose he's just a contractor. Then again, if he owned 50% of the LLC he probably would not be any better off - half of zero is still zero.

Nigel: Trainwreck Analysis

Nigel has a couple of big posts up at DontHateCasey, first off are all the comments from the previous thread in one place. Next, he's got a pretty long post analyzing the entire FHB trainwreck.

Cashtruck.com - Damion's "We Buy Houses Fast" website

A previous business venture from Damion:

Dear Friend,
Trying to sell your home can be a Nightmare! But, after reading this Special Report, you may very well have a qualified buyer within the next 7 days... Denali Investment Group! While we can't promise you we will buy your house in the next 7 days, we can tell you we're constantly looking for and buying nice homes like yours from other folks in this area.
We are well qualified to buy your home, and very interested in doing just that. As you read this Report, you'll get a good, general idea of what we look for, and some answers to questions we're commonly asked.

Rewriting History

FHB has remodeled itself today. Comments have been completely eliminated, so pesky haterz don't drive away their 5 foreclosure clients. And, Lamborghini pictures have been removed, because, um, not helpful.

Oh, and those five clients? The "Help crew hard at work" post has been updated to say

(Update: we decided to focus on writing the book first. We no longer offer free evaluations at this time.)

And the feedback form is no more. Maybe a botnet did try to request 8 billion evaluations. That's a shame. Remember you heard it here first!

Unless you were inspired to take unlawful action, then, bad hacker. Bad!

Getting Ready To Start Considering Perhaps Starting To Almost Write Book

New post at FHB:

We’re getting ready to start writing the Foreclosure Help Book. It will be an “e-book” at first - a downloadable file (most likely a PDF) that you can receive instantly upon payment.

Thanks for the warning!

Getting ready to start writing. Getting ready! Preparing to get ready! Starting to think about preparing to get ready to consider starting to almost but not quite think about writing!

Casey Comments at DHC

Casey gets into a long involved conversation at DontHateCasey. Unfortunately, he later removes the comments, undoubtedly when Damion woke up and saw the verborrhea. Here is a CH.C link to read backups of the comments, and you can also find them reproduced in this comment by iamfacing at DHC. Highlights follow.

(On being "an anonymous official representative of the Foreclosure Help Crew":)

ForeclosureHelpBook.com said...

Thank you Mr. Funk for your assessment of the situation with this "3rd person talk".

We will take this into account as we plan our next public relations strategy.

Consideration will also be given to our prior promises, certain family members, the national audience of Dr. Phil, the "gray area", and the the relative return on investment of reverting back to "1st person" and aggressively pursuing "personality-driven Web 2.0 marketing" angle in order to raise the success rates of the traffic-increase efforts, in order to generate reasonable and acceptable amounts of profit from the honest and honorable endeavour of helping individuals who are facing foreclosure, with full intent of the aforementioned profits to be used to pay back "every dirty penny", making right on past wrongs, and creating a stream of passive income for the enjoyment of those who took the risks that the ordinary citizens were unwilling to take and thus will not partake of such blessings.

(Man... WE need to get some sleep! Long day. Getting delusional.)

His exchanges with Dolph are pure Casey:

Just staying up late because for some reason its hard to fall asleep tonight. The weather is nice in Scottsdale. Not too cold. Not too hot. A good amount of work has been done today. The crew doesn't feel like starting on tomorrows work. So the crew is looking for any open conversations to contribute too. And is trying a little to hard. Perhaps the crew has been behind the scenes for too long and is subconsciously longing to come back to the front stage. To get back to generating buzz and talking plainly in 1st person about life and business and whatever else comes to mind. However The Crew must stay discipline and stay the course. Until further notice, or a change of direction with mutual agreement by the partner in charge, or a flip-flop...whichever comes first. Good night Mr. Dolph.

Some teasers for future troll bait:

Tomorrow we plan to post a TODO list for ForeclosureHelpBook development. Both as it relates to the blog and the book.

Furthermore, we might even go as far as putting up a spreadsheet that tracks hours worked per day and by task.

That would serve as both accountability for The Crew and some visible progress for the observers.

Dolph tears into Casey:

Dolph said...

What's the point of a useless spreadsheet? Your history suggests you will either stop filling it in or take it down after two days.

Why not just prove to us you are helping folks? If I could see you are truly HELPING people without taking them to the cleaners, I'd make a pledge to stop 'hating' right now.

Now that doesn't mean I won't forgive you for bilking the system, but I can let bygones be bygones for now IF I thought you guys were A) Doing some good for others and B) Not taking people's equity or imposing harsh fees on them.

Multiple Personality Disorder sets in:

ForeclosureHelpBook.com said...

Also, please stop referring to US as "Casey".

Some actual useful information:

For example. We can say that Casey's 2006 taxes are still in the works. He had to pay his CPA $750 retainer to get those done. There was a lot of complexity with all the deals. Plus the CPA firm was concerned about Casey's ability to pay. As they are not unaware of his mess. So the deadline came and went but the taxes are still being worked on. It take a while for to get all the paperwork ready (I know I know, you can call it laziness, whatever).

The CPA is saying that most likely no taxes will be due because of all the losses. That means there will be no penalties for being late.
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Casey DID make 2 quarterly tax payments in 2006 before running out of money. His CPA set him up on quarterlies in 2006 since he went full time real estate investor in Jan 06.

So the IRS did get some money out of him. Perhaps there may even be a refund.

And as far as we know (we're not CPAs) the IRS is not going to tax you if you have a net zero income. Doesn't matter if you made money. What counts is how much of it stays.
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Sorry, lets correct that. IN the last post instead of "net zero income", we meant net zero "profit". There was definitely income for casey in 2006, however the losses were pretty monstrous. But I will let him tell you later once the taxes are done.
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By "losses" we meant "business expenses" - meaning deductions off the income. I know you understand what I mean, just want to correct because there are many "detail guys" here.

Ah, "Business expenses." He means Jamba Juice and Macaroni Grill, and $300 cell phone bills.

Herding Cats

[UPDATE: This post was deleted from FHB. You can find a complete reproduction at CHC here If anyone knows a non-registration required link to a full copy, please comment.]

Damion posts a huge troll trying to rile up the haterz.

To those out there who only wish ill on Casey and are salivating at the thought of him exploding through fusion or being carted away to Club Fed, your dreams are going to be spoiled. Casey is alive, he’s kickin and he aint goin anywhere close to jailhouse rock. Casey is doing what almost nobody on the planet is doing including most of the idiotic haterz out there. He’s stepping up and taking responsibility. He’s working his ass off here at FHB and is not blaming anyone other than himself for the mess he’s in. He did in the past, talking about how the evil lenders wronged him etc…predatory lending…yada yada but those days are over…I believe in him and his commitment to make things right with all those who have been burned by his actions.

Of course, almost all haterz would love to see Casey step up and "succeed". A large portion of us started off as supporterz, giving him advice which would have helped him had he followed it. In just about every single case, after a certain number of times watching Casey ignore our advice and fail forward, we gave up on him.

But, if he truly does turn it around, I know at least I would fully support him.

So, go for it, Casey! Prove us wrong! I'll believe it when I see it.