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Wow no other posters except me and the guy who’s practically on fire for lack of lubrication.
It’s like Tom Jones developed multiple personality disorder, changed his name and decided to sell real estate.
He’s definately of the baggins clan.
I notice he spells “hotmail”...."HotMail"
Ladies, I think he might be trying to tell you something.
Geesh, I try to give realtors the benefit of the doubt (before I harshly judge each and every one of them, because they normally are full of so much b.s. and Kool Aid), but this guy is asking for it more than most…
“the guy who’s practically on fire for lack of lubrication”
too hype LOLs to you sir.
After he gives you one of his “private tours,” I’m sure he offers the undercoating package and extended service warranty at an amazing discount.
Norwegian humor
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a9qUgYWKwSWI&refer=home
I wouldn’t buy a pack of gum from that grease ball.
If this market only comes along once every ten years, then why is he wearing a leisure suit from 1978? Didn’t he make enough in 1988 and 1998 to buy a new one?
Retro prices demand retro fashion!
Did anyone else notice that his To the Max with Max logo looks like......a tombstone? Is he going to bury me in a depreciating asset or is he going to kill my credit? Or both?
And the setting sun looks more like a fried egg. Work with this guy and end up with egg on your face.
Good that his name isn’t John… “Going straight into the John with John.”
It must be a package deal inthe Indian community (nice suit here too):
http://www.businessprofessional.org/BasPanch/
i think its a Iranian name..not Indian.
Hey, no need to bash smart Max.
He’s got a good point - he’s only ahead of the times!
:D
Must’ve been a tough call for ol’ Max.
Either:
Cover the tuition for his Persian Princesses @ UCI
OR:
Blow it all on one last psychotically optimistic Hail Mary ad campaign.
Max will now go back to selling cars @ his brothers
“pre-owned” BMW lot.
Those who are most highly sought after do not advertise!
This used house salesman is an amateur. No free seminar? No bikini-clad models sipping champagne and playing backgammon on a 400’ boat? No pictures of his 20,000 ft^t estate with a spectacular fountain and ten luxury cars in the garage? No late-night infomercial?
Nothing but a dinky little newspaper ad. How pathetic.
Hey, wait a minute. I think this is the guy who drew the short straw at the last CAR meeting.
It’s his turn to call the bottom.
It’s kinda fun. Let’s see who they drag out next month. He’ll have a new, exciting and breathless story to tell too.
Maybe we should vote for the most believable, the funniest, the stupidest, etc?
I’m torn between funny and stupid on this one....
If it’s any consolation, you’re seeing those same exact sort of ads all over. Here in Dallas, Texas, we’ve stopped waking up to our front yards festooned with “Real Estate Investor Seeks Apprentice” handmade signs (mostly because of one smartaleck who picked up the signs in his neighborhood, changed “Apprentice” to “Sex with Children”, and put them back), but we still have lots of “Handyman’s Special” and “Great Flip!” polycarbonate signs all over the place. Even better, the greedheads are taking advantage of ridiculously low radio ad rates (thanks to ClearChannel’s demise and the rise of the iPod, radio ad rates are collapsing as fast as flipper real estate prices) to buy lots of “Now is the best time to buy a home” ads. Sure, they’re for houses forty and fifty miles outside of the Dallas city limits, and you’d damn well better be independently wealthy to afford the gas to get back and forth from Dogfelcher Falls, but it’s never been a better time to buy!
IrvineRenter, you’re right in bringing up this twit for laughter and abuse. It’s going to be really interesting to find out what he’s doing in another two or three years: will he be looking for the next get-rich-quick scheme, or will he be a third of his way through his sentence after his conviction on fraud?
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This guy is great. I love his pose, a hand gently hanging under the weight of an expensive watch. The sports coat is even better. Thanks for this post, made me laugh big time.