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Well, in this case I apologize because my assumptions were clearly incorrect. Sometimes I'm wrong (more often than I'd like, clearly). Thank you for engaging and I'm sorry Sam.

I grew up in a real estate family and while I don't think we personally engage in nasty behavior, I'm all too familiar with the games and schemes people play to get ahead. The large sums of money frequently attract unsavory and selfish actors. It makes for a rather ugly business sometimes, instead of being able to focus on the goal of helping people find a good living situation.

Wish you all the best, we're all stuck on this rock (and more frequently on HN, around the Bay Area) together, whether we care to think about it or not - we're all more connected than we may realize.