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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SBMC" data-source="post: 2759597" data-attributes="member: 30040">1. I assume John Nephew is an adult and can take care of himself?2. I don't concede based upon someone's resume'.3. It turns out that he and I actually agree on many things here in this thread.4. I have no idea who this fellow actually is - I am not privy to his resume'.I stated the fact about a REIT as he used that as an example in fault; if he is a solid businessman he will have another example readily at hand to back up what he stated - I could think of a couple myself that would make his case and turn the discussion into a more conceptual one (motivational factors for different methods of measure). Nowhere did I insult or discount his abilities except where it was very clear he was wrong, mislead, misspoke or I totally did not get what he was saying and thought it said something it did not (I have no idea which one of these or combination thereof it is).He utilized two specific examples to backup his own expertise and give his subsequent statements weight; which is quite normal and there is nothing wrong with that. My statements regarding investments was simple - the examples he chose, to another professional such as myself are not all that impressive. It shows he has skill but not expertise. To less experienced folks I am sure it is impressive.  Just as he stated his case for being qualified to make the statements he did I countered them for essentially the same purpose. I thought that my comments about that were light enough to make that point? if not I apologize to him (not you) if he found them insulting.I don't expect anyone to post their resume' here; but had he said "I have been in the RPG business for X number of years and am a high level Exec" or something to that effect; that would have said far more than any statement about investments could. I would have simply ignored the investments portions, knowing that they are most likely a small fraction of his accomplishments and focused elswhere in the conversation.</blockquote>

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