A friend of mine I was working with about potentially opening an auto repair shop is a charlatan. A charlatan is defined as a person falsely claiming to have special knowledge or skill, a fraud.
He was working with me on site acquisition as part of my exploratory work into changing industries. He told me he would be happy to buy the land and I can pay him rent on the land. He claims to have a realtor license and selling ranches in the hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. He also claims to have a drivers ed company, a biohazard disposal company and a private security company.
Earlier this month he claimed he needed help selling his car. A 2018 Kia optima turbo. He owes 12,000 dollars on it. He's upside down. The car is not worth 12k. I agreed to list the car on Craigslist for him and worked to get a car fax for the vehicle. He didn't sell the car. And asked me what to do? Either trade it in and take a bath in the depreciation or lease something that's on special and fold the negative equity into the lease. Or keep it. Then he said he can't afford the car payment anymore. Like what? You're a big shot entrepreneur and you can't afford the payment and you have money to buy land? Something doesn't add up.
He called yesterday and wanted to know what I have planned this week. Shared I had interview with an airline. He wanted more details which I chose not to disclose.
He texted me today to wish me good luck on the interview. He shared someone wants him to be a customer service representative that is contracted for something with the state. I told him to apply. Then he said I need to help him get the job and he has to apply electronically. He doesn't know how to use a computer? He is approximately 10 years older than me.
Who is alive today in America that owns 4 companies and closes high dollar real estate deals and doesn't know how to use a computer? A charlatan. A fraud.
What's interesting is my mom used to call him a charlatan when I was growing up. Mom was an astute judge of character.
I'm all for helping a friend - and have done so with trying to sell his car. I'm not going to fill out an online job application for a grown ass man.
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