Spies will keep you working with tricks and lies promising big pay offs.
California real estate – how to spot a spy
This article is written from the perspective of a Los Angeles real estate agent who occasionally encounters individuals claiming to be prospective new residents — but some are actually spies. Their intention is to gather information by pretending to be a real estate buyer. They will either not sign a representation agreement, or they will haggle to change the terms. Do not change any terms for a suspected spy, often a foreign citizen from a country linked to communism, socialism, or authoritarianism such as China, Russia or North. They will make more promises, attempt to be more endearing. The spy will offer to buy you food, wine, or pay for expenses. They will often have two, sometimes three different names. They may give a smaller price point for the price of what they want, then they may raise it later or start looking in a higher price range. They will be looking over a longer period, sometimes more than six months, to gather more information. They will look at more properties, 10-30 properties, instead of the usual 7-10 properties.
Foreign Agents will use the home search process to spy on you and your business.
If you suspect a spy, real estate agents should consider the best strategies. The most successful tactic is to place strict requirements for the suspected buyer spy to sign a buyer agreement. Also, press the spy to provide proof of funds and a pre-approval letter after seeing not more than 1-2 properties.
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Sex, drugs and art: Problem child or not, Hunter’s art is the real deal
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The “failing” New York Times says that Hunter Biden and his art are newsworthy. What do Angelenos think about this? Neocon economist commentator Kudlow says that real art must be based on realism and traditional ideals of beauty, like the art created by his wife. He adds that abstract art is not legitimate art. Kudlow wants to be an art critic, but he is most certainly not qualified in any way, shape or form. Nevertheless, real art critics say that the art of alleged crackhead Hunter is most certainly legit art, and quite valuable art at that, even though Hunter is no da Vinci. Downtown L.A.’s most qualified art critic artist Brother Andy explains:
Hunter Biden, Artist, Isnāt Hurting Anyone
Editorial by Brother Andy
Who Gets To Chose What Art Is?
When one says the word āartā, one has to consider the definition through historic ārules of artā, which are filtered through artists themselves and promoted by āexpertsā.
First, anything can be āartā, they say. Secondly, anyone can be an āartistā. Third, āartā is based on the visceral responses of others toward an object, so, it doesnāt matter what the intention of the artist may have been in the creation (even deceased and anonymous artists), it only matters what you see and feel toward any given representation (typically based on your own learned biases, cultural prejudices, and pure bigotry, plus a bit of fear of the unknown). You decide what is art. That also includes the processes in which work is created — exploration may result in āfailureā but if something is learned and enjoyed, then ābad artā also is viable as anything else manufactured or consumed. Fourth, āfake/scam artā is as viable as āfine artā because āanti-artā has the purpose of questioning and redefining the limitations of what art actually is through critical thinking — otherwise āartā is a benign spectrum of concepts. āPopular artā is often confused with being a āsuccessful artistā, which are two different things entirely. Fifth, there is joy in the making just for the sake of itself outside of a knowable value scale. Sixth, all of life is based on āperceived valueā. Seventh, making āartā is a psychosis from a neurotic impulse, a mental illness.
Compare and Contrast
Hunter Bidenās art work has the basic principles of fine art — much like Jackson Pollackās. Bidenās work has a chosen color theory of using āhotā and ācoolā color combinations — much like Van Goghās. Thereās a technique, including the use of ānegative spaceā, eye-movement, composition, depth. His style is expressionistic — a primary knowledge of basic art history would aid the viewer in understanding where he falls in the arc of non-representational deconstructionism. To be clear, his work is neither original or innovative, provocative or evocative. Itās pleasant and decorative, relaxing (no heavy-lifting intellectualism going on here), and there is no crime in that. Is he the next Picasso? No. Heās also not Banksy, playing us for a fool, despite whatever amounts as a circus surrounding him. The Biden āscamā lies in the media trying gain attention for themselves by attacking Biden as obvious click bait.
Anyone referring to Bidenās work as āleft-wing garbageā is non-sense. ALL ARTWORK IS APOLITICAL (concepts are not reality in a real world)ā¦andā¦ALL ARTWORK IS SUBVERSIVE (you canāt eat it, drive it, wear it, live in it — what value does it have? What is the purpose? What does it mean? The only tangible is in the materials). Any āmessageā implied or otherwise is imposed, since all art is a series of metaphoric representations, a coded language steeped in cultural cliches and stereotypes without deciphering instructions (even realism is not REALITY). | COMMENT
Notoriety Of The Artist?
Biden has notoriety but isnāt that overtly notable, while still being recognizable in style and technique to some degree — minimal. Branding is important for product identification and if a ānameā has significance to a buyer or viewer, then fine. In creative fields, a known name will get you in the door as a curiosity but doesnāt sustain if there isnāt talent or a definable message or bankable goods/services to back it upā¦or potential to develop all that. Lucien Freud, as example. Time usual dictates longevity as a name is only as good as the context of its era. Most people, if stopped on the street, wouldnāt know Marcel Duchampās name but his influence surrounds us all everywhere on the planet through his advancements in minimalism, surrealism, found objects, Dada, Fauvism, Cubism, photography, to name a few areas.
Bidenās work is not āimportantā as it applies to the greater understanding of art or the human experience. He is a enthusiastic hobbyist who has the luxury to dabble with resources, time for study and reflection, and apparently free of commitments in a way most artists (or the rest of us) do not. Again, so what? Former Presidents of the US are doing EXACTLY the same thing without the degrading hoopla applied to Hunter. Is anyone suggesting Bushās lackluster (amateurish) paintings are somehow undermining all we hold near and dear, heās exploiting his position, and only an idiot would consider owning his work? Lighten upā¦Art, even āserious artā, is supposed to be fun. Thatās one of the rules.
Hunter Bidenās Type
When it comes to art, size matters only in the sense of investment of time and materials and the intention of where the work is going to end up. Bidenās home-size-friendly work can easily fit into an array of decors. His work isnāt scaled for large Metropolitan museums or multi-billionaires with acres of wall space, nor is it small enough to fit in a suit case from care-free spending spree while on vacation. In his case, there is no provenance per say, other than what little you may know second-hand of his private life and the situation concerning addiction — which you donāt see in the paintings.
Biden is young, relatively speaking in terms of creatives. He may be the next Grandma Moses, a Primitive Artist, who didnāt kick into high gear until the last part of her life, whose work wasnāt exactly cutting edge, yet still found a loyal following. She was counter-programming to the Wild Sixties with her child-like renderings of the Turn of the Century. Probably not another Grandma in Hunter, although many artists have become well known by insisting and persisting, simply through massive volumeā¦Does Biden have talent? Oh, yes. No more or less than literally thousands of college kids getting a degree in Fine Arts across the globe. Heās maybe a 5.5, with 10 being a genius.
Is a Biden work worthy of the asking price of half a million dollars? Is his work a solid investment? If you can afford it, why not? Otherwise, no. You will not sit on the stuff for a while and recoup the dollars or have a humongous pay-day — that is, unless Hunter goes crazy and kills everyone at the mall. Then, he becomes wild-card notorious and all bets are off.
Much of art is based on the celebrity of the artist, like Andy Warhol. You buy the story of the artistās life as much as you are buying the work, the context of the artistās biography. In my opinion, no one is going to buy Bidenās work in relationship to his father, even as a road to his fatherās attention. You can buy that with traditional donations without having the burden of what to do with a unwanted painting.
Artistās are also educators. If Biden brings attention to the struggles of addiction and presents a tool for positive change, then his work represents much of what Tony Robbins does. Even if Biden were as crass as to trade in on his famous fatherās name, even if his prices are seen as obscene or unworthy, if he uses the notoriety and wealth for good, then the Biden story of over-coming adversity increases in value. Inspiration makes him one-up on Bush who sits in retirement and paints and thatās pretty much the whole story.
Why would Biden be subjected to a different standard then, say, the endless parade of addicts, perverts, and social outcasts artists have been for centuries? What bad could result from what he is doing? The worst thing that comes to mind is: people donāt buy his work and he continues his journey of self-discovery and recovery contented and at peace, with a pile of paintings no one wants. Itās not like that hasnāt happened to artists beforeā¦
Nay-saying critics have proven to be wrong more than right. As the old saying goes: thereās no such thing as bad press. Biden could easily let tongues wag, while he happily paints away, laughing all the way to the bank, which is always the best revenge. Joe Biden has nothing to be ashamed of in regards to Hunterās art work. Itās not like Reaganās son, the ballet dancer.
If someone gave me a Hunter Biden painting as a gift — assuming it wasnāt a gag gift — I would thank them, put it in the closet after they left, pull it out once a year while roaming around the house looking for a good spot or trying to figure out who had a birthday coming for re-gifting, and hope that after Iām dead, it brings in a bit of money in the yard sale to be donated to charityā¦with tax credits.
Leave Hunter Biden be. Have we not learned anything from great artists like Britney Spears?
Brother Andy is a provocative film-maker, multi-media producer, and fine artist who is currently located in Palm Springs, California. Brother Andy is the creative force behind the art movement/art methodology Intriguism and the iconic āJesus Chimpā image. His passions include nudism, feminism, and animal rights.
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