{"id":14868,"date":"2011-08-01T05:05:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T12:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=14868"},"modified":"2012-02-05T10:55:54","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T17:55:54","slug":"get-rich-fighting-crime-save-the-girl-and-make-big-money-doing-it-by-correcting-one-simple-error-in-your-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14868\/get-rich-fighting-crime-save-the-girl-and-make-big-money-doing-it-by-correcting-one-simple-error-in-your-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Get rich fighting crime! Save the girl &#8212; and make big money doing it &#8212; by correcting one simple error in your thinking."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The pitch&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a sweet offer in the headline, don&#8217;t you think? It&#8217;s like Batman meets Ironman, but it&#8217;s all real &#8212; achievable now, no super-human powers required.<\/p>\n<p>Not enough? You want more?<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s this?<\/p>\n<p>I can show you how to all-but-eliminate every sort of street crime.<\/p>\n<p>I can show you how to protect any real estate or personal property you own from theft, mayhem, mishap or from simple maintenance oversights.<\/p>\n<p>I can show you how to resolve almost every kind of civil dispute &#8212; without courts, without attorneys &#8212; and usually without rancor.<\/p>\n<p>I can show you how to perfect your sales praxis to an amazing state of efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Hell, I can even increase your chance of successfully hooking-up at the singles bar.<\/p>\n<p>I can cut your commute time, maximize your work-day productivity and save you from getting Aunt Whatshername&#8217;s name wrong when you see her.<\/p>\n<p>Watch me: I can show you how to create a brand new trillion-dollar industry that will spin off dozens of start-ups as it is aborning and hundreds more later on.<\/p>\n<p>I can show you how to mine an incredible new source of vast, uncountable wealth, a source no one has ever thought of before. I can put you there, at the dawn of a new age of human productivity &#8212; a pioneer, a prospector, and ultimately a tycoon in a brand new way of making money.<\/p>\n<p>As you gaze upon that incredible motherlode of riches &#8212; knowing that there are unfathomable trillions more buried within it &#8212; I have one simple question to ask you:<\/p>\n<p>To gain access to those riches &#8212; no fear of crime, no more petty lawsuits, better closing skills on and off the job, plus hundreds of new businesses, each one throwing off astounding new opportunities &#8212; would you be willing to correct one simple error in your thinking?<\/p>\n<p>Are you willing to consider the proposition? Stay tuned&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>The moth, the cat and the ontological nature of error&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh, good grief! Was there a fifty-cent word in that subhead?<\/p>\n<p>There was, alas.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that, if you can hang in there, and if you have the guts to change a fundamental error in your thinking, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14868\/get-rich-fighting-crime-save-the-girl-and-make-big-money-doing-it-by-correcting-one-simple-error-in-your-thinking\/#more-14868\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pitch&#8230; That&#8217;s a sweet offer in the headline, don&#8217;t you think? It&#8217;s like Batman meets Ironman, but it&#8217;s all real &#8212; achievable now, no super-human powers required. Not enough? You want more? How&#8217;s this? I can show you how to all-but-eliminate every sort of street crime. I can show you how to protect any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,212,29,379,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14868","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-egoism-in-action","7":"category-flourishing","8":"category-group-therapy","9":"category-innovation","10":"category-technology","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14412,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14412\/do-you-want-to-undo-the-damage-the-nar-has-done-to-the-american-economy-if-youre-not-a-criminal-if-youre-not-a-predator-stop-lending-your-moral-and-financial-power-to-people-who-are\/","url_meta":{"origin":14868,"position":0},"title":"Do you want to undo the damage the NAR has done to the American economy? If you&#8217;re not a criminal &#8212; if you&#8217;re not a predator &#8212; stop lending your moral and financial power to people who are.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"April 10, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a fun little exercise for your brain: Suppose I sneak up behind you, throw a burlap bag over your head, tie you up and then lock you in my basement. Would you regard that as a crime? I don't mean just a call-the-cops crime or a phone-your-lawyer crime. 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If instead it turns out to be a fund-raiser, try to cultivate some\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Group Therapy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":574,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/574\/welcome-to-race-piracy-20-zillowcom-is-targetted-for-the-crime-of-having-deep-pockets\/","url_meta":{"origin":14868,"position":2},"title":"Welcome to Race Piracy 2.0: Zillow.com is targetted for the crime of having deep pockets . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"October 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Heads up, folks. It's a shake-down. Poor Zillow.com has gotten itself caught up in a classic Jesse Jackson-style shake-down. This is specious bullshit, and everyone who cares about justice -- and about not having the rest of the net raped by posturing diversity pirates -- should line up with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14022,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14022\/heads-up-america-slavery-is-not-somehow-virtuous-when-you-enslave-each-other-if-you-want-freedom-you-must-demand-freedom\/","url_meta":{"origin":14868,"position":3},"title":"Heads up, America: Slavery is not somehow virtuous when you enslave each other. If you want freedom, you must demand freedom.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's the political issue that matters: Government is crime. When your local City Hall tells you which trees you must plant in your yard, that's a crime against you. When your state taxes your income in order to give your money to people who did not earn it, that's a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Egoism in Action&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Egoism in Action","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/egoism-in-action\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10375,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10375\/dominating-websearch-with-focus\/","url_meta":{"origin":14868,"position":4},"title":"Dominating Websearch with Focus","author":"Damon Chetson","date":"November 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the things I picked up from reading Greg's blog was his desire to dominate the real estate market not in Phoenix, but in particular neighborhoods. Chris Gilgian's, a 1950s development where I used to live,\u00a0 the Willo Historic District, and other neighborhoods in downtown Phoenix.\u00a0 As a criminal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marketing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17567,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17567\/overnight-news-smoking-gun-what-smoking-gun-pay-no-attention-to-the-evidence-of-your-senses\/","url_meta":{"origin":14868,"position":5},"title":"Overnight News: \u201cSmoking gun? What smoking gun? 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