What's Black and White and Red All Over? A blushing zebra?
Denise Lones is an ActiveRain member... she is a vendor selling to the real estate industry, her company is named the Lones Group. Denise Lones is in Washington state. Denise Lones ActiveRain profile says:
"We are a real estate training and marketing company. We specialize in helping agents, brokers and developers dominate their markets. We utilize a proven success system that works."
What's Black and White?
Denise Lones is suing Daniel Rothamel, a real estate agent for $75,000 for using "zebra." Daniel is the Real Estate Zebra, he is a referree... wears stripes. The story was on Inman yesterday. The Lawsuit
Frivolous lawsuit?
Daniel Rothamel is an ActiveRain member... not real active but he's been here since 2006. Daniel is a real estate agent in Virginia. Daniel is very well known in the real estate social media world. The Lones Group has angered Daniel's friends in that world. Jay Thompson put together the defense fund The Daniel Rothamel Legal Defense Fund
What's Black and White and Red All Over?
You can not help but read all about it. Jay Thompson, Drew Meyer and others are going to rank way better for The Lones Group than The Lones Group does in a very short time. Perhaps they do not already.
It's on Twitter. #savethezebra
It's on Facebook. That's where I first saw the story.
It's on Jay's blog The Lones Group v. Rothamel: A case study in destroying your on-line reputation
The Zebras here are from Robbert van der Steeg titled 'Zebra, zebra and zebra' on his Flickr photostream. Thanks to Robbert for allowing the use of his striking zebra photo with a Creative Commons license.
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