Comments on: Armando Montelongo, So-called Real Estate Guru Has A Local Radio Ad - Be Wary! http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/ Your Austin Realtor Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:37:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jack http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/comment-page-1/#comment-528 Jack Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:08:32 +0000 http://braxtonbeyer.com/?p=72#comment-528 I really think you should all judge for your self and check out his blog. It is really him and he gives detais about everything going on. Stopping being ignorant and judge for yourself, not what you read. I really think you should all judge for your self and check out his blog. It is really him and he gives detais about everything going on. Stopping being ignorant and judge for yourself, not what you read.

]]> By: bridge http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/comment-page-1/#comment-476 bridge Wed, 27 May 2009 07:31:50 +0000 http://braxtonbeyer.com/?p=72#comment-476 he is full of shit if he didn't do it then he would'nt have wrote out a check to pay her,he is petty,childish and unprofessional. No business man would have care enough to write on this page to prove himself sounds like he is angry and have insecurity issues.I order his cds and I am going to send them back because of his lettter he wrote, my 30days is not up. He needs to take the time and find a speech coach because he talks to fast he sounds like he has a mouth full of come in his mouth. so I will not be one of his students what goes around comes around!! asshole he is full of shit if he didn’t do it then he would’nt have wrote out a check to pay her,he is petty,childish and unprofessional. No business man would have care enough to write on this page to prove himself sounds like he is angry and have insecurity issues.I order his cds and I am going to send them back because of his lettter he wrote, my 30days is not up. He needs to take the time and find a speech coach because he talks to fast he sounds like he has a mouth full of come in his mouth. so I will not be one of his students what goes around comes around!! asshole

]]> By: Real Estate http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Real Estate Sun, 10 May 2009 02:13:32 +0000 http://braxtonbeyer.com/?p=72#comment-442 Thanks for the advice. I didn't hear the commercial, but I read the wiki article that you posted. I'll be careful, thanks! Thanks for the advice. I didn’t hear the commercial, but I read the wiki article that you posted. I’ll be careful, thanks!

]]> By: Robert http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/comment-page-1/#comment-435 Robert Thu, 07 May 2009 21:23:27 +0000 http://braxtonbeyer.com/?p=72#comment-435 "I don’t think Armando is any more of a con artist than anybody else or business in this country. Afterall, he is in the sales business. Sales is about convincing people to purchase your product. As with any business, Armando is going to try to use the most cost-effective option." Uh-huh. He doesn't get permits on the work he does, and certainly does not disclose that plus the problems he painted over to buyers. “I don’t think Armando is any more of a con artist than anybody else or business in this country. Afterall, he is in the sales business. Sales is about convincing people to purchase your product. As with any business, Armando is going to try to use the most cost-effective option.”

Uh-huh. He doesn’t get permits on the work he does, and certainly does not disclose that plus the problems he painted over to buyers.

]]> By: business is business http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/comment-page-1/#comment-425 business is business Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:56:57 +0000 http://braxtonbeyer.com/?p=72#comment-425 I don't think Armando's ethnicity has anything to do with the public's perception of him. I think it's his business practices that have helped formed the negative reaction to his persona. Yes many people perpetrate fraud in all business worlds and there are many lawsuits, some frivolous, some not and it's been happening for a couple hundred years. Again Armando's public will form the opinion based on what's written and reported, but more importantly, the savvy public will see how he treats people and form their opinion based on that, not his ethnicity. I don’t think Armando’s ethnicity has anything to do with the public’s perception of him. I think it’s his business practices that have helped formed the negative reaction to his persona. Yes many people perpetrate fraud in all business worlds and there are many lawsuits, some frivolous, some not and it’s been happening for a couple hundred years. Again Armando’s public will form the opinion based on what’s written and reported, but more importantly, the savvy public will see how he treats people and form their opinion based on that, not his ethnicity.

]]> By: RealEstatechick http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/comment-page-1/#comment-421 RealEstatechick Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:28:29 +0000 http://braxtonbeyer.com/?p=72#comment-421 I don't think Armando is any more of a con artist than anybody else or business in this country. Afterall, he is in the sales business. Sales is about convincing people to purchase your product. As with any business, Armando is going to try to use the most cost-effective option. It sickens me that whenever a minority is doing something positive and becoming successful, people always try to portray him/her in a negative light. Armando is doing nothing different than any other business. Think of all the products or services you have used that may not have been satisfactory. Examples include: Lotions that don't moisturize, food that doesn't taste good, perfumes that don't last long, detergents that don't work, etc.... No one is constantly trying to slander the names of these companies and portray them as frauds. I read posts where people commented on Armando being sued. SO WHAT!! There are doctors that get sued all the time and they still have a large clientele. Just because someone a a civil suit against them doesn't mean that they are necessarily guilty of anything. If Armando was really THAT bad, then I don't think he would have had a show on A&E and still be in the same business today. I don’t think Armando is any more of a con artist than anybody else or business in this country. Afterall, he is in the sales business. Sales is about convincing people to purchase your product. As with any business, Armando is going to try to use the most cost-effective option. It sickens me that whenever a minority is doing something positive and becoming successful, people always try to portray him/her in a negative light. Armando is doing nothing different than any other business. Think of all the products or services you have used that may not have been satisfactory. Examples include: Lotions that don’t moisturize, food that doesn’t taste good, perfumes that don’t last long, detergents that don’t work, etc…. No one is constantly trying to slander the names of these companies and portray them as frauds. I read posts where people commented on Armando being sued. SO WHAT!! There are doctors that get sued all the time and they still have a large clientele. Just because someone a a civil suit against them doesn’t mean that they are necessarily guilty of anything. If Armando was really THAT bad, then I don’t think he would have had a show on A&E and still be in the same business today.

]]> By: Braxton Beyer http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Braxton Beyer Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:57:39 +0000 http://braxtonbeyer.com/?p=72#comment-420 @Ann, that is something you will have to decide for yourself. As the comment above states, all charges were dropped in this particular case. I do know though that Armando has been involved in at least 5 other civil cases. You can get more details at http://www.flipthislawsuit.com/2007/10/12/montelongo-foreclosure-and-court-activity/ @Ann, that is something you will have to decide for yourself. As the comment above states, all charges were dropped in this particular case. I do know though that Armando has been involved in at least 5 other civil cases. You can get more details at http://www.flipthislawsuit.com/2007/10/12/montelongo-foreclosure-and-court-activity/

]]> By: Ann http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Ann Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:50:36 +0000 http://braxtonbeyer.com/?p=72#comment-419 Well, I don't know what to make of it are having read the post and then the most recent comment taken from his blog. Is he a good guy or a bad guy? Well, I don’t know what to make of it are having read the post and then the most recent comment taken from his blog. Is he a good guy or a bad guy?

]]> By: jack http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/comment-page-1/#comment-409 jack Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:34:11 +0000 http://braxtonbeyer.com/?p=72#comment-409 Just thought you should know that all the charges were dropped. The indictment never held water and there was absolutly no reason for him to ever have been arrested... This is a message form his blog http://www.armandomontelongo.com/news/?p=104 I Was Found Innocent On Felony B.S. Charges 19 January 2009 Written by: Armando Posted under Uncategorized Last September of 2007 something happened to me that has never happened before. At 9:00 am, (6) San Antonio police officers surrounded my house at Rancho Montelongo. Not knowing why (6) police officers would be surrounding my house, I simply opened the door and let them in wondering what the hell was going on. They told me I had been charged with a felony called “Theft of Service”. At that time, I had lived for 37 years and had NEVER been arrested or in trouble with the law in my ENTIRE life. The officers handcuffed me and took me down to the city jail where I now found out is where most of the idiots in San Antonio hang out. The officers were very nice and we actually had a friendly conversation on the way to the station. They said “You are much friendly in person than on television.” I said, “That’s because your not a contractor”. LOL Once there, several of my new “roomies” were asking me about what “I did” to be in jail and I asked them politely to shut the F&*K up, as I am not a criminal. The jail was soon abuzz and a judge who is a fan of the show came to the cell and told me he would have me out ASAP and these charges are BS. I thank that judge for getting me out of the San Antonio sewage system as quickly as possible. WHAT IS THEFT OF SERVICE? Theft of Service is a charge for people who intentionally order service and never have the intent to pay. This means someone would ask a landscaper to do work and know ahead of time that they were going to stiff the guy and never pay him. WHY WAS I CHARGED? A woman by the name of (who honestly cares) has a real estate appraisal service in Austin, Texas. She claimed that my company ordered several appraisals from her and didn’t pay. She sent the bill and I disputed it because I DID NOT ORDER THE APPRAISALS. In fact, some of the appraisals she was attempting to charge me for were for properties THAT WERE NOT MINE! This is called a civil dispute since it is over a business matter. She sent me a threat letter from a civil attorney and I again disputed that I did not order these appraisals. The civil attorney immediately backed off since this is a case he could NOT win. In my opinion, she now decided that since a civil attorney would not take a case that they would LOSE, that she would go the way of attempting to use the police department to act as a bill collector for her. The problem with this is that THESE WERE NOT MY BILLS. This appraiser made the comment to a mutual business associate that she had a friend in the Austin legal system and that she was going to “make me pay one way or another and have me arrested for Theft of Service”. I find it VERY INTERESTING that I do not live in Austin, my business is not in Austin and these properties were not located in Austin, yet she chose to file a case in Austin where she stated she had a friend in the Austin legal system. I called my attorney and he said, “Though these bills are not yours, pay the invoice since a “friend in the legal system” may not be told the whole truth by the complaining party. I wrote a check for the amount of the appraisals as per my attorney’s advice and he contacted her to give her the check. At this point she refused the check and eventually refused to take any more of his phone calls. IN MY OPINION, she didn’t want to take the money because she was looking for revenge, notoriety from the media or attention for her small business or smaller ego. Soon the National Enquirer came knocking and did a story about this Theft of Service charge as well as most major newspapers around the country. I must say they used a very nice picture and spelled my name right…LOL, but my concern is about my students and fans who would believe the defamation and slander B.S. this woman was selling. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE I must say, once the appraiser’s friend was out of the way, the District Attorney’s office in Austin, Texas did a very good job of investigating the FACTS of this woman’s slander. Upon a full investigation, the District Attorney found NO MERIT for this woman’s accusations and DISMISSED THE CASE! I am happy the case has been dismissed and justice served. The funny thing is I never lost a night’s sleep over this. Perhaps it is because the past challenges of my life “toughened me up” or maybe it was the fact that I thought the accusations to be a joke and the case BS! Whatever the case, IT IS NOW TIME FOR ME TO BRING WAR ON THIS WOMAN! WHAT WILL I DO NOW? Now that I have been cleared, I must look at the damage this woman caused. She slandered my name across a national scale. Believe it or not I can be a patient and tolerant man. However, she tried to take me away from my son Mondoman and send me to prison for two years (that is the maximum penalty for Theft of Service). The thought of her (over a $4,000 appraisal bill that was not mine) attempting to take me away from my 9 year old boy, when it is my responsibility as a father to raise him, BOILS MY BLOOD! I will have NO MERCY as I file a Slander and Libel suit against her. I will also file such suite against her advisors as well! There is a time to rest and a time to fight. Now, after justice has been served, my enemies will remember me for the rest of their lives as I am about to launch the greatest war with the BEST lawyers in seeking compensation for the damages this woman caused. Many of the damages will be reserved for the court of law and for the lawyers to hash out. WHY I HAVE WRITTEN THIS I have chosen to write about this because you as a student, fan or friend have sent thousands of concerned emails. I do not want you to be mislead away from your success or for anyone through selfish reasons to create an excuse to stop your succcess. Now is the most critical time and GREATEST OPPORTUNITY in American History to create success and I will not allow such selfish people who want to crush YOUR DREAMS stand in the way of your destiny!!! Just as this lie existed, I will be addressing another big lie out there very soon (and this one I am even more excited about)! Take care and leave me your thoughts below. To Your Success, Armando Just thought you should know that all the charges were dropped. The indictment never held water and there was absolutly no reason for him to ever have been arrested…

This is a message form his blog http://www.armandomontelongo.com/news/?p=104

I Was Found Innocent On Felony B.S. Charges
19 January 2009
Written by: Armando Posted under Uncategorized

Last September of 2007 something happened to me that has never happened before. At 9:00 am, (6) San Antonio police officers surrounded my house at Rancho Montelongo. Not knowing why (6) police officers would be surrounding my house, I simply opened the door and let them in wondering what the hell was going on.

They told me I had been charged with a felony called “Theft of Service”.

At that time, I had lived for 37 years and had NEVER been arrested or in trouble with the law in my ENTIRE life. The officers handcuffed me and took me down to the city jail where I now found out is where most of the idiots in San Antonio hang out.

The officers were very nice and we actually had a friendly conversation on the way to the station. They said “You are much friendly in person than on television.” I said, “That’s because your not a contractor”. LOL

Once there, several of my new “roomies” were asking me about what “I did” to be in jail and I asked them politely to shut the F&*K up, as I am not a criminal.

The jail was soon abuzz and a judge who is a fan of the show came to the cell and told me he would have me out ASAP and these charges are BS. I thank that judge for getting me out of the San Antonio sewage system as quickly as possible.

WHAT IS THEFT OF SERVICE?

Theft of Service is a charge for people who intentionally order service and never have the intent to pay. This means someone would ask a landscaper to do work and know ahead of time that they were going to stiff the guy and never pay him.

WHY WAS I CHARGED?

A woman by the name of (who honestly cares) has a real estate appraisal service in Austin, Texas. She claimed that my company ordered several appraisals from her and didn’t pay. She sent the bill and I disputed it because I DID NOT ORDER THE APPRAISALS. In fact, some of the appraisals she was attempting to charge me for were for properties THAT WERE NOT MINE!

This is called a civil dispute since it is over a business matter. She sent me a threat letter from a civil attorney and I again disputed that I did not order these appraisals. The civil attorney immediately backed off since this is a case he could NOT win.

In my opinion, she now decided that since a civil attorney would not take a case that they would LOSE, that she would go the way of attempting to use the police department to act as a bill collector for her.

The problem with this is that THESE WERE NOT MY BILLS. This appraiser made the comment to a mutual business associate that she had a friend in the Austin legal system and that she was going to “make me pay one way or another and have me arrested for Theft of Service”. I find it VERY INTERESTING that I do not live in Austin, my business is not in Austin and these properties were not located in Austin, yet she chose to file a case in Austin where she stated she had a friend in the Austin legal system.

I called my attorney and he said, “Though these bills are not yours, pay the invoice since a “friend in the legal system” may not be told the whole truth by the complaining party.

I wrote a check for the amount of the appraisals as per my attorney’s advice and he contacted her to give her the check. At this point she refused the check and eventually refused to take any more of his phone calls.

IN MY OPINION, she didn’t want to take the money because she was looking for revenge, notoriety from the media or attention for her small business or smaller ego. Soon the National Enquirer came knocking and did a story about this Theft of Service charge as well as most major newspapers around the country.

I must say they used a very nice picture and spelled my name right…LOL, but my concern is about my students and fans who would believe the defamation and slander B.S. this woman was selling.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

I must say, once the appraiser’s friend was out of the way, the District Attorney’s office in Austin, Texas did a very good job of investigating the FACTS of this woman’s slander. Upon a full investigation, the District Attorney found NO MERIT for this woman’s accusations and DISMISSED THE CASE!

I am happy the case has been dismissed and justice served. The funny thing is I never lost a night’s sleep over this. Perhaps it is because the past challenges of my life “toughened me up” or maybe it was the fact that I thought the accusations to be a joke and the case BS!

Whatever the case, IT IS NOW TIME FOR ME TO BRING WAR ON THIS WOMAN!

WHAT WILL I DO NOW?

Now that I have been cleared, I must look at the damage this woman caused. She slandered my name across a national scale.

Believe it or not I can be a patient and tolerant man. However, she tried to take me away from my son Mondoman and send me to prison for two years (that is the maximum penalty for Theft of Service). The thought of her (over a $4,000 appraisal bill that was not mine) attempting to take me away from my 9 year old boy, when it is my responsibility as a father to raise him, BOILS MY BLOOD!

I will have NO MERCY as I file a Slander and Libel suit against her. I will also file such suite against her advisors as well! There is a time to rest and a time to fight. Now, after justice has been served, my enemies will remember me for the rest of their lives as I am about to launch the greatest war with the BEST lawyers in seeking compensation for the damages this woman caused. Many of the damages will be reserved for the court of law and for the lawyers to hash out.

WHY I HAVE WRITTEN THIS

I have chosen to write about this because you as a student, fan or friend have sent thousands of concerned emails. I do not want you to be mislead away from your success or for anyone through selfish reasons to create an excuse to stop your succcess. Now is the most critical time and GREATEST OPPORTUNITY in American History to create success and I will not allow such selfish people who want to crush YOUR DREAMS stand in the way of your destiny!!!

Just as this lie existed, I will be addressing another big lie out there very soon (and this one I am even more excited about)!

Take care and leave me your thoughts below.

To Your Success,

Armando

]]> By: Colleen Lane http://braxtonbeyer.com/2008/06/armando-montelongo-has-a-local-radio-ad-be-wary/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Colleen Lane Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:08:41 +0000 http://braxtonbeyer.com/?p=72#comment-383 When watching him on tv it seems that he is a little shady, this explains all! When watching him on tv it seems that he is a little shady, this explains all!

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