From: Gary S. Gevisser
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 4:07 PM
To: Alan Friedman
Cc: rest; Dad (bernieg@tpg.com.au); Devin Standard
Subject: RE: 1431 Stanford

 

I am much happier for u than I am for myself, then again G-D within each one of us, up to each to help the other out never to kick someone on the ground if 4 no other reason that then the fact that they might be G-D, worse yet, perhaps, He-She not fully grounded.

 

I cannot make it up to LA tomorrow but here is a fax number for me down here which I will only be able to get to tomorrow morning, 1-309-418-4561.

 

My plan is to be up in LA this Friday but I cannot say for certain. Next Tuesday barring an “Act of Dog” [sic] or man-woman behaving poorly and/or I misbehave while driving the Ducati STS4 we can meet 4 sure.

 

Congratulations on a great purchase, certainly in today’s market.

 

Gary

 

Ps – if anything happens to me rest assured Devin Standard, my dad and especially Marie will be a piece of cake compared to dealing with me.

 

Ps I – The $64,000 question, how many books of Manager Minute One can I count on you and your partners purchasing?

 

-----Original Message-----
From:
Alan Friedman [mailto:arf@mdrealtycorp.com]
Sent:
Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:45 PM
To:
gsg@sellnext.com
Subject: Re: 1431 Stanford

 

I just heard from the buyer and it is a " go". I am in the process of writing up the purchase agreements(6) for each seperate condo.He will be in my office tomorrow morning for signatures and deposit checks. Then we will need signatures from you. I can fax them to you or meet with you, whatever is easier for you.  I can even bring them to escrow and you can sign them there. You can start to get all leases or rental agreement together and also update the rents with the city, and all other paperwork regarding the condo conversion.

I will contact you tomorrow with all purchase agreements and deposits.

 

Thanks,

Alan

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 2:37 PM

Subject: FW: 1431 Stanford

 

Alan – I have now left 2 messages for Ms. Gulihur.

 

If there is a problem, say so but lets not waste a moment longer.

 

I have backup deals at least as good as your “done” deal if not “sweeter” - remember vengeance is sweet to the heart of an Indian, my French Canadian 1/32nd Huron Indian Client-Partner-Wife Marie Dion possibly replacing me as her “French Maid” once she finds out I parted with this “one of a kind” property for simply “song and dance” while ensuring she becomes the richest widow on the planet.

 

May I suggest if u r still onboard that we go with Investors Title Company who handled my TORCA conversion.

 

In fact I now insist that we go with Investors Title Company unless u can convince that Paula Fogel is as tardy as Ms. Gulihur, I would hate to have my retired fighter-bomber-pilot with all that I have tasked him with in recent times have to do a “fly by”, u surely recall the incredible conveyor belt system my extraordinary mother consigliore to the richest most powerful people in the world thought he rigged up just to impress all his girlfriends that he could single-handedly lift 500 and 1,000 pound bombs out of his cockpit while strafing the crap out of the likes of the South African Sir Ernest Oppenheimer riding in motorcades escorted by motorcyclists in cahoots with the American Charles Englehard so smart to choose my amazing father’s first cousin, David Gevisser, as his “male heir”, and I assume u have read the book The Diamond Invention, “cover to cover” on The Internet.

 

Good day,

 

Gary S. Gevisser

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary S. Gevisser [mailto:
gsg@sellnext.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:07 PM
To: (arf@mdrealtycorp.com)
Subject: FW: 1431 Stanford

 

Alan – I left a message 4 Cecily Gulihur – please note the correction in green below, units 5 and 6 are both 1 bedroom and 1 bath units.

 

I will try and be up in LA tomorrow. I assume you would want me to take care of updating the rent roll with the City of Santa Monica.

 

Please confirm.

 

Gary

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary S. Gevisser [mailto:
gsg@sellnext.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:33 PM
To: '
Alan Friedman'
Subject: RE: 1431 Stanford

 

done

 

-----Original Message-----
From:
Alan Friedman [mailto:arf@mdrealtycorp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:46 PM
To:
gsg@sellnext.com
Subject: Re: 1431 Stanford

 

Re: 1431 Stanford;

Net price to you after commission will be $1,725,000.

My buyer will go forward with the purchase, 15 day close of escrow, $100,000 deposit in escrow. What he would like is 6 seperate escrows all to close at the same time. Also the white slips have to be in order! Property sold "as is".

We can open escrow today!

BST Escrow in Santa Monica....(310) 395-5659...Cecily Gulihur.

 

Let me know......Alan

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:49 AM

Subject: RE: 1431 Stanford

 

Alan – I am sticking to my guns of “over $1.7 million...” before I will lift another finger other than to give u the rent roll as of Sept 1.

 

Unit #1 – 2 bedroom 2 Bath - $1300

Unit #2 – 2 bedroom 2 Bath - $1093

Unit #3 – 2 bedroom 2 Bath - $1280

Unit #4 -  2 bedroom 2 Bath - $1650

Unit #5 – 1 bedroom 1 Bath-  $1200

Unit #6 – 1 bedroom  1Bath- $1300

 

Bear in mind even if u can find any idiot amongst my “contrarian supporters” thinking me mad in not understanding your lack of clarity now has me pulling the 12 hour deadline, i.e. the building is in play for the first highest offer of over $1.7 million to me “net” by 12:33 PM PT today.

 

U should not forget that just because I am selling the building for “a song” based on today’s market does mean I am a desperate seller having to constantly “weigh” my options between devoting time to this type of “back and forth” versus spending time collecting on monies due to me from folks like the Wetherly Capital Group who sent me a settlement agreement with yellow signature stickys neatly laid out back on April 4th 2002 some 100 odd days after I knew for an absolute certainty that Vivendi, the French multi-national water conglomerate, very much a part of the American landscape, were in desperate trouble, i.e. desperate people act desperately to mention little of a rather “skilled and experienced” litigator agreeing with me at the time that I would be foolish to accept less than $63 million for my unpaid services that contained a “tail”, just yesterday coming across a 1099 income tax form from the Wetherly Capital Group, such “black and white” declarations in stark contrast to the cover letter accompanying the FEDEX package I received Mr. William H. Jackson Esq., the Wetherly Capital Group’s attorney on April 4th 2002 containing a whole bunch of settlement agreements I never asked for in the first place.

 

Get with the program and also remember even tho we r talking about a 15 day escrow I expect a healthy non-refundable deposit.

 

Gary

 

-----Original Message-----
From:
Alan Friedman [mailto:arf@mdrealtycorp.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:52 AM
To:
gsg@sellnext.com
Subject: Re: 1431 Stanford

 

The offer was $1,750,000 less 5% commission to me. But he might pay $1,775,000 with $75,000 to me. $1,700,000 to you!

Please send me a rent roll for all units as of Sept.1st.

 

Alan

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:33 AM

Subject: RE: 1431 Stanford

 

Alan – my wireless Internet connection went down right after I got this email from you.

 

If I understand correctly, I realize that I must look after my own best interest having failed to take the advice of Mr. Derrick Beare to let my Client-Partner-Wife handle everything, her plate rather full, is that after u receive your commission I end up with a net of $1,750,000 then go ahead and put it in writing, and to heck with legal documents, email is just fine with me, just make sure u get an escrow company that can provide me with a Certificate of Insurance demonstrating a Godzilla dollars in liability insurance with a domestic carrier back up with one of my Bahamas based re-insurance companies,,, let me know if there is anything u r unsure about and be smart enuf not to question me further about any interests I have in insurance companies unless u commit to posting up on at least 5 Internet message boards a day questioning Alan “Greenspam” [sic] CHM of the Federal Reserve why he does not include Certificates of Insurance in either M1, M2 or M3 when computing the all important Money Supply numbers, agree?

 

Given the fact that I have been delayed in getting back to you I will give you until 12 hours to nail this one down.

 

U should be aware just from the missives I have copied u on that I am not someone to screw around with,,, I just killed a mosquito.

 

I stick religiously to going “back and forth” and I assume u did your stent, no strike that, your stint at the wailing wall,,, can u imagine if we were to lay prostrate how enticing that might be “4 sum 50% odd of us” [sic] Gevisser boys, enuf of holy warriors, not to suggest that we encourage the practice of “favors” during Plato’s times but if that is the only way to protect the women then why not?

 

Have u ever wondered what it must be like sitting atop the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem looking left and right, us Jewish folk going “back and forth”, the Muslims going around in circles pacing the Dome of the Rock wondering if the good Almighty SMART G-D was trying to tell us something other than “money doesn’t grow on trees”, that patterns matter, food for thought?

 

Do me a favor and be the heavy guy should u wish to raise the current rent roll which is just shy of $94,000, at least one of the tenants due for an increase but then again this could interfere with your client’s plan to sell the units.

 

I have received an offer that would value the property today at $2 million, getting $1 million odd now with a 49% carried interest, another group letting me know that without bribing either a bank loan officer or appraiser not even having to bother with asking for a kickback at the close of escrow from the group they plan to flip the property to in a “back to back” deal with me they would be able to get a value of some $2.5 million based simply on providing their bank with a bunch of bullshit proformas, only in America, agree?

 

Ordinarily I wouldn’t be interested in such a deal since my “good name” could be “leveraged” to “hell and high water” costing me “a bucket” by the time I had to bail out other poor, poor, Garys playing “victim” but given the great likelihood be4 a deal would be put to bed they will all be well versed with what it means to be in bed with The Rattlesnake, so I might go along for the ride, altho I have this thing about being in the backseat, u haven’t forgotten how important it is when stepping foot, hi Poli, in to a New York Cab to let the driver know not only do u have a weak stomach but that u have access to truck loads of Preparation H in capsule form that is aging ,,, well u get the picture.

 

In today’s market, and I mean literally right this very moment as the clock strikes midnight here on the west coast of the United States as I type away at blinding speed working at the same time on a missive to my terrific “Hot Water” tenant in unit#4, u and your partners would be getting an excellent deal, everything will depend on how smart u r while doing the “right thing” for the “general good”, timing of the essence.

 

If I am mistaken and u r expecting me to pay any of your commission please do not bother replying unless to say there is a zero missing in the $1,750,000, I simply don’t have the patience for any lack of clarity at this ungodly hour.

 

Hopefully tho, when my book, Manager Minute One comes out u will at least buy a handful and I promise if around to sign however many copies u buy at full retail, my learning a while back no one appreciates a helping hand unless they have been raised ever so carefully not to lazy, never letting their formal education interfere with their learning.

 

Later,

 

Gary

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From:
Alan Friedman [mailto:arf@mdrealtycorp.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:43 PM
To:
gsg@sellnext.com
Subject: Re:

 

I can bring you $1,750,000 with 5% commission to me.

Should I put it in writing?

 

Alan

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 11:45 AM

Subject: RE:

 

All that is needed is for me to update the rent roll with the city. The “white slip” is all current.

 

-----Original Message-----
From:
Alan Friedman [mailto:arf@mdrealtycorp.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 12:01 PM
To: gsg@sellnext.com
Subject: Re:

 

I will talk to my client and I will let you know! I assume all the paper work is in order to complete a quick sale.

 

Alan

----- Original Message -----

Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 10:39 AM

 

Al – I have a deal on the table for $1.6 million “as is”. At that number it doesn’t make sense given the casflow I am getting and the taxes I would have to pay to accept such a low ball offer. I am putting the word out that If someone comes in at anything over $1.7 million in the next 7 days and able to close escrow in 15 days or less I will do the deal.

 

Gary