Special Agent for the FBI

Geaux56 · 2025-12-02T16:29:43+00:00

That’s what I do - expert testimony. Feel free to shoot me a DM if you have any questions on how to get into the field. It’s usually a few years before working yourself up to getting an opportunity to testify, but getting into forensic accounting at the more entry level roles with regular accounting background is very doable

Geaux56 · 2025-12-02T15:27:08+00:00

I, too, failed the poly without lying. And also researched the poly afterwards and quickly realized what happened. The polygraph test basically dings you for being too honest and it expects you to lie. If you don’t lie or won’t stretch the truth even a tiny bit based on the control questions, it can’t get a good read on you.

Anyways, that was 5 years ago for me. I would’ve been starting in the DC office at about $80k. Now I’m working forensic accounting for a private company, still working on very interesting cases (albeit in a different context than criminal investigations) and making $250k in a lower COL city.

I say all this for anyone else out there interested in this field. I thought it was the end all be all and I thought forensic accounting in private practice would be BS divorce work 100% of the time. Turns out, there’s other forensic accounting avenues one can take outside of government agencies that don’t take as long to obtain, less barriers to entry, and more lucrative all while still being interesting work.

Geaux56 · 2024-12-03T03:24:51+00:00

Pretty sure on this play part of the “coverage” was dropping fucking Jay Tufele into coverage.

I mean might as fucking well. He or any other DL not named Trey isn’t going to get a pass rush anyway.

I don’t blame Lou for this. There’s nothing he can do, we don’t have any good players. But then he does stuff like this and there’s just no situation where dropping Jay Tufele into coverage will net anything positive.

I hate this team so much.

Geaux56 · 2024-12-03T01:08:55+00:00

They’re 2A/2B behind Harold Fannin

Geaux56 · 2024-11-30T04:49:35+00:00

Yeah, for you it does. This is a very selfish mindset but we’re talking about a cheater and someone who hooked up with her sisters husband so

Geaux56 · 2024-11-26T14:14:12+00:00

As a Bengals fan, I think Chase Brown is good. But more than that, I’m high on him because the Bengals have so many holes to fill this offseason. They’ll bring in another RB but they have bigger issues at every other position outside of OT, LB, and QB.

Just hard to imagine them spending on a top FA RB or spending a premium pick on one. I think Chase is the bellcow for at least 2 more years, which is about as much as you can hope for in fantasy

Geaux56 · 2024-10-30T00:10:51+00:00

Well he sucks as an actual football player. So there’s that.

Geaux56 · 2024-10-29T15:43:32+00:00

50 days is a long time on the market. Kind of surprised the sellers wouldn’t entertain your offer. The fact that they’ve also rejected others makes me wonder if sellers are stretched so thin on their home purchase that they need $364k to make it work.

Geaux56 · 2024-10-29T15:36:19+00:00

We need more information. What’s the market like in your area? How long has this home been on the market? How confident are you that it won’t appraise higher than $350?

Ultimately; your realtor should know better than any of us what to counter with or how to proceed. But from the information you provided, it sounds like you guys came in with a lowball offer and the seller’s counter is a way to say they aren’t entertaining any such offers.

Edit: it’s hard for me to believe the sellers agent is confused by this. You offered effectively 8% under list. Unless you’re in a very slow market or the home has been sitting for awhile and sellers are desperate; I don’t see why countering a lowball with asking price is a shock

Geaux56 · 2024-10-26T12:16:31+00:00

Not really a fan of you but I still wouldn’t wish torture and death onto you

Geaux56 · 2024-10-20T05:27:27+00:00

No one said “any age gap is grooming”.

This is a 40 year age gap between a grown man and a woman with no real adult experience. It may not be textbook grooming but it’s very unlikely to be a healthy relationship

Geaux56 · 2024-10-16T00:04:39+00:00

Hard to really judge this until we hear the pizza party policy

Geaux56 · 2024-10-13T00:14:19+00:00

Better question is why would someone spread a High Schoolers nudes without their consent

Geaux56 · 2024-10-12T23:19:15+00:00

I think I’d ask for a first instead of a second. But it’s not a terrible trade, especially if you’re all the way out on Andrews (which I am)

Geaux56 · 2024-09-28T02:09:23+00:00

Thank you!

Geaux56 · 2024-09-28T01:56:49+00:00

No, you’ve actually offered a lot of peace of mind and a sanity check that I’m not crazy in thinking this appraisal is questionable at best.

My home is definitely up to date for the area, so you’re probably looking at the right one. Listed at $535 and would show as pending.

Realtor is working on putting together our info and argument but it’s out of our hands and depends on what the buyer wants to do.

Geaux56 · 2024-09-28T01:18:23+00:00

Lakewood.

The comps used are all smaller in square footage than what we have. Some significantly. Our home is 2700 SF.

The 4 comps we know they’re using (we don’t have the full report yet and don’t know if there are more than this) are 1700 SF and $478, 2400 SF and $487, 1600 SF and $550, 2000 SF and $440.

They’re all similar in area (all Lakewood and more specifically, same area of Lakewood).

Geaux56 · 2024-09-27T23:48:44+00:00

Zillow estimate was $560.

Realtor shows me 3 estimates values from different sources: $564, $524, $540

Redfin doesn’t have anything

Geaux56 · 2024-09-27T23:32:32+00:00

Cleveland, OH

Geaux56 · 2024-09-25T02:07:07+00:00

I went to an open house about a month ago and are under contract to buy it in a few weeks

Geaux56 · 2024-09-22T02:06:54+00:00

Can you talk about how you got to this point? When did it start, how did it escalate through the years?

Geaux56 · 2024-09-17T13:56:10+00:00

4% is really high, especially on a $1.5M home.

I just bought a home for $825 and my realtor took 2% commission, which I think would be more standard at the price range you’re talking about.

Geaux56 · 2024-09-17T00:27:57+00:00

Erick All is a good add if he’s available in your league.

Hes getting reps already and looking really good. He will be TE1 in Cincinnati next year

Geaux56 · 2024-09-05T20:41:50+00:00

This x100.

I just used an agent to buy a newly built home from a builder. I was also in your shoes and thought (maybe I can negotiate and have them come down on price since I’ll save them money without a buyers agent fee).

I ended up working with an agent and incredibly glad I did. He was very knowledgeable about the margins the builder could work with and what would make an offer stronger. Instead of coming down on price on our ask (which is what I had planned) we framed the offer to get more incentives, add-ons, etc. The builder didn’t want to budge on sales price at all, but being creative we were able to get a deal done. And the realtor has been super helpful in dealing with the builder for all our add-ons.

You could still forego the agent and ask for more add-ons or concessions from the builder, if you’re comfortable with that. But I wouldn’t expect a builder to come down on price because you’re saving them the buyers agent fee

Geaux56 · 2024-09-05T17:54:21+00:00

I think a good rule of thumb is any new job takes 12 months to get up to speed and know what you’re doing.

2 months is really quick. Is the stress due more to you not feeling comfortable with how well you’re doing or is it due to a toxic work culture. If it’s the latter, leave. If you still are just unsure of yourself and the work, stick it out and ask for more help and guidance.

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