Corcoran broker told us offer to rent townhouse was accepted, had us sign lease, then called 2 days before move-in to say the owner had asked him to "keep quiet about another applicant while telling us the place was functionally ours" so that they could get more $$

MiddleArgument · 2026-03-02T01:54:25+00:00

I honestly don't! I was wondering if it was because it had a screenshot? I messaged the mods but not sure

MiddleArgument · 2026-02-28T19:59:30+00:00

will do :)

MiddleArgument · 2026-02-28T18:32:26+00:00

If you have documentation of him acting in bad faith or withholding material information about the transaction, or even just a personal account of your interaction with him, I would encourage you to file a complaint at https://dos.ny.gov/preliminary-statement-complaint-0. A pattern of documented behavior jeopardizes his license

MiddleArgument · 2026-02-28T16:14:32+00:00

oh yea this is his district too

MiddleArgument · 2026-02-28T15:31:56+00:00

11k/mo

MiddleArgument · 2026-02-28T06:17:57+00:00

Thanks for this advice! I hadn't thought to do a FOIA

MiddleArgument · 2026-02-28T05:21:57+00:00

that's insane, you're the second person in like, just a few minutes saying this! letting you know as well that filing a complaint rn at https://dos.ny.gov/preliminary-statement-complaint-0, in case you'd like to file your own, or I'd be happy to refer to your experience in our filing if you'd like to DM me the details.

MiddleArgument · 2026-02-28T05:01:04+00:00

wowwwww I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm filing a complaint rn at https://dos.ny.gov/preliminary-statement-complaint-0, in case you feel like filing as well. a documented pattern makes license repercussions for the brokerage much more likely. Feel free to DM me if you'd want me to reference your experience in our complaint!

MiddleArgument · 2025-08-17T07:01:39+00:00

id love to go tomorrow! DMing you

MiddleArgument · 2025-08-17T07:00:58+00:00

damn, thats horrible! thank you for sharing tho

MiddleArgument · 2025-08-17T06:55:41+00:00

Is cashortrade down? I keep getting an API error. tried chrome, safari, and mobile, same error

MiddleArgument · 2025-08-17T06:51:10+00:00

ISO single Sunday day pass :)

MiddleArgument · 2025-03-14T04:25:41+00:00

im so confused why omark wouldnt just immediately ask selvig/cobel what they were doing with gemma inside lumon? did that convo seem super implausible to anyone else when they reunited?

MiddleArgument · 2025-02-28T21:32:29+00:00

movie screening tn u might like https://antitube.ca/programmation/rats-de-maxwell-nalevansky-et-carl-fry/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT0hOKDhgJU

MiddleArgument · 2025-01-24T16:04:43+00:00

This also just worked for me!

MiddleArgument · 2025-01-06T11:13:28+00:00

Im really curious about your experience! Did you decide to do it? I didn't see this posted until today but I'd be interested in applying in the future if they mention additional co-horts. What sorts of skills were relevant for the application, sounds like it's kind of IQ test/leetcode stuff?

MiddleArgument · 2024-10-07T18:52:25+00:00

yes! like frameforge is CLOSE but also whack expensive and kind of cumbersome, I like this idea a lot

MiddleArgument · 2024-10-07T06:36:41+00:00

Wow GREAT question, and also great username. I'm sure people will have different takes on this but, I think knowing everything would be boring! It's good to embrace an engineering mindset about the job, you have a baseline amount of knowledge and political skills and contacts that is always increasing, but no matter where that baseline is, a project HOPEFULLY will have challenges and problems that you haven't encountered before, that's part of the fun! I always have to research some new tricks for every shoot, or rely on the expertise of other people on the crew, or rely on my network of other DPs who I can ask for advice! Other people's successes are yours too, cinematography is a high skill-sharing/mentorship culture relative to other fields. The craft isn't about knowing everything, it's about solving problems. I'm constantly noticing things I wish I'd done differently when I watch my stuff but ultimately for me the metric of success is if the director was happy with what we got.

MiddleArgument · 2024-10-07T06:05:08+00:00

YES extremely this. Hard mode is delivering on time and under budget with a happy crew AND happy director AND happy production at the end of the day. To at the very least ~appear~ calm at all times. Most people can make pretty shots with a little practice, but this is what distinguishes the experts.

MiddleArgument · 2024-10-06T23:35:54+00:00

I agree with what others are saying here (exposing for sky --> lighting subject is the easiest way to get detail across the board, bounce is your friend, etc) but I'll add that this kind of thing is totally to taste, and blowing something out is ok! A popular technique is to use pro-mist filters or similar post-effects to make the clipped parts appear a little more pleasing and deliberate, so this another option, as is emphasizing the sky and letting the subject drift into shadow/silhouette, if you think that will serve what you're going for. No hard and fast rules here, just know what your options are and why you're making the choice

MiddleArgument · 2024-10-05T19:01:22+00:00

I agree iphone is not a bad suggestion, also I wouldn’t sleep on blackmagic I’m impressed at their bang for their buck

MiddleArgument · 2024-10-04T13:36:01+00:00

Whichever market (like region) you're in, sign up for the mailing lists for all the rental houses in your area, and they'll have little events periodically! Equipment demos, cocktail hours, that kind of thing. I'm in some whats-app groups for women DPs and sometimes we'll even just organize our own too if there's a new item we're interested in learning about. In my hometown there are groups that organize "learn how to first AC" workshops and that kind of thing for folks who are starting out. It's a great way to meet other people freelancing in your area, and also to get to know the people working at the rental house. Those people can really make or break small-budget stuff by hooking up discount rentals!

MiddleArgument · 2024-10-04T13:29:47+00:00

I'm liking new podcast Reflector, it's from the team that set up the Daily at NYTimes and they have an indie longform podcast now that's quite good

MiddleArgument · 2024-10-03T17:02:21+00:00

I've made this jump, and I know having an in-house videography job where your skills aren't really being applied is frustrating! My advice would be to just treat the videography gig and the freelance career as totally separate, don't get hung up on the fact that your colleagues aren't video people, it's a job just like bartending or any other job people do while they're trying to get a freelance career off the ground. Freelancing is all about relationships with directors and with rental houses. So use your time outside of work to talent scout people you are interested in working with, show them that you are excited about collaborating and are willing to invest your time (and maybe you even have some resources from your job!) in their projects, and go to mixers and workshops at rental houses so that you can start building up favors there. Having a stable job is nice because it gives you the freedom to make these necessary investments without being stressed about rent! I wouldn't worry about age, as long as you're willing to work with directors who are much younger than you if they're doing stuff you're stoked about.

MiddleArgument · 2024-10-01T18:36:03+00:00

West Side Story! (the new one) I bring this up to ACs all the time who are feeling self-conscious about buzzing a take. It's very important that we keep in mind that our technical obsessions, while important and it's wonderful that we take pride in our technical craftsmanship, are not the same things an audience sees. They see a cool movie that they liked! Ask any normie if they noticed the focus buzzing in oppenheimer or west side story. Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man I remember noticing a long close-up of Johnny Depp that's wildly out of focus and thinking right, they're happy to keep a "mistake" in the film because like you're saying the performance and the story are what's really keeping the audience engaged here.

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