Socketsite.com Adam Koval SOCKETSITE.COM CURSE (Socketsite.com (Adam Sass Koval))- SOCKETSITE can be the financial destruction of you. San Francisco California

  Re: SOCKETSITE.COM CURSE (Socketsite.com (Adam Sass Koval))- SOCKETSITE can be the financial destruction of you.

  Cyberbulling, Corporate Sabotage, Intent to Defraud, False and Deceptive Advertisement

Sotheby's International San Francisco/Napa (Robin William’s Villa Sorriso (or Villa of Smiles) in Napa),  Charles Schwab’s The Hellman Mansion 2020 Jackson St, 94109

McGuire Realty (William Getty Mansion, 2900 Vallejo Street San Francisco)

Pacific Union International/Christies Estates, Halsey Minor (founder if CNET) SF Home “Le Petit Trianon” (3800 Washington the Koshland House 3800 Washington Street, 94118 Steven Mavromihalis

Coldwell Banker (Robin William’s Villa Sorriso (or Villa of Smiles) in Napa) / (The Montagna Estate Pritchard Hill 141 Long Ranch RD Napa. 240 Cinnabar Rd, Woodside, CA 94062

Vanguard Properties, Halsey Minor(founder if CNET) SF Home  “Le Petit Trianon” (3800 Washington the Koshland House 3800 Washington Street, 94118 James Nunemacher

We were the Victim of Socketsite.com, it destroyed us personally and financially

 Socksite.com is designed to drive the maximum traffic with as many hits as possible. It feeds on property seller’s homes and coordinating “Posts” with listing agents in San Francisco.

 Socketsite.com “Posts”, a Real Estate Blog site in San Francisco can be the financial ruin of you; It was for us!

 The "Posts" on socketsite.com can have disastrous consequences, just recently a very beloved and brilliant comedian/actor Robin Williams committed suicide because of financial problems. His beautiful 650 acre estate Villa Sorriso (or Villa of Smiles) in Napa, was the subject of several "Posts" on socketsite.com, first listed with Donald Van De Mark of Sotheby’s Napa starting April 21, 2014 and then with Cyd Greer  with Coldwell Banker St Helena  and Joyce Rey of Beverly HIllst has now taken a 5.1 million dollar hit and not sold.

Many have lost everything as we almost did, leaving my husband and I suicidal for 7 years with no hope. Some have lost millions or just thousands after the "Posts". It does not matters who the person is, the value of the home or the financial circumstance of the owner.

Posts since Jan 2011 for these Brokerages are:

Sotheby's 174, TRI-Coldwell Banker 123, Pacific Union 112, Paragon 76, Zephyr 75, Vanguard 74, McGuire 64, Coldwell Banker 54, Hill & Co.  28. Alain Pinel 23, Brown & Co 12, Prudential 10, Barbagelata Realty 10,

These are the Realtors in San Francisco with more than 3 “Posts” since Jan 2014.

Jon Taylor 43, Malin Giddings 26, Neal Ward 23, Gregg Lynn 18,  James Nunemacher Team 15, Payton/Binnings 14, Robert Levy 11, Steven Gothelf 11, Monica Pauli 10, P Barbagelata 10, Steven Mavromihalis 10, Carrie Goodman 9, Helena Zaludova 9, Greg Fulford 8, Pete Brannigan 8, Richard Teed / Butch Haze  8, Stephen Wu  7, B Brachman/A Coddington  7, Tal Klein 6, Val Steele 6, Olivia Decker Bullock 6, Mary Tobini 6, Clark/Fernandez 5, Amanda Jones 5,Antoine Crumeyrolle 5, Clark/Fernandez 5, Tim Jonson 4, Richard Meyerson  4, Rachel Swann 5, Mollie Poe 5, Donald Van De Mark 4, Caroline Kahn Werboff 4, A Sharif 4,Ted Bartlett 4, Tom Biss 4, Kathryn Holland 3,Fergus O'Sullivan 4, Gregory Terry 3,  Grace Shohet 2,

Over the last seven years we have been communicating with all the brokerages senior management and their affected real estate's associates trying to persuade them to protect their clients and put a stop to the "Posts" on socketsite.com regarding listings to very little avail unfortunately and without the funds to retain legal help we have not pursued legal action.

There are Victims of this Marketing who represent who’s who of San Francisco and America!

We started contacting all Brokers and Realtors with: Posts" after our home was the subject of "Posts" on the site. The "Posts" about our home destroyed its value, causing us great financial hardship and ending in the foreclosure process because the home would not sell. In 2011 to better understand what was happening we created a data base of all "Posts" regarding listings on the site including all Brokerages of SF, not just Sotheby's.. We now have over 4 years of data regarding "Posts" on socketsite for all the major Brokerages and Realtors that have had "Posts".

We have been able to identify many of the bloggers with the most egregious comments; most are realtors with various brokerages.

 The "Posts" can be disastrous for you as a builder or property owner.  As a property owner you need to be concerned about this because the bloggers on the site can destroy the value in the property and you personally. I lost almost everything I had as a result of this marketing by my realtor.

Socksite.com is designed to drive the maximum traffic with as many hits as possible. It feeds on property seller’s homes and coordinating “Posts” with listing agents in San Francisco.

 After trying to understand what took place regarding the “Posts” for my home that I was trying to sell I came to the conclusion that the basic premise was that the listing agent gets interest in the property and themselves and Socketsite.com increases its traffic and Ad revenue.

 It took us 3 years to discover that my Realtor actually was responsible working with Adam Koval the founder of Socketsite.com for the “Posts” regarding our home on his web site. In fact each of the “Posts” were initiated and sanctioned by her. In one case pictures of my home were part of a “Post” before it was even listed on the MLS.

 The “Posts” for our home were actually Ads. Yes, Ads by and for our Realtor, you see a lot of leads come to the realtors who have their Listings show up as “Posts” on this site. That is how we found her on SocketSite. She has become a very successful realtor over the years. We was forced to advise my potential buyers ’in my “Disclosures” as a death or water damage must be reported regarding a home is required of the SocketSite “Posts”, taking thousands in loses and in the end I lost hundreds of thousands of dollars and we declared bankruptcy.

 THE SOCKETSITE CURSE   .

 The “Comments” including the “Tweets” made by the “Bloggers” (most are Real Estate Agents) will live forever on the Internet as you will discover (google your property’s address and you will see that the “Post” on Socketsite.com will be at the top of the page) and can result in substantial financial loss for you even in this very Hot Market (you will never know who much was lost even if you are over bid from the listing offer).

Think of this as being like your first Realtor Caravan Open House but on steroids. Every comment made is magnified hundreds to thousands of times and will be read by a potential buyer.

As examples of repeated “Posts” which have ether resulted in substantial losses for the owner or no sale, These homes were “Cursed”

• 100 Palo Alto, 94114 – Listed by Jon Taylor/Sotheby’s, 12 “Post’s” since 2008,  first listed for 6.4 M now 4.695 M /1.5 M  loss

• 2555 Union St 94123 – Listed by B Callan xxx 3 “Posts” since 2011,first listed for 9.25 M sold for 7.95 M 1 .5 M loss

• 21 Buena Ave East 94114 – Listed by Frank Castaldini/TRI, 10 “Posts” since 2006 lowered from 6.5 M to 4.9 M, 1.6 M loss so far

• 2901 Broadway, 94115 - Listed by Dona Crowder/TRI Coldwell Banker, 30 M decrease on final sale after 16 “Posts’ from 2007

• 2020 Jackson St, 94109 (Charles Schwab home) - Listing Jon Taylor/Sotheby’s, 5 “Posts since Sep 9, 2011, 5.25 M Loss.

• 3368 Jackson St, 94118 – Listed by Neal Ward McGuire, 3 M decrease in offer price after “Post”.

• 299  Santa Paula Ave,  10 Posts since 9/9/08  94127Mary Tobini/Pac Union– Foreclosed

• 2151 Green St 94121, 10 Posts since 2008, Foreclosed 5M loss, on market  again, Post 3-1-13 / Helena Zaludova of Paragon

• 2255 Mariposa St, 94110, 1 million reduction after one “Posts” now 2 “Posts” 7/7/13 / 9/21/13, L Wolfe/ S McBride of TRI

• 1612 Church St, 94131 Listed by Gloria Smith/ Jon Taylor/ Sotheby’s 2 “Posts, starting 12/11/13, 305 T reduction

  These Stats were taken directly from www.socketsite.com  regarding these properties.

   

  SocketSite is Not Architectural Digest            

  Trust me………You do not want your home associated with this……………

  “Posts” on the site can vary  from a discussion of a new Gay Men’s Strip Club at the Old BofA at Castro and Market (5-3-13)t, Pee Stations in Washington Park (4-1-13),“Public Urination” in Dolores Park (3-15-13 / 3-16-18-13),  “BDSM Bondage and Fetish” Sex Porn producer Kinky.com’s ownership of the San Francisco Armory to Slave and Master ” S&M Sex”,  “Which Is Worse, Unpermitted Work or the Hells Angels?” ,“Should the Eagle (Gay Bar) be declared a historical site?”(10-28-11) OR, delighting in the “Short Sell” / “Foreclosure” of someone’s home or their Bankruptcy (Halsey Mc Lean Minor founder of CNET - 5/30/13 3800 Washington Street, 94118) or most recently on 10/9/13, 4287 23^rd St, Foreclosed. 11/26/13 3157 Baker St Foreclosure, Five “Posts”, On Jan 16 2014 a discussion about a “Den of Adult Activities (i.e gay public sex in a theater on Market St)’.

   Posts are not happenstance     

  There would not be a “Post” on www.socketsite.com without the images/pictures in the “Post”.

   

  The images used in the “Post” came directly from the Realtor’s office. They were not stolen from another website. In our case, our Realtor and an internal marketing representative enabled Adam Koval to obtain them. Note regarding any RedFin Link if used in the “Post”, it is a violation of RedFin Terms of Use for SocketSite to link unless being compensated by the Listing agent.

   

Please take the time to reflect on how devastating this can be to a property owner. The Brokerages and Realtors that let this happen or collaborate are responsible either way through culpability or negligence and a failure to meet their fiduciary responsibilities under California Real Estate Laws.

Do you really want to place your most expensive investment in the hands of individuals who are so reckless and have so little respect for your assets and you to let this happen whether you are a home owner, flipper or contractor? Think through this, really think about it.

In our opinion these Brokerages and the above realtors appear to be using the socketsite.com to market their listings (or they are simply incompetent and unable to protect their clients from these posts and this site). Less than 20 Realtors have consistently had "Posts" on the site during the last 7 years, it is now down to under 10 in the last 2 years.

 What Can Be Done:  your Broker and Realtor need to reverse the damage.

 IMMEDIATELY,    Break the Link to www.socketsite.com. , Your Realtor should De-List and then RE-List the Home on the MLS, change any Web Site Domain Name.Your Realtor and Broker should make all images copyrighted and block the ability to “Copy and “Save” an Image off the Internet. 

 Take Control of all Marketing for your home. The Images of your Home belong to you only and you should be the only one permitting any use of them. Viewing of the Web Site for your Home should be by a verified e-mail address only.

 The Brokers are liable under California Real Estate Laws.

 2014 Posts on Sockesite.com

 Sotheby's 10/14/14 Linda Gordon 43 Chenery St

Sotheby's 10/21/14 Olivia Decker Bullock 288 Chestnut St

Sotheby's 10/20/14 Gregg Lynn 1991 California St 2A

Sotheby's 10/14/14 Amanda Jones 3 Meacham Place

Sotheby's 10/07/14 Caroline Kahn Werboff 1050 North Point 1502

Sotheby's 09/02/14 Jon Taylor /G Smith 16 Spruce St,94118

Sotheby's 09/02/14 Tom Biss 2040 Jackson St, 94109

Sotheby's 08/29/14 Carrie Goodman 2672 Filbert St

Sotheby's 08/08/14 Greg Gregg Lynn 510 Rhoded Island

Sotheby's 09/16/14 Jon Taylor /G Smith 16 Spruce St, 94118

Sotheby's 07/16/14 Michael Dreyfus 6 Blue Oak Crt, Portola 94028

Sotheby's 05/06/14 Gregg Lynn 610 Rhode Island St, 94107

Sotheby's 03/13/14 Jon Taylor 625 Duncan Street

Sotheby's 04/18/14 Art Sharif 437 Whiskey Hill Rd, 94062

Sotheby's 04/25/14 Gregg Lynn 188 Minna St #24F

Sotheby's 03/05/14 D Van De Mark 11 Mt Rose Lane, Petaluma, CA 94952

Sotheby's 03/03/14 M Castellanos 421 Tehama St, 94105

Sotheby's 01/15/14 Jon Taylor 1612 Church St, 94131

Sotheby's 02/07/14 Jon Taylor 625 Duncan Street

Sotheby's 01/24/14 Gregg Lynn 1960 Grant Ave #17

Sotheby's 01/06/14 M Castellanos 421 Tehama St,94105

  

Pac Union 11/10/14 Mollie Poe 233 Laidely St

Pac Union 10/06/14 Ted Bartlett 3636 Clay St

Pac Union 10/31/14 Steven Mavromihalis 41 Cumberland St

Pac Union 10/21/14 Steven Mavromihalis 41 Cumberland St

Pac Union 10/21/14 Val Steele 2680 Green St, 94123

Pac Union 10/15/14 Nina Hatvany 3725 Washington St

Pac UNion 10/06/14 Michael Roberston 860 Fell St

Pacific Union 08/04/14 Steven Gothelf 2950 Pacific Ave

Pacific Union 08/04/14 Steven Gothelf 3501 Jackson St

Pac Union 09/12/14 Ted Bartlett 3636 Clay St

Pac Union 08/25/14 Nina Hatvany 3725 Washington St

Pacific Union 08/04/14 Steven Gothelf 2090 Vallejo St, 94123

Pacific Union 07/10/14 Sean McArdie 2555 Union St 94123

Pacific Union 07/07/14 Mary Tobini 68 Presidio Ave

Pac Union 05/05/14 K Economos 2000 Washington St #3, 94109

Pac Union 05/02/14 J Lee 1767 8th Ave, 98122

Pac Union 04/21/14 Val Steele 2680 Green St, 94123

Pac Union 04/07/14 Mollie Poe 1335 Stanyan St, 94114

Pac Union 02/12/14 S Mavromihalis  913 Alvarado St, 94114

Pac Union 01/29/14 J McAdam 2775 Clay St, 94115

Pac Union 01/28/14 Mollie Poe 1335 Stanyan St, 94114

Pac Union 01/08/14 J Farnham 2200 Mariposa, 94110

  

Coldwell Banker 13/2/14 Cam Thompson 240 Cinnabar Rd, Woodside, CA 94062

Coldwell Banker 12/02/14 James Keller 141 Long Ranch RD

TRI Coldwell 10/24/14 Malin Giddings 2604 Pacific Ave

TRI 10/15/14 Monica Pauli 90 Jersey St

TRI Coldwell 09/26/14 Malin Giddings 2950 Pacific Ave

Coldwell 07/22/14 Mark Chivettas 6971 Hollow Lake Way,  SJ 95120

Coldwell Banker 05/16/14 K Holland 2224 Jackson St, 94115

TRI 03/13/14 Lisa Wolfe 2255 Mariposa St, 94110

Coldwell Banker 05/08/14 S Hewitt 1967 29th Ave, 94116

Coldwell Banker 05/08/14 K Holland 2224 Jackson St, 94115

Coldwell Banker 04/21/14 C Greer Robin Williams' Villa Sorriso

TRI 04/08/14 Malin Giddings 3867 Jackson St, 94118

TRI 03/20/14 Malin Giddings 3867 Jackson St, 94118

TRI 03/26/14 Monica Pauli 188 Minna St #25F, 94105

Coldwell 01/10/14 N Lopez 921 Alvardado St, 94114

  

Vanguard 10/18/14 Colleen Cotter 3038 California St

Vanguard 10/10/14 Kevin Kropp 1120 South Van Ness Ave

Vanguard 09/09/14 David Clarke 11 Cameo Way, 94131

Vanguard 08/01/14 Justin Goldberg 74 New Montgomery #202

Vanguard 07/17/14 Antoine Crumeyrolle 424 Jessie St  6, 94105

Vanguard 04/11/14 Greg Fulford 4318 26th St, 94114

Vanguard 03/25/14 James Nunemacher 3800 Washington Street, 94118

Vanguard 03/19/14 G Fulford 4318 26th St, 94114

  

Paragon 03/14/14 M Murphy 465 Hoffman Ave, 94114

Paragon 02/06/14 M Murphy 465 Hoffman Ave, 94114

Paragon 10/09/14 Tim Johnson 664 Wisconsin St, 94107

Paragon 09/17/14 Carolyn Adducci 29 Casteneda Ave

Paragon  09/17/14 Helena Zaludova 1973 Filbert St

Paragon  08/13/14 Helena Zaludova 1973 Filbert St

Paragon 07/18/14 Tim Johnson 664 Wisconsin St, 94107

Paragon 03/14/14 M Murphy 465 Hoffman Ave, 94114

Paragon 02/06/14 M Murphy 465 Hoffman Ave, 94114

  

Hill 10/06/14 Grace Shohet 724 Brazil Ave

Hill 10/03/14 Grace Shohet 724 Brazil Ave

Hill 09/18/14 Rachel Swann 8 Buchanan St #302, 94102

Hill 08/18/14 Rachel Swann 8 Buchanan St #302, 94102

Hill & Co 08/11/14 Rachel Swann 2418 Webster St

Hill & Co 07/14/14 Annie Williams 1 Bernice St, 94103

Hill 04/01/14 Tal Klein 722 Wisconsin St, 94107

Hill 030/3/14‏ M Levitan 65 Montclair Ter, 94109

  

Zephyr 10/02/14 Douglas Dietz 1360 Portola Dr

Zephyr 09/19/14 Darrell Honda 60 Peratta St

Zephyr 08/22/14 Isabella Grotte 1420 Douglas  St

Zephyr 06/16/14 D Schreiber 135 Yukon St, 94114

Zephyr 04/15/14 H Clark 1318 Church St,94114

Zephyr 05/13/14 Derek Schreiber 212 Chattanooga St, 94114

Zephyr 05/13/14 D Schreiber 212 Chattanooga St, 94114

Zephyr 05/13/14 D Schreiber 212 A Chattanooga St, 94114

Zephyr 03/10/14 S Meyers 836 Alvarado St,94114

Zephyr 02/27/14 S Meyers 836 Alvarado St,94114

Zephyr 02/26/14 A Clemens 630 27th St, 94131

Zephyr 02/26/14 R Meyerson 29 Dorland St 94118‏

Zephyr 02/03/14 A Clemens 630 27th St, 94131

  

McGuire 09/29/14 Robin Dustan 555 4th St #933

McGuire 09/24/14 Neal Ward 3560 Baker St, 94123

McGuire 09/23/14 Neal Ward 1032 Broadway St, 94155

McGuire 07/18/14 Yvonne Toracca 3218 Buchanan St, 94123

McGuire 04/02/14 J Moore 1020 Vallejo St,  #2 94133

  

Alain Pinel 10/29/14 Gregory Terry 1750 Noe St, 94121

Alain Pinel 09/08/14 Gregory Terry 1750 Noe St, 94121

Alain Pinel 08/22/14 Gregory Terry 1750 Noe St, 94121

Pinel 05/15/14 T Westfall  177 Townsend St #629, 94107

Pinel 03/24/14 T Westfall  177 Townsend St #629, 94107

  

Birkshire Franciscan 04/14/14 Andrew de Vries 199 Carl St,  94117

Birkshire Franciscan 02/19/14 Andrew de Vries 199 Carl St,  94117

  

Key Realty 06/04/14 L Key 722 Steiner St 94117

Key Realty 03/19/14 L Key 722 Steiner St 94117

  

FOS 10/31/14 Fergus O'Sullivan 2111 Broderick St

Parc Pacifuc Ventures 10/30/14 Steven Pelefz 1022 Powell St #3

  

Irene C Herman 10/23/14 Kelson Herman 39 Lloyd St, 94117

GPK 10/13/14 Stephen Gomez 2610 Scott Street

Integrity Realty 10/09/14 Jennifer Vera 1200 Indiana St

Climb Realty 10/07/14 Dirck Kinely 21 Fountain St

Cent 21 10/02/14 Manuel Cobo, 527 Morse St, 94112

GPK 09/25/04 Stephen Gomez 2610 Scott Street

Irene C Herman 09/10/14 Kelson Herman 39 Lloyd St, 94117

East Bay Modern RE 09/08/14 Kenneth Fox 5507 Beaudry St 94806

Bradeley 08/26/14 Sean Scullion 401 Cambridge St

Barbagelata 08/22/14 Jason Chan 2447 26th Ave, 94116

Grubb  08/20/14 Hope Broderick 5668 Broadway, 94618

BHG 08/08/14 Dos Ramos 21 Buena Vista

ewalk tours 08/05/14 ewalk 239 Justin Dr

Cent 21 07/28/14 Manuel Cobo, 527 Morse St, 94112

Gimme Shelter 07/21/14 Bill Charman 1615 Broadway #14, Oakland

Brown & Co 06/30/14 P Brannigan 525 28th St, 94131

Elite Realty 06/18/14 Taya Katz 765 Market St Unit 27B, 94103

eMax 05/02/14 J Lee 1767 8th Ave, 98122

Key Realty 04/08/14 L Key 722 Steiner St 94117

Home Quest Realty 03/19/14 R Belli 93 Morse St, 94112

Marison  02/26/14 M Rowson 545 Valley St, 94131

Sequoia  02/13/14 K Kam 290  Collingwood St,  94114

Catarra  01/30/14 L Muscat 1422 Rhode Island Ave

Catarra  01/09/14 L Muscat 1422 Rhode Island Ave