Tom Martino...Bankrupt...Haha

[tmleadr03]

not sure why everyone hates him so much. everyone seems to have it in for those who succeed.

I was a martino preferred contractor for 7 years when i ran my remodeling company.

he does not shill for just any company. you have to be approved and the process is not easy. we did good work and for a fair price. we never had a complaint filed against us, but if we had believe me we would have had to step in line to stay on his list. being on his list was well worth it. the phone rang for first time about an hour after being posted and never stopped. there was more than one stretch where I stopped giving estimates cause we were booked 8 months in advance.

he makes the contractors on his list a lot of money and it was only $500 per month, not $5000, best advertising i ever had.

i don't know him personally, but i have had clients call his show and brag about my company and the work we did. you cannot buy that kind of advertising anywhere.

the reason his portfolio is so upside down is because most of it was in real estate. anyone heavily invested on the real estate side was hurt with the economy this last few years. especially in the commercial side.

say what you will, but Tom puts a lot of people to work employs a lot of people, his land developments employ everyone in the construction trades. he make donations to needy families through his foundation and get a lot of people back their money when they get screwed by a bad contractor or other business.


from what i understand he made his money the old fashioned way through hard work. as someone who has been self employed for going on 23 years now, i have to admire him and what he has accomplished. when a man can get on the air and admit to the whole world that he is in the dumps financially that takes guts.

I don't see why you would take glee in seeing someone losing a life's work.

JMHO

He had something others did not have. The drive to make money and success that brought that money. Jealousy is an ugly thing.

I catch his show on a regular basis and he has been saying he is bankrupt for a while. He has been totally up front about how and why it happened and been warning others to avoid his path. I don't think he is a bad guy. Just made a few bad choices with his money.

[roberth]

He had something others did not have. The drive to make money and success that brought that money. Jealousy is an ugly thing.

I catch his show on a regular basis and he has been saying he is bankrupt for a while. He has been totally up front about how and why it happened and been warning others to avoid his path. I don't think he is a bad guy. Just made a few bad choices with his money.

Winner, winner. Envy is green like baby shit.

I listen to Tom rarely, he's been teaming up with Pete around 9am for a little while now and they take calls and stuff for 10 or 20 minutes. I find Tom entertaining when he is with Pete.

[tmleadr03]

Winner, winner. Envy is green like baby shit.

I listen to Tom rarely, he's been teaming up with Pete around 9am for a little while now and they take calls and stuff for 10 or 20 minutes. I find Tom entertaining when he is with Pete.

What I find interesting (and I am not saying it is happening here) are the that the same people who complain about there not being any jobs are the same who cheer when someone who made money and employed lots of people crashes...

Take Buffet. He goes under is going to do what to the jobs market? You think openings are just going to start popping up? More people out of work.

[Mtn.man]

Hey ya'll are a bunch O' younguns the guy is a dick and I cheer the fact he has problems.
We been here for many years and he has always been a DICK.

[ghettodub]

I actually enjoy Tom Martino, and I like how he tears in to people and shitty companies some times.

My issue with him, and you can throw the BBB in there as well, is that you can pay either of them and then you're considered a better company. And I do look at BBB and Tom Martino quite a bit when selecting businesses, even knowing that, because sometimes I do believe that companies that spend that extra money do care about their business. But again, I don't think that they are accurate in which companies are "better." As an advertising tool, it's really a great idea.

just my .02

[mevshooter]

I actually met the guy after we delivered the second tub he got from a specific company for free, and he IS a dick. Someone had to wake him up at noon so I could show him how to use his hot tub. That's not my justification for calling him a dick, it was somewhat amusing. He was just a dick in general.

I have no comment as to his financial situation, because I try not to speak that kind of evil... that crap can come back on you.

But like I said, since I HAVE ACTUALLY MET HIM, he is a dick.

However, whitest teeth I've ever seen.

And he's about the size of an oompa loompa.

[BPTactical]

I've not met him but I did have occasion to sit near him at a Rockies game when my wife worked at Hugh M Woods.
Arrogant prick to be sure. You could tell he just didn't think his shat stank.

I do enjoy listening. Between him calling folks out and some of the callers it is entertainment plus once in a while ya learn something.

As far as his economics it really puts "Rich" in perspective. It is a fleeting thing and win big-lose big.


I'd rather be broke and have few financial obligations than a shitton of green and the tremendous liabilities.
I can make my mortgage and truck payment.
Can he?

[Mtn.man]

He needs a good BITCH Slapping.

[tmleadr03]

I've not met him but I did have occasion to sit near him at a Rockies game when my wife worked at Hugh M Woods.
Arrogant prick to be sure. You could tell he just didn't think his shat stank.

I do enjoy listening. Between him calling folks out and some of the callers it is entertainment plus once in a while ya learn something.

As far as his economics it really puts "Rich" in perspective. It is a fleeting thing and win big-lose big.


I'd rather be broke and have few financial obligations than a shitton of green and the tremendous liabilities.
I can make my mortgage and truck payment.
Can he?

One of the things he said on the show about the whole mess is if you have the money to pay off a house, it is better to get a loan and keep the money in fluid funds. Then if you want to you can pay it off, otherwise you have the money on hand for other things.

[Mtn.man]

The dude is an IDIOT, you wanna listen to him then you fall in the same catagory.