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Howie's Sales Cons and the Modular Home Hustle

from Built To Win · #43

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2 min

More Howie stories: his rapid-fire fake Wall Street sales pitches, refinancing modular homes as if they were legitimate real estate, and his eventual pivot (like many mortgage guys) into selling solar panels.

In this bit5 moments
  • 50:14Tim distinguishes between a double wide and a modular home with a permanent foundation as a sales pitch.
  • 50:48He explains how talking fast and babbling worked as his own sales technique without actually being a technique.
  • 51:09Mortgage guys Tim knew ended up in the solar panel scam business.
  • 51:24Tim describes how solar panel salesmen pitch the government subsidy angle to sucker people into deals they can't afford.
  • 51:53A Bravo show about Long Island called Secrets and Wives featured a husband selling solar panels out of Island Park.
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