Yo Yo Yoooo!! How is everyone doing?? Big love to all the AaronPleasers out there. I hope everyone enjoyed "Eagle Trilliano" & the other song from last month's post. Before I get into what I want to get into, I just wanna give a HUGE shoutout to hip-hop for 50 years. Hip-hop has reach it's golden birthday & I honestly couldn't be more proud. I'm only 25 & I couldn't even tell you how much hip-hop has done for me, so I just wanted to say thank you for all the knowledge & culture. What I'm about to do is extremely hip-hop. Public Enemy, as well as 2 Live Krew, taught hip-hop to stand up for we believe in; & I will definitely be doing that in this post.

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I'm just gonna cut to the JPMorgan/Chase w/ this post because I don't wanna make this too long. There's a lot going on in this World that we all live in. For some reason, I've found myself in the thick of some bullshit that truly should've never had anything to do with me, but being this handsome can occasionally have some pitfalls. Sometimes, you get wrapped up in things because people ask other people about who you are, & in an attempt to seem "cool" or "in control" or whatever, other people claim to know who you are & start speaking on your name; & doing it the worst. This has happened to me quite a few times, & honestly I'm sick of it. It's gotten to the point where I must clear the air. I've heard entirely too much about wtf is going on, & I'm just gonna make sure mfs know where I stand in the bullshit they tried to place me in. I've been dealing w/ some weirdo shit for almost 2 years & never spoke about it, bc honestly, I usually just take my Ls to the chin. However, I know when it's time to speak 🆙 & let it go. Now is definitely that time.

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If you've been following my, now Blue/Premium, X (f.k.a. Twitter) for the past week, I've been mentioning a corporation named "Brookfield Corporation" & one of their subsidiaries, "Brookfield Properties". In October 2021, I signed an almost $4000 lease with this company to stay in a "luxury" apartment building across the street from Penn Station & MSG, named "The Olivia". In a moment of vulnerability & clarity, I did this in an attempt to put a band-aid over ego hit from the "Ideal" situation that I went thru in Summer 2021; which I've BEEN recovered from after a few months of self-reflection, as well as finding something else to do.

*BRIEF SIDEBAR*

I've heard who mfs said "Ideal" was about, & let me be brief when I say this: No. I don't know how that even got started because I do not know that girl. Respectfully, I'm flattered, but she's not my type. However, I do wish her the best, but please don't use my name like that bc I don't know you fr. It's cool bc I've definitely done stupid shit before; not like that, but still. I can't lie & say that I understand, but again, I wish her the best. However, again, no. I never told people who "Ideal" was about because I like to keep my real relationships as private as possible. I guess this could be a reason why girls press you so hard to post them. It's funny because the girl that I actually dealt w/ loved the music of the other girl, who I'm obviously not going to blow up bc that's corny. It's just really funny how shit works sometimes. Anyways, I just had to clear that 🆙 because I now recognize the importance of clearing the air, & doing it for myself. I'm not about to have rumors out here of me & people that I don't even know being together bc that can start unnecessary problems. If I'm fw somebody frfr, I'd probably say something definitively; but definitely not too much 🤫. Otherwise, don't start assuming bc you'll just make an ass out of U & Ming. Look @ y'all being asses tg!!

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Anyways, back to the subject @ hand: Brookfield Corporation & Brookfield Properties. Well, after signing this lease, everything was cool bc I felt ready to explore a new chapter in NY near MSG, until I noticed something about how the building was being run. At first when I visited The Olivia in October 2021, the entrance on 33rd St. was open & available for use. However, when I moved into the building in November 2021, I had to use the back entrance on 34th St. Seems like a small issue, right?? NUH-UH! It was a huge difference. 33rd is a much less hectic street to come in & out of. 34th is more chaotic & unsafe for tenants to maneuver in & out of. They had everyone going in & out of a back loading dock entrance. This was never told to me before signing my lease, which was first of the many things about this rental agreement that was hidden or breached. Another thing was the in-building laundry room, which was something guaranteed in my contract as an amenity. However, after one month in the building, the laundry room was shut down for renovation, to be opened in August 2022. They NEVER informed me about these renovations to something as important as laundry; one of the main amenities sold to me before signing this lease. This added on unnecessary expenses to my weekly budget, while they get to build a new laundry room on my dime & my time. NUH-UH! I refuse to be used as cattle to improve your building w/ my money & without any type of real compensation. With this renovation, the only compensation that the building provided was a $30 AMEX gift card & one coupon to get our laundry serviced by some company in The Bronx; from the middle of Manhattan. Look, I understand spreading the wealth but come on! Not only that, but when they rebuilt the laundry room, I had to pay for the service. So not only did they build an entirely new laundry room on my dime, but I had to pay for the new services too?? Oh my goodness; & it truly gets worse. Another contractual amenity violation was the in-building gym, which was free up until July 2023, when The Olivia unexpectedly shut it down, only to be renovated & reopened as a paid amenity, something not stated in my rental agreement. ANOTHER amenity violation in my rental agreement was the rooftop I had access to. When given a tour of this building, I was sold on a rooftop that I would have full access to throughout the duration of my lease. However, the rooftop was closed during July 2022, the height of summer, due to "renovations", which again, the tenants were never told about until a month prior. These are amenities that we signed an agreement on, but Brookfield Properties took it amongst themselves to violate these agreements. Not only did they steal amenities away, but they also had a myriad of safety hazards within the building. For many months, the elevators would not work & Brookfield Properties would not hire sufficient staff to service these elevators, leaving tenants occasionally trapped in elevators, or left on 10 minute elevator rides. They attempted to renovate these elevators, but paid for a cheap elevator service company, which made these problems even worse. However, no problem was worse than the staff that I encountered. These are real people, so I won't go in on them fr bc some of them were really cool. However, there were some staff members that constantly went over-the-line when it came to dealing w/ tenants. First of all, I always got a weird feeling from certain staff members like they disliked me or something, which, at first, was whatever bc people are gonna like or dislike you, no matter what. However, I realized that some of these staff members made me some type of weird target. It started when I first moved in & I could tell that certain members felt a way bc I was younger than them, making more money than them, & living in a building that they worked in. Honestly, I understand that bc checking your ego is tough sometimes, but I became alert when the behavior got weirder. For example, one night while on the rooftop, a staff member came up to me in a ski-mask & hoodie on some weirdo shit. Idk if he was trying to intimidate me or something, but all it did was piss me off & put my alerts 🆙 about some of these weird staff members that Brookfield Properties hired, bc clearly something weird was going on. Then, I had experiences where I caught a staff member creeping past my apartment & leaving through the staircase, as if he was James Bond or something. Then, I had members of the staff spreading misinformation about me around to other tenants & other outside people, thus creating an extremely hostile environment around me. These are just small examples of my experience dealing with this staff. Imagine feeling that lack of security, amongst the lack of so many other things, in a building for an apartment where I'm paying almost $4000 a month, which I already know I shouldn't be paying. How do I know I shouldn't be paying that? Let me tell you how.

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I've stated before that I went to real estate school in March 2022, but I don't remember if I've said why. Well, in short, this contract is why I went to real estate school. I noticed that something was wrong, & I needed to know what it was. I refused & still refuse to let Brookfield Corporation/Brookfield Properties get away with putting me & so many other tenants in harm's way. I decided to work on getting smarter & you know what? I did get smarter! I learned something about the building & their business practices that they refused to acknowledge. Well, let me teach all my readers & AaronPleasers something about NY real estate that might help save you & your family from these predatory real estate companies.

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So, after reading my contract & doing a fuck-ton of research, I came to learn that the building I was living in, "The Olivia", was actually a Section 421(a) building, originally named "Pennmark Towers". A Section 421(a) building is a tax-exempted building in NY that receives tax privileges in order to build multi-family housing. In exchange for this tax exemption, the building must provide & maintain rent-stabilized apartments. These real estate companies cannot violate this because then, they become liable for tax fraud. These companies are supposed to maintain rent at a certain price, & can only raise the rent based on a small percentage of 2.2% per year until their "phase-out" period. This is for anywhere in NY that have multi-family affordable housing. Mayor Eric Adams may have tried & to "stop the program", but it's not that simple. These buildings are & will be proven to still be liable to maintain affordable housing for tenants in these apartments. I can talk about that more at a later date.

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When I learned this, I learned that the apartment that I was staying in was considered to be rent-stabilized. When I went to talk to the rental office about my accurate claims, they became abhorrently rude, started getting loud, began lying to me, & not offering any solution. All I wanted to do was get out of my contract early, so that I could find another apartment that wouldn't violate my rental agreement, but they lied to me about a clause in my contract that stated that if I left early, they would charge me 3x the rent as a early termination fee, which after reviewing the contract, was not even a clause in the contract. All I wanted to do was leave, but they felt it was their right to keep me in that building, amongst their lackluster building maintenance, their staff's terrible energy, & many other things that aren't my business AT ALL; & shouldn't be Brookfield Corp./ Brookfield Properties' business either, but for some reason, most of their staff was complacent in that fuckery, which is a whole different thing I don't even know enough about to get into. It seriously makes me sick to think about. Even after I FINALLY left the building in November 2022, Brookfield Properties continued to run up over $30,000 in false unpaid rent dues in my name & sent that to a debt collector. Needless to say, I will not be taking that lying down.

 

This is who Brookfield Corporation/Brookfield Properties hire to run their buildings? The CEOs of these companies, Bruce Flatt & Brian Kingston, need to take a long look at themselves in the mirror & at their company. This company is responsible for $700B in assets, but treat the wellbeing of their tenants like a joke. Well, the joke is on you. As someone who is starting out in the real estate field, I will hold my peers, & most importantly, myself accountable for the bullshit that goes on in this industry. I refuse to just sit back & allow an almost-trillion dollar company to violate their tenants on a regular basis. Someone needs to stand up for what's right, & I don't mind being the one to do so. Despite how some of the staff tried to make me feel, I refuse to feel fear for doing what I know to be right. Like this is truly just the tip of the iceberg. Best part about this? Other than clearing 🆙 that false debt, I'm not even going to pursue a lawsuit. I'm just gonna keep my foot on Brookfield Corp./Brookfield Properties until I am ensured of them practicing proper business behaviors for & with their tenants; especially near Madison Square Garden, the World's Most Famous Arena!

If Popstar Realties had that property management contract, I would show them how to properly run a building & treat tenants w/ the respect that they deserve.

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Anyways, I just had to air out my grievance because I was really burdened by everything that I experienced with that building. It took me a really long time to realize that I was going thru PTSD.

I know, I know! "PTSD for living in an luxury apartment building? What a pussy!" 

You'd be really surprised about how I had to king thru some high-level situations as a young black man in America. This was a BIG spoonful of how they will treat you if you let them think that they're getting away with the bullshit. However, I don't mind putting myself on the line to hold a multi-billion dollar company accountable for their shitty business practices; they have enough money to fix those practices, so do it, bc this could get way worse.

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Anyways, thank you for reading my super-long Google review on Brookfield Corp./Brookfield Properties & their building "The Olivia" on 33rd/8th. I needed to write this experience on my platform so that I can just put it out there, & finally attempt to experience some sort of peace w/ this extremely layered situation. Again, I just want accountability for these companies. It's really time for us young people to learn about how things are supposed to be done & stand 🆙 for what we know to be right. If not, they will continue trying to fuck us w/ our lack of knowledge. Me? NUH-UH! I refuse to be made a victim. I will literally get smarter on you.

 

In other news, I said I was going to drop a few songs this week & I'm not a liar. I hope you like the song 🆙 there. If you know where that's from, I hope you like what I did w/ the sample. It's sicko, right??? I know 🤧🤟🏽. I also got something else for you down there bc you stuck w/ me & (hopefully) read this whole thing. It's a freestyle to "Millions" by Bia. Honestly, that song is so fucking dope. I loved the beat & had to get something off real quick. I'm angry about way more than I can ever really express. I choose to use my words to express anger bc if I went with physical action, I'd really wild out, but at what cost, you know?? I'm working on new ways to let stuff go but for now, I'd rather just freestyle & let that energy come out of me. I also have fun doing it so it's kinda cool. Working on music helps me channel my focus on the right stuff, like mixing & engineering 🙄, so I enjoy doing it (sometimes). It's really just something I do bc I love to do it, & it gives me some sort of outlet to express myself.

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Anyways, I hope you like the music & thank you for reading. I'll definitely be back w/ more. Right now, I'm just trying to regulate myself after going thru so much bullshit. Some things I just can't talk about on here, but some people know in real life. If it becomes public knowledge, then whatever, but as for right now, I'm doing my best with my life in this World. If you're reading this rn, all I can do is ask you/thank you for doing your best with your life. The World could definitely use great energy rn.

 

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