DISCLOSURE:
The following is considered confidential. It a statement in support of an immediate rental need and to be an addendum to any rental application for such purpose,. This is not a legally binding statement. It is just a request to please keep it as such.
STATEMENT:
Before I proceed any further, I am going to disclose 3 factors that I would have disclosed on the application anyway that I know would have a negative impact in my ability to rent from you. I am doing so because it does not make any sense on going though the process and getting the VA organization to become involved in the process, paying the application fee and so on. The VA knows about my situation yet they have approved me. Here are those factors:
1. I have poor credit. It all started during he pandemic when I lost many clients since most of them were in the hospitality business. That was followed by other circumstances which also almost completely put me out of business. I was forced to downsize until It was just me. Before all that happened, I had a productive firm with 10 computer technicians and two administrative personnel. Now, I continue to be in business after restructuring to where is just me doing website design. I can no longer do computer technician work since I can not drive due to Age Related Macular Degeneration which is not correctable (or at least not yet). They wont let me have a drivers license because of the blind spots on my eyes. There is nothing I can do about that. It is a disability.
2. I have a felony conviction. On top of all the things above. One of my clients, which I consider evil and demented filed criminal charges against me for something I did not do. Initially she agreed to pay me $500 / month but insisted that I work at least 30 hours a week. Today I charge $75.00 and hour. That is $12,000 a month. All her demands really put a damper on my capacity to be productive and I started to have financial difficulties and again plummeted even further into poverty. I kept telling my client that I could no longer be doing all that work for $500/month and I kept invoicing for the extra work which she was very well aware of and for which I reminded her to pay for those invoices outside of he $500/moth agreement. This went on for two years until those outstanding invoices accumulated to be around $11,000. I kept calling her, texting her, emailing her. Everyday for a what it seem like forever. When I finally spoke to her she started to give me an excuse that her Real Estate business was not doing well. This was well after the pandemic when Real Estate business was doing well again. She did not look like she was not doing so bad at all with several agents working and production was good. I knew how many houses and commercial land she was closing a month with nethe evenue to her where she could have started paying me for those outstanding invoices. Weeks went by. Nothing.So I decided that I decided to charge hr credit card for the outstanding invoices, so I did. She called me hissing like a snake telling me that I stole from her and that she was going to call her attorney. I said fine. You do that. So I expected a subpoena but instead I got arrested under the charge of committing fraud. I never went to jail. They just released me and went to court. The court appointed attorney advised me to plead guilty because she knew I did not have the financial or transportation means means to go to trial. So you are going to get a judgement but we will appeal it when you are ready. So I did. He charge me with felony obtaining property under false pretense or Fraud. So here I sit now with a felony that will be with me for the rest of my life affecting every single aspect of my survival. All for $11,000.
This should have never happened. At the most, It should have been settled in a civil court, not a criminal court. So now, not only am I going to appeal it and win because I have all the financial evidence records that shows that I paid myself for actual work that I done, but I am going to file a lawsuit against her, the Sherriff department and the court system for unlawful arrest and conviction. I am also going to file for loss of income, endergoument (I was homeless, sleeping on the street exposed to dangerous criminals and the elements) , pain and suffering and degradation of character. As I write this, I am also contacting her previous staff, Real Estate Companies she has worked for and clients that she has , they are all willing to testify about her and allow me to build a solid case of judgement of character against her.
3. I was evicted. Needless to say, due to all the problems I have undergone I was not able to pay my rent after the period that an Organization by the name of Tunnels to Towers foundation paid my full rent for 3 months, application fees and security deposit and the paid it all at once.
I am still homeless but I am quickly recovering and I am well on my way to financial stability and harmony. I don’t just do website design, I do complete Internet marketing projects.
Now, on the brighter side of things, I am a combat disabled US Navy Veteran with an honorable discharge and medals of commendation, I have served as junior governor of the Oak Island Moose Lodge, been heavily involved with the Chamber of Commerce, The Economic development Council and have served in numerous non-profit charitable organizations. I am a very well organized person, clean ,do not do drugs, don’t have wild parties and I am respected by many clients and friends and I can provide accolades for that.
I have never stolen anything in my life. I am NOT a criminal. I think that my approach of providing this information is clear in my honest approach. I do apologize for the length of it but I just need to presented in its entirety.
I Have also been approved by the VA to receive disability benefits and I am currently at 10% for Tinnitus which means that the process has started. They know that I will be filing subsequent for symptoms connected to the Tinnitus such a depression, vertigo, anxiety, insomnia, lack of being able to concentrate all of which I have. This requires a diagnosis by non-VA physician to diagnose and presented by the VA along with a Nexus letter which I will provide to the examining physician both in print and electronically so they can make whatever adjustments to the letter, print it, sign it and give it to me so that I can present it to my Veterans Services Officer here in Brunswick County so he can review it and send file it with the VA. I addition, I will also be filing for two more conditions that do not require a diagnosis. They are exposure to JP1 Jet Engine Fuel and Radiation from handling nuclear weapons. These can be approved from my military record. This process takes time but at the end of the day I am confident that I will be at a 100% rating which equates to about $4,900 at which point I will be retiring and living and living somewhere until the day I die. I am a very complex, yet simple man.
Please let me know. The Veteran Services of the Carolinas has asked me for you to contact them so that they can explain their program to you. They are awaiting your call. So please contact them so you can have a better insight into the situation and make a more informed by you and property management company (if applicable)
Below is an image of the first check from the Treasury Department for my VA Tinnitus compensation for your consideration.
Please contact: the VSTC or myself at 910-547-9453 or tony@capefeartechnologies.net.
VETERAN SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS
Contact: Kenya Keaton – Simpkins
Phone: (919) 893-8574
Email: kenya.keaton-simpkins@abccm.org
Sincerely,
Tony Romero
910-547-9453
tony@capefeartechnologies.net