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Strategies & Market Trends : Anthony @ Equity Investigations, Dear Anthony, -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ray Rueb who wrote (70915)	5/1/2001 11:47:23 AM
From: UFGator93	Respond to of 122087

No way in hell that's going to happen. HOMS is in a great situation for itself from one standpoint -- the investing public, the analysts, and financial journalists accept the pro-forma numbers as golden and have decreed in their wisdom that HOMS is profitable. No need to look under the rug at that 0.71 quarter loss. Why would anyone from HOMS take even the slightest chance of upsetting this precarious situation?

To: Ray Rueb who wrote (70915)	5/1/2001 11:51:54 AM
From: Anthony@Pacific	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 122087

engaging a short ??? are you serious ?? I have real questions..if he can answer them then that goes a long way..If he cant.... then he can say i cant answer that I dont understabd why they only should talk to bullish folks, seems kind of Un american to me

To: Ray Rueb who wrote (70915)	5/1/2001 11:56:31 AM
From: big run	Respond to of 122087

From a general point, engaging a short in a forum such as this is not usually productive. why would this be? do you have any prior situations where this happened and i can see the results? i would think that if a company has a real business they would talk to anybody about their business....otherwise i'd avoid talking about it also.

To: Ray Rueb who wrote (70915)	5/3/2001 2:21:24 AM
From: Ray Rueb	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 122087

I've thought about forwarding Tony's request to the IR person. Like I said earlier, I'm the wrong person to ask. I'm sorry I originally said I would forward the request. I suppose my original statement makes it sound like I have some pull or something. I don't. Furthmore, I don't have the time to do this type of thing. I am working 12+ hours a day with my team to launch my group's largest project ever. Also, I'm not sure I can put your case forward any better than you. Actually, the email address I was about to use to forward the request, is the very same one that is posted on the website. So, I'm going to back out of this triangulation... Those types of relationships are never healthy for any of the parties concerned. Tony: you need to open a direct dialog with Investor Relations. Here is the general IR web page: homestore.com Here is the email address (off the website): InvestorRelations@Homestore.com I wouldn't suggest you start with the request for a live netcast interview, they probably don't know you from Adam (like you said, you're just a flea). I do offer the following serious suggestions: 1) Act like a serious person, write a serious, well thought out email 2) Ask clear direct questions 3) Identify yourself, tell why you want to know these things 4) Introduce yourself, I believe it's OK to identify yourself as a short seller, I believe they'll still respond 5) Express your concerns about the sources of the revenue, and ask them to explain it 6) Give them a reasonable timeframe to respond. I would think that one to three weeks would not be an unreasonable delay given that they just released an earnings report. 7) Use the spell checker, and please remove your famous typos I have been saying for some time that you need to directly contact Investor Relations. This is your opportunity. You all be careful out there Ray