Diggity said:
Here's one of the old threads. I actually glossed over the fact that the old Hartman REIT split and the other group formed Whitestone REIT. Shouldn't totally shock me as Jim is an odd duck himself.
That REIT was killing it for me pre Covid 
https://texags.com/forums/38/topics/2548902/replies/57185282
That would be my former self in the linked thread.
I've have had recruiters reach out to me in the last couple years about coming back to Hartman and I wouldn't work for that guy again if I was bankrupt and my family was on the brink of starvation.
Which REIT was killing it for you? Whitestone or Hartman? Because in my experience Al Hartman made sure that he was the only one who killed it at his company.
I don't recall all the ins & outs but Al is on his second marriage these days. He and his Mrs. have been married for quite a while as his first marriage broke up before had kids. IIRC, there was some domestic violence involved and he was boozing. Maybe even drugs. This was when he was selling siding or whatever. Then his first wife left him and he got saved and became uber-churchy. When I worked there he lived right across Voss from Second Baptist and was the epitome of the sanctimonious, holier-than-thou a-hole.
When I worked there he tried to screw me on some commissions and use some Biblical verses as justification. Something about stuff belonging to the master or some weird ***** And I was not the only person he pulled that stunt with.
I don't regret working there because my direct boss couldn't stand Al and I learned a lot from him and it got me into commercial real estate while learning that Al was a total scumbag. I had lunch with a gentleman from another Houston CRE firm on Monday about a VP-Acquisitions role and in his words "if you said you liked Al Hartman I'd have to say you don't belong in our firm."
This move sounds like Al trying to shield himself from litigation because that Comical story says the change will take a while and Al is remaining chairman.
