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RACIAL PROFILING, HOUSING DISCRIMINATION , HATE CRIMES AGAINST BROOKLYN NATIVES BY BROOKLYN REAL ESTATE AGENTS

DODGING A BULLET? 

OR BECOMING A VICTIM? 

 Yesterday afternoon at approximately 3:45pm I was verbally attacked via text by a Brooklyn Real estate agent by the name of T. Brian Agbai also known as Tobechi Bryson.

Back in 2013, we were hit with Hurricane Sandy, This caused many of us who were residents of Zone A to move from our homes, apartments, etc. either due to renovations, unhealthy circumstances and condemnations after the storm hit and I was one of them. As a result, FEMA provided several government programs and massive funding to help the victims of the disaster. One of these programs created was TDAP (Temporary Disaster Assistance Program) this was provided to HUD/HPD (Housing Urban Development/ Housing Preservation Department) to help the people. I qualified for this program, registered and was awarded a voucher. It took me quite some time to acquire the actual voucher, and I was renting out rooms until the application came. When it did, I was continuously denied by private landlords, any non-minority community management companies, brokers and agents that I contacted and asked if they accept the Program.

This went on for the entire time I was allowed to search for a place until the voucher expired.

After expiring, I was contacted by Section 8 and was told I was still eligible to receive assistance because they are aware of the high volume of landlords, brokers, real estate companies and management companies discriminating against the voucher.   And so, I went through the process as per section 8 and was approved and granted a new section housing choice program voucher in 2016.

This was a blessing I thought, as I have never had any kind of assistance for any apartment I rented in my adult life. 

I eagerly began to look for a new apartment in Brooklyn. This is how I came to find the "Agent" T Brian Agbai the text will show you exactly how it all went down.

 I found the agent T Brian Abgai like most of us who are in need of a broker when looking for an apartment to rent in our city. I found him on ZILLOW.COM. His picture is not a real estate agent headshot or info promo image, or Professional business card And after doing plenty of research, I cant seem to find him listed any where as a licensed real estate agent, nor can I find the Real estate agency listed online with Zillow, or any other that will claim him as their agent.  The address on Zillow for his company B&B Realty is registered nowhere. And the address given for 121 ROGERS ST. BROOKLYN NY is a realty name “ RAPID REALTY” which also denies his affiliation with them. When he sent me the email, it stated it was a “URBAN PADS APPLICATION AND LEASE FORM”.  After emailing the company and getting no reply, I publicly posted the text from the agent and the email on the Facebook account of URBAN PADS.

Someone only referred to as “Shaya” states they are the owner of URBAN PADS and does not know of that agent, as he is not affiliated with them at all. 

You can see this here: URBAN PADS PUBLICLY DENIES ANY AFFILIATION WITH AGENT T. BRIAN AGBAI VIA FACEBOOK

  

So if Urban Pads is not to blame for allowing this maniac to represent some of there units, then who is???

Here he is in the FLESH represented as a Real Estate agent on ZILLOW.com website. PROFESSIONAL PROFILE OF REAL ESTATE AGENT T.BRIAN AGBAI ON ZILLOW.COM

So why is it ok for Zillow (or ANY WEB SITE LIKE IT) to allow ANYONE to upload any picture and some information, and add listings of vacant homes with out showing PROPER VERIFICATION of their licenses and certifications to verify they are ACTIVE REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND OR BROKERS??? 

Or they just excepting the payments these people pay them to have access to the platform on their site? One can technically use sites like this to lure in victims.

Hypothetically, Anything could have happen. That afternoon. What if this man lured me to the vacant apartment to harm me?  Suppose he is a scam artist and takes people for their “DEPOSITS” You can see for your self he tried to pressure me into having that deposit that day.  Should websites like Zillow be held responsible for allowing any one to post and pose as professional certified safe and trusted agents and meet with random people? Some sites are a bit un-safe I feel now. Any one can use it as a tool to lure naive, gullible, desperate people in need of help. And who knows. Who should be held accountable for this?

Who will be made example of so that it is done correctly in regard to the people who pretty much make sure these companies stay open, by using them?

Now, Those of you who know me know I can be a bit strong willed.  But this immediately made me feel under attack and profiled. So today, I don't sit here and feel bad, or like I can't function any more because I was called a "Monkey Bitch". I have been called many names. I however WILL NOT lay down for this type of treatment out of respect to my community, culture and people. WE... I say WE as in minorities are being set up to be classified and it seems every one is in on it. NO ONE including Real estate agents is allowed to deny any one who fits under protected classes according to the NYC COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHS ACT. 

Yet they do, and no one does anything about it. However, The government is funding these companies, properties, management, and owners so long as they accept the programs and allow certain units to be occupied by minorities or ANY ONE that are qualified.  Which is exactly why we are classified today. The people who agree to the terms and conditions of these programs on file are the ones who are responsible for carrying out the law. It seems once they are funded, approved and start opening up shop. They are moving the minorities into areas they deem are "for us". 

Either way I will not rest until things like this no longer effect us. 

I think they done started something in me I did not plan for my life, but hey...Here I am. I have contacted every one from hate crime hotlines to the commissioner of civil and human rights in Washington DC.

Janessa Rose Perez

PLEASE DONT CLIP MY WINGS

I have not made all the best choices in my life. A lot of the time of me being lost has leaded me to discover some of the most hidden truths about myself.

My first life changing hidden truth: "I DONT LIKE TO WORK FOR ANYONE." 

~J.Rose

As I became to discover my hidden truths, the first one that arose was, I don't like to be told, forced, convinced or dictated as to what I have to do.  This resonated with me.  I asked myself "Janessa, what is the first thing you do daily that doesn't sit right with you?"

The answer came quick. " I don't like to wake up before my body tells me to." The thought then came to me, " did the first humans have work schedules? Did they have situations where their lively hood would be threatened if they missed a day because their body and mind just needed to rest?" These thoughts led to so many more questions. After analyzing the situation I quickly understood. Once again my conditioning has played a roll in my unhappiness.  "I'm making others rich, I am losing rest which causes my soul to be out of alignment. After work, I'm exhausted, and I make only enough to pay my bills, eat and maybe entertain my self once a month at a social event for leisure relief. All for what? To pay bills, and create debt to have more, to have to work more to pay that debt, to continue to pay your bills, until you get old and sick, and pay medical bills, and pass on your debt and financial patterns to your children?" HOW IS THIS LIFE?  

It became clear at that point.  “I couldn't work for other people." I had to figure out why was work needed, but not enjoyable for most humans collectively. Again my inner voice spoke. " I hate what I'm doing. Its not like I'm waking up for something that I want to do. Its not like I'm creating something I love, something original, something that can help change the world for the betterment of man kind."  I already knew that 9-5 jobs at medical offices, and retail positions at high-end fashion stores were not the place for a mind like mine. Especially since I would start working and immediately see flaws in the office that needed improvement, I would pitch industrial phycology concepts to the boss that would increase the value of the employees over the company. LOL.... I would be called and asked not to return to the office again to work. 

 I began to see, that my energy was needed in a bigger way. Every time I lost a job, I WAS ECSTATIC.  "I'm free again!" I'd think... Until the next dreadful job I'd be forced to take  in order to survive. Hustling for myself was the first thing I decided to do. But I can't front. This was the thing I knew how to do best. I am from the Streets of Coney Island Brooklyn New York. Its nothing to grind for us. I made the most money I have ever made independently. But still something wasn't right. There was something not right.  Trepidation was in the solar plexus of my energy field. (Something wasn't sitting right in my stomach) You know the feeling if your human.  Usually, This feeling causes me to question myself again. The inner dialog began once again. This time it was louder then ever before. "Janessa, this is not what you were born for. The gift and talents that you have are being used to hurt people and not heal. No matter if its their choice to be hurt, you provide the service for them to buy the poison which hurts them on a deeper level then you or them even are aware of. Its blood on your hands, its against the creator, and its against your souls purpose. Discontinue this. Find what you LOVE to do, use it as a service, and align your self with divinity you come from. Then you will manifest the life you want with ease."

This had such an impact on me that I immediately stopped the hustle I had. Packed up all my things and decided to move to down south. During the stay down south, I had such a beautiful time discovering what it meant to love what you do. I surrounded myself around a lot of nature. Took myself out of the element I was used to. I felt that influenced me to make certain choices based off my conditioning. This caused less distractions and the clarity began again. “ I love to create and motivate. Create and motive anything and every one I can”.  There’s no limit in the things I can create. I went thru everything; Decided at the time, the best move for me was to head back to NYC. I found joy and peace in cleaning. This was one of the things I always have enjoyed. And on of the things I could start with. Organizing, and turning a space into something new and clean and just seeing the out come after I was done was so worth it for me.  Plus, I came up with the most dopest concepts for scripts, songs, and videos while I cleaned. It was like a form of meditation for me.

I found some awesome clients; Ironically, they were individuals who felt the same way I did about life. They began to add to my dreams rather then pull me from them. My clients are amazing people, I make my own schedules, and I never dread going to work for them. I am trusted, valued and appreciated every time I complete a job.  This adds to the confidence I need to continue on this path.

Now that I am practicing Autonomy and am self employed. I had so much more time to add to the quality of my life. I began to have a healthier social life. I started college and am now getting my BA in Digital Cinematography. That adds to me because I LOVE making visual projects, and writing scripts and plays etc. School aligned me with amazing knowledge, experience and sick equipment to enable me to pretty much start a small independent production company. Which I have just very recently have been working on.  I could have never done any of these things had I continued to live in a place of fear. Where I let the conditioning of my fears keep me from making bold scary changes. I was used to being a woman who had everything she needed and needed to be what society deemed as "popping". But once I began to see that those thoughts, labels and desires were against my on souls growth. I decided I wanted to FLY FREE from those concepts and limiting beliefs. This scared me, and those who loved me. My folks were people who valued security more then autonomy. My boyfriend at the time told me he had no interest in starting a business with me incase we broke up, and I should just get a regular job.  So, when I needed that certain kind of support, I didn’t have it.  Not that they were wrong, they just came from limiting beliefs themselves and that was normal. They too would have to go through a process like i was in order to find their truths. 

And although it’s a process that takes extreme faith, self-sacrifice, and a strong sense of ones true self. I rather be this way and be free. Free to make my own choices daily. According to what makes me feel whole and complete. Where I go can go to bed with myself every night with out feeling those burdening thoughts of uncertainty. Thoughts like “ Am I'm doing what I should be or doing, or what society says I should be doing in order to be accepted?" It’s a never-ending growing process.  Soul conscious growing feels like the only real and true purpose as humans to me. And so becoming aware of this; transcends the mind, body and spirit to be able manifest our inner most dreams and watch them materialize in our physical reality.

The more you grow, the more you know, and the more your truth will show.

Janessa Rose

DOES YOUR MOTHER REALLY LOVE YOU?

I may not be a Mother yet,

But I am some ones Child.

I chose to use an image of a mother lioness. To me, this represents the strength in a Mothers Love. However, Not all mothers know how to love. A Mothers love is paramount to a Childs growth. When Children are born, the first stage of their early life, they only can read ENERGY VIBRATIONS. Only scales of emotions they go off of. This is why its so important for mothers to become fully aware of the vibes they project their children to starting early off in their child's life continuing through out.  You are they're protector. You have been selected to guide, and instruct an entire life! One you created through love or the in the pursuit of love. That’s big stuff! It is bigger then getting a raise or promotion in your job. Bigger then who you are in the streets, bigger then any job or dream you’re chasing. Becoming a Mother or Father is the biggest task to be chosen to preform in this life.

Your child is sensitive to things you may not even be aware of. As a childless woman, I have witnessed a lot of my friends become mothers around me. I also recall the way my friends were raised by their mothers, and myself as well. This allowed me to see clearly as to how our mothers have directly impacted the way we love others, even our own children.

When I was a little girl. My mom was a safety for me . I depended so much on the love she had. When ever I felt un safe or uncomfortable; the strongest desire that overshadowed other ones I had was the need to be in my mothers arms. I Still till this day experience this desire at the age of 32.

This makes me start to think about how many woman and men never had a mother to love them or show them how to love in return. And I became empathetic to that.

As a human, we can't be too different. Perceptions are individual, yes. However, Perception is altered according to ones own mental conditioning.

So if you’re reading this, and think to yourself... Well, Janessa... I never had a mother and I am fine with out a mothers love. I would say to you, your feelings are valid for you, and no matter if you realize it or not... You have conditioned yourself to be self-reliant. That is a survival tactic that you have been exercising and making strong in your subconscious.  This stems from every time you did have that desire to run into a loving mothers embrace. but felt the pain of lacking that . You may have told your self over and over, "you don't need it , you don't care, you won't ever trust people".. Etc. This was you CONDITIONING YOURSELF.

Some of us had mothers who may have been cold. They may have been distant, or stand offish, and aloof.  Some of us have mothers who were hoverers, codependents, enablers, over bearing and rigid with rules. Some had moms who were too open, and free with us, and treated us more like friends rather then children. Some had mothers who hurt them on many abusive levels, and some just don't have mothers or anyone trying to be that figure for them.

The Love of a mother is what builds the foundation that we take over and begin to build the structure of our life upon.  No matter what the father has done, what he has become, and where he is should never determine the type of Mother you become. Take responsibility for the CHOICES you made in life. Understand that even the father may be trying to find himself and wish him luck on that journey instead of tarnishing him for not knowing how to love you the way you THOUGHT u needed him to. Wishing him luck is not taking from you, it is adding to the life of the father that will hopefully one day reflect onto your child's life and the way they love in the future.

However, If your children's dad turns out to not care, or be affected or doesn't know how to love in the light you'd like him to... Consider this: He may have not had the best love of his mother. And he is only living off of his CONDITIONING. As we all have been doing since the beginning of time. No one is exempt from that. You may be conditioned to judge and hold grudges. So he is no better then you by following his conditions. And you no better then him simply because you have to be with the child by default, or because you provide financially for your child. That is not something you value in comparison to how the father behaves or plays his role.

Just because you can understand and discern the proper way a parent "SHOULD" behave. Depending on your energy projection, you maybe adding to the foundation of your children and may have unknowingly, installed a layer of hate, fear, and anger. This is not an excuse for any ones behavior/choices. However, this idea can give us deeper understanding as to why it is the way it is, and this can help you love on your babies in a full and healthy way.

We all have begun to build that structure of our lives ON TOP of what our mothers/fathers/grand folks have already installed in us. This is not for us to continue the cycle of low levels of love. Becoming aware may be able to limit the cycle of un-healthy conditioning.  Giving 100% of your energy to your child instead of 37% of love to your child. And expose them to the 63% of fear you have in your heart for the circumstance you may currently be in. or 63% percent of you loving your self and projecting energy that implements selfish behavior.

Janessa Rose Perez