On October 22nd, 2008, Ben Behrouzi / Eperks /LeapFish’s atorney, Ronald J. Cook filed for dismissal of their complaint against Vlad Zablotzkyy. This is yet one more embarrassment for Ben Behrouzi in addition to the public humiliation and ridicule that has already befallen him and his dieing brand ePerks, at the hands of the Real [...]

1) Learn the ePerks Basics with the Seminal Piece on ePerks:
ePerks.com: A Case Study in Greed and Self-Imposed Brand Destruction
2) Read the Blog Post / Comments That Started It All:
ePerks- A Scam or A Gem?
3) Read the Cease & Desist Letter, Threats and Lawsuit from ePerks CEO Ben Behrouzi:
Cease & Desist Letter: Chilling Effect: How [...]

Leapfish / Ben Behrouzi Bombshell
Since BrokerScience first began covering LeapFish and ePerks CEO Ben Behrouzi, we have received a lot of reader submitted information in the form of: stories of first hand experiences with LeapFish / ePerks / Ben Behrouzi (as employees and customers), emails, voice mails, and other miscellaneous information and data relating to [...]

When BrokerScience published our analysis of ePerk’s brand destruction ( ePerks.com: A Case Study in Greed and Self-Imposed Brand Destruction ) on May 30th, we did not know that just nine days later, Vlad Zablotzkyy would be served with a lawsuit from ePerks/ CEO Ben Behrouzi.
Quite frankly, in light of the growing attention and coverage [...]

In yet another blow to embattled ePerks and Brabus Ventures Corporation CEO, Ben Behrouzi, BrokerScience has acquired exclusive ownership of the following internet domain names:

BenBehrouzi.com
BenBehrouzi.net
BehzadBehrouzi.com
BrabusVentures.net
BrabusVentures.org
BrabusVentures.biz

Internet domain name case law provides that these names can be used in a capacity that does not create confusion in the market place. In the future they may be used [...]

When ePerks.com CEO Ben Behrouzi originally hired blogger Vlad Zablotzkyy of Go-Beyond-MLS.com to write a paid review of ePerks.com, he never expected the barrage of user complaints that were posted in the comment section of Vlad’s blog and he never expected the fallout that would occur when he threatened Vlad and sent him a Cease [...]

(Previous Realtor.com coverage – Realtor.com Hacked Day 1 / Realtor.com Hacked Day 2 / Realtor.com Hacked Day 3 )
In an unfortunate turn of events, Realtor.com has failed to acknowledge its website and or servers were breached and has failed to inform users whether or not personal data was compromised. This is disturbing on a number [...]

Brabus Ventures (BrabusVentures.com), owned by embattled CEO Ben Behrouzi and parent company of ePerks.com, LeapFish and DotNextInc has updated it’s website and added new “Values” and “Culture” pages to combat the barrage of negative publicity their business practices have earned them. There is only one problem: the pages are STOLEN virtually verbatim from Chevron.com and [...]

BrokerScience Response to LeapFish CEO, Ben Behrouzi:
In the transcript below, we asked you to provide us proof of any factual inaccuracies we have published, you failed to do so.
You state that what we are publishing is “completely false and now damaging the company“, yet failed to list even one “false item” or “fabrication” and [...]

When Vlad Zablotskyy of Go-Beyond-MLS.com received a Cease & Desist letter from ePerks.com (which was shortly followed up by the threat of a lawsuit form ePerks CEO, Ben Behrouzi) he had cause to be concerned. In addition to the threat of litigation, somebody was also libeling Vlad has a child molester. (You will find a [...]

Dan Bailey is a homeowner facing foreclosure. He emailed a letter to 20 Countrywide employees in hopes of arranging a a deal that would prevent foreclosure of his home. In response, he was accidentally sent an email purportedly from none other then Countrywide CEO, Angelo Mozilo. The email reads: This is unbelievable. Most of these [...]

Richard Gaylord, President of the National Association of Realtors has provided his response to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae regarding the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see below). His response includes his comments and suggestions for change to specific aspects of HVCC.
Of all the serious flaws in HVCC that stand to hurt consumers, Realtors, appraisers [...]

NAR Assessment of Cuomo Settlement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac:
The Cuomo/GSE Appraisal Deal April 30, 2008
New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (government sponsored enterprises) reached an agreement on March 3, 2008, to [...]

Update from Dave Biggers on HVCC:
To: Our colleagues
Re: Thank you for speaking up about the HVCC
From: David Biggers, Chairman, a la mode, inc.

Prior to the April 30th deadline for commentary on the proposed HVCC regulations, I wrote you asking for your help in alerting [...]

The Title / Appraisal Vendor Management Association has weighed in regarding HVCC. The report, written a over a week ago has gone under the radar as most things HVCC have. This topic just cann’t seem to get traction regardless of how important it might be.
If the GSEs implement the Code as currently drafted, it will [...]