why aren't all 8 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Opinion
Lyons: San Diego properties cannot cash flow on long-term rental leases
“In San Diego, you know, you're never going to get anything to cashflow on a long-term basis on a short-term basis. You know, you can get five or 600 bucks a night.”
Assertion Contradicted
Lyons: No tech companies had appeared on Shark Tank before 2012
“I mean, at the time there had been no tech companies on Shark Tank.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bill Lyons: Mortgage company grew from $500K in 2014 to $5.5M in 2016
“At the end of 2013 and in 2014, we did 500 K in revenue, 2015, 1.7. And in 2016, we're going to do 5.5 million.”
Disclosure
Revestor generated zero revenue in September 2016
“Zero.”
Disclosure
Producer told Lyons to lower Shark Tank ask: 'sharks are pissed today'
“Originally I was asking for 500 grand for 10%, and then in the dressing room, the producer came back, he goes, man, the sharks are pissed today, you need to lower it.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bill Lyons: Revestor never surpassed 1,000 paying users post-Shark Tank
“We built it up to about 15,000 users. We never got over a thousand paid users and it just kind of sat there for awhile.”
Disclosure
Revestor pays ListHub around $6,000 per month for MLS data
“It's like six grand a month.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lyons: Prior business reached $20M revenue before losing everything in 2007
“You know, I had a company before, It did twenty million in revenue you know, seven and I lost everything.”