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It's becoming a thing (at least in my last few attempts to hire). God, I miss the old days... And as I get older I have more and more saying "No thanks" or blocking me outright.  Sorry I don't look like a young Robert De Niro anymore, now I'm just the old De Niro.

And getting just as cranky as him

Only a real man can take a dick up his ass.  Grunt!

We’re all queens at some level! 🙂

I’m sure his masculinity, like everyone else’s, depends on context and the situation… how “masc” could you be with a dick in an orifice?

He’s in Charlotte now. I’m about to take one for the team and meet up with him. Against my better judgement I agreed to his ask for a small deposit for an outcall; his OF page seems legit at least. 
 
I’ll report back! 🤪

Another example of escorts who confuse RentMen with Grindr.

Learn the Grindr codes. You’d be pleasantly surprised with how great the hiring scene is on Long Island. 

I am pleased to report that I did have a session with TuckerNYC this afternoon.
Finding new talent in NYC, from a client perspective, can be daunting task.  Competition among providers is exceptionally intense.  There are hundreds of profiles to look at.  I did decide to move forward with Tucker because the pictures on his profile are exciting - the muscular but cute boy next door I could have a crush on.  The carefully written description of himself - he is a professional writer.  The ease of interaction with him prior to the first meeting - thoughtful, informative, patient.  My appreciation to two forum members who kindly gave me their thoughts based on their meeting - I know who you are and thank you.
The setting - an incall at his upperwestside apartment,
I can be a bit shy meeting someone for the first time and therefore requested a combo of erotic massage, just to warm up, followed by play time.  As he opened the door, I was struck by his athletic, muscular appearance.  No signs of exaggeration anywhere.  A warm, yet inquisitive smile,  Dressed in a form fitting t-shirt and jeans.  Naked, he showed perfect proportions front and back.  He understood my shyness and took his time to massage me,  As I relaxed, he sensed it was time to turn up the heat.  And he did!  While the details do not need to be revealed in a public forum, I did absolutely love being in the presence of hot and intuitive lover.
I am already looking forward to our next meeting.
I have no hesitation to recommend him. 
 

Hmm. I think I’ll take him for a drive. 

First one to successfully schedule gets +100 pts  🤣

I have to tell you all I just spent an all night with him. He's awesome, sweet, sexy and totally gets my quirks and twisted sense of humor.  Many don't get my humor. And sexy as hell in bed!!!
If he lived in my city I'd be homeless for too spending too much on Mr Diamond. 

a couple name changes (AxelDiamond, sub_boynyc) - two previous threads on him here:
https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/134877-sub_boynyc-nyc-visiting-dc-soon
https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/146736-sub_boynyc

Maybe a more accurate headline for this ad would read;
I just finished high school in NJ & have no job.
Buy me drugs as a graduation present.
(Please leave your wallet unattended.)

Very good, realistic assessment. I seen this at an event I was working couple years ago. Though not directly in our group, lot of the attendees were strung out, and at one point: the resort manager came and damn near kicked half the pool off the property because they were being too showy with their liquid “paraphernalia”.  I just so happened to be standing just on the outskirts of it, but I knew I wasn’t about to do what they were doing. Especially after I had to console a guy earlier who was shaking and hysterical after his friends said he got plowed on G and didn’t remember it (though I never found out the validity of that story).

Lot of these circuit parties are pretty much a typical weekend in a gay bar district: same shit, just on steroids. I’ve seen the same shit, in different cities, 1,000 times. Though the only saving Grace is, the experiences are different, the possibilities endless. So it keeps it entertaining for me.
As for the original question: by all means if an escort wants to attend such an event, attend. But let escorting/finding clients be a secondary function. That’s pretty much the concept of how I travel nowadays. I rarely places just for the prospect of doing bookings, unless it just happens to be along the way to my main destination (partly why it’s been so hard to get me to a particular city that a particular person wants me to go to. Not that I don’t want to go, but I just haven’t found a main purpose to go yet). 
 
That way, you’ll have reasonable expectations regardless. And usually, in the process I’ve picked up a client or 2 unintentionally. Like when I went to Iowa pride earlier in the summer, I didn’t have any clients that weekend. But I did have a friend of a friend who happened to be interested, and he booked me for his husband 🥵 
 

The last couple times I went to Decadence, I saw so much open drug usage and guys just wacked out of their mind on meth that I stopped going.  It was depressing.
It's like that with most of the circuit events, tbh.  Guys with incredible bodies who go on three-day benders until it finally catches up with them.
... And it always does.  Hard drugs are like a very sharp, ugly boomerang.

For escorts: I look for at least one good review from a long-time contributor on Company of Men.  It can even be a few years old (I laugh when I see men "bumping" reviews asking for recent experience, when others have posted mere hours or days prior with their experience).
For masseurs: I look for someone with a reasonable price.  I do not necessarily need to see good reviews, but I check to make sure there are no bad reviews.  I do not pay up front, so I do not worry about patronizing a massuer with no reviews yet.  For even if the massuer provides a less than stellar massage or non-sensual experience, I will at least have had a relaxing session at a reasonable price.
And of course, I always pay it forward by sharing my positive or negative recommendation on Company of Men.

Ditto. I try to crosscheck, from as many angles as are available.
Before I make first contact I try confirm that (A) they are who they say they are and (B) their approach to the gig seems sane/safe/sensible.

So I look at the profile. Definitely search here. Then I scan any social media that might be accessible. Sometimes I sign up for their OF. If they're dancing at Adonis, I might try to make a trip. Then I contact them and see how it goes...

But mostly I'm just trying to confirm that they're real and that they're professional in their approach to the gig.

HPV is also a big one that is often overlooked. One that causes anal and genital warts. Get your GARDASIL vaccines folks!

@jimblue49 Congratulations on your first post.  And literally only minutes after you joined the site your first post was to trash a provider....
Just saying.
BTC

Reverse image search yields an Egypt based model. Combined with no NSFW pictures, I lean towards fake.

Mike Branson in his day for sure
Aiden from CF 
David chockachi in his BAYWATCH era 
 

Add me to the list who would love to see a link to Daniel Montoya's listing...

But as for me, I'm a broken record on this:
Andrew Stark
Andrew Stark
Andrew Stark

 

I would pay $ 1000 for a hot fuck with this sexy Canuck:
Adam Avery
Sadly I missed the years when he was escorting on Rent.men.
Hate when I'm late for the party.
 

There are so many strange parts to this story.   Why were YOU having issues staying awake?   
(At that time I was still 73% zonked, and although I had remained conscious throughout, he claimed that it was I who had gone completely under!)
I know you said you're not going to answer "random" question - but I thinks this is not random at all and goes to the heart of your post.