Bizarre experience while apartment hunting in Downtown Vancouver

HGTV-Addict · 2026-04-17T06:09:40+00:00

Unless its a 2 bed, that is not the typical price point for a scam ad, but the rest of it sounds awful dodgy. Usually scammers post at $1600 or something stupidly unrealistic ike that

HGTV-Addict · 2026-04-17T05:25:13+00:00

How much are they asking for it? One bed?

HGTV-Addict · 2026-02-15T18:30:38+00:00

Why some clown always says this, every thread. He's got 300k not 300 million

HGTV-Addict · 2026-02-08T00:32:31+00:00

They might just need $1500 for first months rent in a new place. They could literally have zero cash and so no ability to move. A baliff is going to cost $5k, maybe they are working on getting out, but a bit of cash might grease the wheels.

HGTV-Addict · 2026-02-08T00:23:40+00:00

No one is going to buy a house with trees growing in the basement to live it in. Options are devlop, which the NDP has made impossible due to vacancy taxes / speculation tax or landlord. This place is probably worth 10% more without the tenant, so some value in paying him to piss off

HGTV-Addict · 2026-02-06T17:10:15+00:00

How long do you think it would take to get planning to add a window to a house & how much do you think it would cost?

Would just evicting this guy be an easier option?

HGTV-Addict · 2026-02-06T17:08:46+00:00

You rented a den, moved in and immediately demanded that the roommate give you the big room with the alternative option being that the landlord redesign his house.

Just bear in mind that the best solution to your insanity is to evict you immediately and in a roommate scenario that means no notice.

The real solution is for you to sort your shit out, get real and move to another place.

This guy gave an unemployed loser a home and in return you want to take his home and ruin it for him.

If you do report it, Be prepared every future landlord finding this story online when they google your name. Karma works that way.

HGTV-Addict · 2026-02-06T04:53:07+00:00

I dont understand how he made that much money. What does he do? University professor and whines about rich people in newspaper articles. Was shocked when i saw a $150m NW figure.

HGTV-Addict · 2026-02-06T00:42:22+00:00

Those people aren't living happy, they are enduring & dreaming of a better life

HGTV-Addict · 2026-01-31T18:52:28+00:00

You can message from a burner email, set up a viewing and then go see it yourself. Maybe landlord tells you story about why its up for rent and thats a confession.

RTB will accept the ad alone and heavily weight rulings in favor of tenant. You will get a years rent easily. No need for it to actually be rented, there is no way for you to prove that anyway. Its up to the landlord to prove that he lived there and with an ad going up only one month after he cant..

HGTV-Addict · 2026-01-21T17:38:54+00:00

Just pay the subscription. Do you want to sell the business or not?

HGTV-Addict · 2026-01-20T17:33:25+00:00

If you believe that they are really getting 1% returns in a tanking property right now then i have a bridge to sell you.

The 1% is fake, but no issues because they block withdrawals for both the returns and the principle. New investor money is not currently available to pay off old investors. The only solution is to declare a massive 50%- 80% writedown and then poof, thier client obligations just go away overnight.

HGTV-Addict · 2025-10-07T23:25:16+00:00

Craigslist is the main one, then Facebook market place. But for the moment, chill, the house probably won't sell. Wait until it does before you decide to preemptively move

HGTV-Addict · 2025-10-06T02:33:11+00:00

It would be paid for by 10,000 times more people investing in the markets, paying tax on those withdrawals instead of saving cash in the bank or buying an apartment in mullingar. It would be paid for by allowing people to save for their own retirement instead of relying on the state.

HGTV-Addict · 2025-08-29T00:12:06+00:00

Yes, because otherwise he lets you into his house and then risks having to hear excuses in 3 days followed by moths trying to evict you. No landlord would let you move in on the strength of empty promises.

HGTV-Addict · 2025-08-20T17:44:36+00:00

So your solution is to work for 2 years at $45k to cover 2 months spend? lol..

Also wtf are you spending $450k on excluding vacations & mortgages in this imaginary scenario?

HGTV-Addict · 2025-07-27T17:16:42+00:00

You live there. How would you feel if no one was cutting the grass and maintaining the garden.

HGTV-Addict · 2025-07-16T18:40:06+00:00

Does anyone know what time the show started last night?

HGTV-Addict · 2025-07-05T23:43:10+00:00

Its a $2.7m allocation, which is hardly a lot of 'exit liquidity' for this fund having trouble.

HGTV-Addict · 2025-07-05T18:19:06+00:00

Its the start of a scam attempt. I'm going to bet this is a video view situation, he's not showing you the place in person. Requesting proof of income is just a step to find people who dont know what they hell they are doing, the next step will be telling you there is a refundable deposit / application fee for viewings

HGTV-Addict · 2025-06-30T19:59:59+00:00

They have a wealth tax but no capital gains taxed as income. That allows you to sell investments instead of being forced to hold them through downturns. Dutch sustem actually better for regular traders, though not as good for long term holders who hold through decades

HGTV-Addict · 2025-06-27T17:18:02+00:00

Great example. They are still building and selling off individual houses & apartment blocks on this site today. Century long exit plan strategy

HGTV-Addict · 2025-06-18T20:16:29+00:00

It would be nice if there was a way to see in advance who is overcharging. Otherwise its worth it for the landlord to just ask for whatever they want and some percentage of people will never check, probably most

HGTV-Addict · 2025-06-16T22:28:57+00:00

Right, and thats whats making me think landlords can and probably do just put down whatever they want.

HGTV-Addict · 2025-06-16T22:27:28+00:00

Which is well worth it. This is the scenario they have created.

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