Spot The Speculators #43 – “I know someone who bought three condos in the same building, each of them for $400-$500K. She probably makes around $60K as an immigration consultant.”

Makaya at VREAA 8 Jun 2011 3:33pm“I know someone [local] who bought three condos within the same building (not at the same time), all of them $400-$500K. She probably makes around $60K as an immigration consultant…. She convinced one of my friends to do the same thing, which she eventually did. And when I was trying to convince her not to do so, the only thing she replied to me was “it’s the only way you can get rich”. My friend at that time was working on a 6 month contract (no permanent job), put up 30% of the equity and got a mortgage for the rest of it. She paid $450K + renovations for it.”

5 Responses to Spot The Speculators #43 – “I know someone who bought three condos in the same building, each of them for $400-$500K. She probably makes around $60K as an immigration consultant.”

  1. wow, wow, wow! I’m speechless…..

    But as the Chinese saying goes – The brave will gorge themselves to death, the wimp will be starved to death. Guess you just have to pick which way to die is more preferable

    Have to hand it to these brave people….ignorance sometimes is a bliss!

    • Recklessness has been rewarded and prudence punished.

      • There was no reward in this case, yet. Except for the pride of ownership. That’s priceless.

    • “But as the Chinese saying goes – The brave will gorge themselves to death, the wimp will be starved to death. Guess you just have to pick which way to die is more preferable”

      lol as any student of chinese proverbs and history knows, it really is a lovely culture.

      that we are depending upon the communist party to bail out the global economy and suck up our inflation is a hysterical idea – worked for a while, i suppose, and that’s all the convincing anyone needs anymore of anything.

  2. Three mortgages on $60k. At least there is no subprime lending going on in Canada! :)

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