Bye.

Want to be holding open houses every weekend, and working really odd hours? Real estate agent.

Want a bit more normal of a life, do a lot of your business over zoom, and the client come back every 3-5 years for renewal? Mortgage broker.

Ah, maybe they do

But I bet, they'd still want the chance to resolve any of your concerns, remake it, offer something else, etc...

I bet they'd more appreciate you talking to them directly. Maybe this is an off night and they got it wrong? I'm not sure Craft is so big they even have a head office -- don't they just have a couple restaurants?

Vs complaining to the entire internet about it

What happened when you shared this with your waiter or the manager?

(Or did you just come here to vent?)

If they're set on not paying it. Go fill out the paperwork for small claims (I think the limit is around 35k)

A little of work, could motivate them to pay (or settle prior)

Saves you a third party taking most of the $

It could be in their next podcast episode!

What type of $ invoices are outstanding?

ChatGPT can write pretty good demand letters. And/or look to offer a discount for immediate resolution?

Two questions come to mind: 1. Do we need TransLink podcasts? 2. How much does this cost them to do

You'd think they'd think about this during the River Rock Scandal days...

Is it mostly sea days? If so, don't think side matters.

Get used to tipping on everything... Everyyyyyything

Depends. Is the original priced index against inflation?

At the current way government rules are being imposed against landlords, probably not. Too much bureaucracy to provide a rental unit

Whistler is thee unofficial Australia consulate.

Great point.

People bought after 2017.

Also, it really wasn't much buffer. Building services, upkeep, etc, all cost well over that.

Yes.

And yes.

A 600k 1 bedroom condo in Vancouver, likely will never drop to 400k.

But let's say maybe 500k? (Even that I doubt, but let's say that)

Generally, call it 3x income for a mortgage. Someone's going to need HHI of 130k salary right now annually to get a say 400k mortgage, with a 100k deposit.

.... Most renters will not be in this situation to buy even after that.

The whole city went downhill when paper straws were introduced. Coincidence? I think not.

Yeah, when everyone moves out of a desirable city to live elsewhere.

..... Or when 100 new condo building towers magically get built overnight (like in SimCity3000. Remember that game?! It was rad)

I'll agree there's some shade af landlords out there, no argument

I'd wager though, many landlords are renting a unit fairly and respectful of their tenants... But when the govt only allows them to raise the rent by a % below inflation, while everything else is going up, that's where landlords are having to take these actions.

I bet if the govt went back to pegging increases to inflation, it becomes a reasonable situation for both sides.

Perfect? No. But landlords are not running a charity either.

It'll be the only one I get. 🤝

Sure. You got your mortgage pre approved to afford a dt van condo?

If so, I'll give you the friends and family price.

It may soften the market a bit, but not enough to qualify many people for buying a place if they can't qualify already