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Why are so many big-city condos sitting empty? | About That - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGfFBP7U7pQ

The CCPBC is gonna tell us, so I'm sure it's going to be factual and honest and not bullshit.

@sj_zero

They're outlining how underwater the average investor is now what with prices and interest rates and what the rental market will bear.

@Sophistifunk

My takeaway is essentially that. They bought shit they never intended to live in, so they gave no thought to anyone ever buying it from them for that purpose. One of them was 270 sq ft. FFS it's a cell. It had a bunk bed.

@Sophistifunk

A lot of similarities to China's real estate bubble(s).

@PNS I watched that thinking 'stupid center of the universe blog is all about the Toronto market except for one mention of Vancouver at the end' and then it's the cbc. Lol.
I agree that anyone who buys a 300sqft place to rent for $2500 gets what they fucken deserve.

I wonder how many of those "investors" are just regular joes who think they're investment geniuses because they convinced the bank to give them a bunch of millions because they noticed houses going up in price?

@sj_zero

It's many Joe Blow folks' retirement plan. Inexperienced in real estate, especially urban rental real estate.

Huge problem with investments like these is that the trends last years and so people assume the line's movement is eternal. It's shocking given how many times it's happened in my lifetime, but I guess that shows most people aren't really that aware of their surroundings...
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