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January 3rd, 2009 at 3:55 pm
BDK:
I can teach you to cook like a GOD ! It really takes many years if you’re self-taught (trial and error to get things exactly right) but it takes no time at all if you have a skilled teacher. I came up with some great dishes I tested out at parties on New Year’s Eve, I heard some guests quietly asking the host to hide the food so they could take it home as leftovers.
Cooking lessons is one of the services I offer, and actually I was thinking of something like “couples” night, where 2 couples relax and learn to make something new. I’ve spent many weeks on my business plan, so my website is still rudimentary but go to http://www.thelaughingchef.ca, you can find my contact information there.
My rates are extremely competitive as well. I was able to get the financing I need to start the business, so the next 6 months are about going to school and fine – tuning my offerings. I have loads of great, simple recipes that involve maybe 5 ingredients and perhaps 20 minutes of prep time.
Thanks for the comment about the blog. I really offered the explanation to Arit, whom I respect. I thought he deserved some kind of response.
Sorry to the rest of you, since this is extremely off topic.
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:04 pm
condoman “As for rents, I have scanned craigslist and don’t see the rents going down drastically either in Yaletown…)
Vacant! Immediate possession! So rents are not going down and…nothing is renting..must be really neat for these landlords to pay mortgages on EMPTY units they are trying to rent? So they say something like “I will NOT rent less then my payment!” And the renter says “FINE keep it”. So which one is sleeping at night? 
Yeh you are right…trouble is using your source “Craiglist” I don’t see any thing being rented either!
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:58 pm
#97 is just another troll.
All this mainstream exposure is bound to bring out more trolls unfortunately.
If you are serious #97 then you’re just a moron. There are ten times as many units available and the rents are down 20% and still dropping. You can get a new unit at Shangri La for $1600. This means that Residences on Georgia cannot get $1450 anymore and that’s why there are thousands of empty units available for rent right now.
If you have any doubt post a housing wanted ad on craigslist and see how many replies you get.
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:53 pm
I think this site is very negative. Agreed that prices of condos are over valued but going down 50%, unlikely. There will still be a strong demand in Point Grey area and etc. do to demand and supply.
As for rents, I have scanned craigslist and don’t see the rents going down drastically either in Yaletown or Kitsilano.
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:50 pm
That was a good smack down scullboy, you don’t owe any courtesy to someone who’s either trying to take this blog off topic or genuinely too stupid to be posting on this blog.
My wife’s been giving me a hard time about my lack of cooking skills, do you think you could teach me the basics if we hire you to come over for dinner?
January 3rd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Supraboy
So let me get this straight. You’re a lazy ass and you’re patting yourself on the back for that attitude?
Enjoy Cordova, but if you’re travelling to South America looking for it you might be disappointed.
On the bright side for your career, I hear there is a keen interest in young desperate men in South America, you might still be young enough to qualify!
Also, hyenas come from Africa.
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:54 pm
“Depends on your position. Some of us produce things that benefit humanity. Makes me feel good.
We have those people too…
On the other hand, I am pretty sure once the shit hits the fan, my company will survive. The chances of me being fired are slim. The contractors are the first to go (they are already going).”
Hey Arit, you know what? good for you for keep up companies while dead weights leech off you. I’ve been on both sides of the fence and I too worked for one of those 3. After one month of being in one of them, I realized that I can jackoff all day and take 2 hour lunch breaks. I looked around and my team lead was always out and took sick leaves every week, if he can do that, so can I. The mommies working there were leaving early everyday to pick up their kids. They’re not on contract though, they’re full time and they think they’ve got it good. They’ll never get laidoff anyways because they pretend to work and talk a lot in meetings. I’m glad I was there for 3 years and I sucked enough cash and built over $40k in my RRSP through investments and contributions. I was constantly focused on daytrading rather than working and nobody cared. I got friends doing the same things everyday at those companies. They’ll never shut down and if they trim the contractors, the fulltimers will still be enjoying life sucking cash.
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Arit,
I suppose it depends on your definition of ad hominem. Besides his silly prattle about cigars and action figures, this line:
“I’ll travel to South America and enjoy life while you people here scream like hyenas begging on the streets of cordova.”
pretty much begged for a verbal slap upside the head.
As you say, I can ignore his postings I suppose…. but then again you’re just as free to ignore mine.
As far as I’m concerned the odd snipe just keeps the motes entertaining. I don’t mind too much when people take the odd swipe as me (a la Pandora and No – Lympics), but as far as I’m concerned that entitles me to dish it right back out.
As for the slap I took at Supraboy, consider it part of his education. If he’s going to jump on a board like this and start behaving like a jackass (as he so plainly is), ignoring him just reinforces his juvenile behavior. Smacking him around a little at least helps him learn that posting asinine comments has a consequence.
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm
It is probably a numbers game…most of the landlords I met during my rental search seemed very genuine and nice…my current landlord is awesome, has been very helpful to me in numerous instances at own expense….and although I am still new to the building, the people I have met so far are very pleasant and good neighbors.
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Interesting article by James Kunstler
Predictions for 2009
He refers to the ” THE LONG EMERGENCY ”
http://www.straight.com/articl.....ast-2009?#
QUOTE:
” The big theme for 2009 economically will be contraction. The end of the cheap energy era will announce itself as the end of conventional “growth” and the shrinking back of activity, wealth, and populations. Contraction will come as a great shock to a world of conventionally programmed economists. They will toil and sweat to account for it, and they will probably be wrong. Unfortunately, this contraction will do its work in unpleasant ways, driving down standards of living, shearing away hopes and expectations for a particular life of comfort, and introducing disorder to so many of the systems we have depended on for so long. People will starve, lose their homes, lose incomes and status, and lose the security of living in peaceful societies. It will become clear that the Long Emergency is underway.
My hope for the year, at least for my own society, is that we will transition away from being a nation of complacent, distracted, over-fed clowns, to become a purposeful and responsible people willing to put their shoulders to the wheel to get some things done. My motto for the new year: “no more crybabies!”
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Kuntsler pulls no punches and plays no favourites
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:58 pm
“If you go hi – rise condo… ask how many rentors the Strata Bylaws allow, if it is fairly high, that may be a warning sign. Too many renters may be a problem, very transient, and less stability…turns the building into a social housing project?”
Hey No-Lympics.
The buildings I’ve lived in and had to know stuff about for work were all between 30-60% rentals (the form K was filled out) but the real problem “occupants” who’s parents own the place but don’t live there. These “owners” know they can’t be evicted.
Drug Dealers can also place their staff in units they own and then claim ignorance later (like at 550 Taylor).
Ownership might have meant something before but in a lot of cases that distinguished looking academic ,on the elevator, is the “renter” and the bratty early 20’s asian girl is an “owner”
Furthermore flippers are leveraged to the hilt making them just as transient. Many flippers have used the same technique as “laddering” (with bonds) and have been moving into a unit while waiting for it to sell and hoping t sells before the next building completes (I have referenced the hairstylist with 6 assignments before, it’s a true story)
These people know they won’t be around long and have no more respect than a dirty renter. They just have to pay 2.5 times the rent to the bank every month for the next 40 years!
The only people moving into Shangri la are tenants but the tenants at least have to be screened, unlike the hairstylist or the baby boomer parents’ who’ve mortgaged their house to buy their kids a condo.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:57 pm
#81 – A co-worker put an ad on Craigslist in the “apts wanted” section. She specified the exact building, what she was willing to pay (along with other terms), and her strengths as a tenant. She offered $1200 for units that were being advertised at roughly $1500. A landlord contacted her and she got exactly what she wanted.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
#81…read my Dec 2 post about my rental experience…I am not familiar with the Port Moody area…do your homework in advance and show up with it in hand…what are you bringing to the table in terms of being a desirable tenant…leverage that immediately in the conversation. A week after I signed my lease, I still had landlords calling me looking for my business and willing to keep negotiating…many of those places are still for rent as of last night when I checked out Craigslist…I made a list/hard copy of all the places I was planning to visit and liberally shared it with every landlord I met with…I also reinforced in the conversation, that lost rent is not recoverable..it packs a one-two punch when the landlord actually sees what he/she is up against in terms of available inventory. CZ#81 has a more technical approach and there is an opp to combine both. Have a bottom line rental number in mind and be prepared to walk..I neg a signiciant discount on my lease without having to provide my passport, DL, BC or SIN number. Good luck!
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
# 81
RE: Renting
Suggestion:
YOU as a renter in these current times should now consider yourself a ” hot commodity in demand . ”
Put an ad in the paper.
Y-O-U put in the ad the ” Rental Specifications” of what you want to rent .
—Define the general area you are willing to rent in.
—Type of accomodations(ie Condo, apartment , Basement Suite )
— ” Range” of rent you are willing to pay
(IMHO the rental prices you mentioned seem quite high…seems more like a mortgage payment for a specuvestor versus a market price in what projections indicate will be a glutted rental market.)
—What to pay for rent?
Check ads and see the market price.
Rents are asking prices…be bold and do some grinding….if your are prepared to pay, or can afford to pay say $1500 then offer $1200 or perhaps less.
(Remember: your rent is funded by “after tax” income…depending on your tax bracket, every dollar you save backwashes to much less wasted sweat at the employers digs).
—Is parking available?
–Have them send you the info on – line, including photos.
– If you go hi – rise condo… ask how many rentors the Strata Bylaws allow, if it is fairly high, that may be a warning sign. Too many renters may be a problem, very transient, and less stability…turns the building into a social housing project?
– Who fixes problems ? some Stratas insist on certifed tradesmen…costly , thus who pays? and how fast will problems be fixed ?
Suggestion: avoid specuvestor landlords…may relinquish ownership soon…and you may be evicted by the new owner (ie the Banks , foreclosures ?).
Watch for scammmers who pretend to be landlords.
How long a lease are you willing to sign…perhaps shorter term than longer…based on the aforementioned condo glut. You can always re-new if you like the place, but I wouldn’t stay locked into a lease too long.
You mentioned condo, but perhaps look at a SFH….it may be same or cheaper re: rent (unless that doesn’t fit your lifestyle.)
etc. etc.
Overall: It may cost you some coin to place an AD, but ask yourself what IS your time and gas costs worth ?
Good Luck and Happy Hunting !
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
No lympics, you’re really on fire today, keep up the good work. THX for the great hound dog work on the Richmond file. I think that Richmond activity is indicitive of what is happening in every other sub area. What my point being that the City an Municipal councils are seeing giant holes blown out of their projections. Taxes are either going way up next year or someones got ‘ some spailin’ to do’.
#78/79 I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s realised that the SupraBoy avatar is a twisted figment of his own narcissistic fantasy. Everything he has said is total BS. He lives at home, has no job, wants to relate but just comes off as a total git in real life as well as cyberspace. He/she is an angry auroboro of self loathing.
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:27 am
Scullboy,
“Suprabitch”? That’s you level of sofistication? I don’t remember supraboy using ad-hominems against you or anybody else here for that matter. All of us have their weak points, and so do you. Do not make this personal. You don’t like him, do not read his posts. I expect more from you.
Best regards,
arit
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:24 am
#81-RennieWhereRU,
For rental, my way to calculate reasonable rental is:
(current market sale price) x coefficient / 180
The coefficient is that during JAN 2009 to DEC 2009:
(1 – (months-passed-since-jan-of-2009 x 4%))
The 4% linear decay may be too ideal, you can adjust it based on market odometer and fluctuation on different month of a year.
E.g., a 2BR condo can be sold at market price of 300K today, and you are going to rent it on May 2009:
coefficient = (1 – 4 x 4%) = 84%
the monthly rent should be:
300,000 x 84% / 180 = 1400
If you what to rent on Feb or Nov of 2009, they are respectively be 1600 (4% drop from Jan) and 1000 (40% drop).
According to Marx’s theory, the condo rental declination (or employee pressure, in Marx’s original context) is proportional to the number of empty condos on the market (or unemployed work force).
Just one way to think, good luck in your hunting.
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:12 am
Supraboy,
“Arit, which company do you work for? Business Objects? Mckesson? MDA? ”
Bingo. One of these three.
“you have to deal with company politics and the big boys up top controlling things. ”
Yes, definitely. Absolutely agree.
“Working for big companies sucks.
The tasks are so miniscual. ”
Depends on your position. Some of us produce things that benefit humanity. Makes me feel good.
“I worked for a big company here before and I can tell you that I did nothing all day”
We have those people too…
On the other hand, I am pretty sure once the shit hits the fan, my company will survive. The chances of me being fired are slim. The contractors are the first to go (they are already going).
A word of advice, for free: Do not spend all your cash on action figures. One day you will need savings to put food on your children’s tables.
Best regards,
arit
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:35 am
Supraboy, from the sounds of it you may actually be pretty safe. At $50/hour you are probably one of the lower paid contractors, and in my experience the expensive ones are laid off first. Management will be satisfied by simply having warm bodies around to keep things running. If you were one of the highly skilled contractors making $100/hour you would have more to worry about.
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:25 am
My wife and I are looking at renting a 2BR condo in Port Moody. There seems to be plenty of units that specuvestors are caught with. Most in ONNI’s high-rise towers are asking $1,500 to $1,600 per month with free internet and cable for a year. Anyone have any suggestions for negotiating rent. I was going to work backwards from market value of the unit, but projecting that in today’s market is hard to say the least. Its also hard to find out exactly what tenants have agreed to rent places for. Craigslist can be pie in the sky. Given the number of units available and the more to come in the overall market, I would think the owner would be flexible to negotiate. Thanks fellow bears.
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:03 am
Drachen:
Exactly my point.
He(Rennie) DOES care, but only in a self serving hubris – laden fashion.
Other VCI posters have noted Rennie over the past few months…Rennie sightings move from Elvis (have you seen Bob lately ???? ) to Dracula ( Bob has risen from the dead !!!).
Rennie seesm to be exhibiting a character flaw often unique to those who have been “King of their Domain”, but can’t let go, something akin to a narcissist complex.
Instead of laying low, and enjoying his wealth, he now seems to want to re-write history, edit his legacy, which in my view is more akin to the ” Pied Piper ” (of condos).
He is scrapping the bottom of the barrel in a recent article another VCI poster noted..Rennie is going down memory lane re: his Dad’s purchase of a house in 1953 ? IMHO, the fundamentals that allowed his dad to purchase that home were long gone approx. 30 years ago.
The article I had posted earlier noted he had taken out full page ads promoting the VANOC Olympic bid…gee I wonder why ?
We’ve sent this before by the rich and powerful who scheme shaft and screw their way to the top…then all of a sudden find religion at the 11th hour and want to be remembered in positive glowing terms.
All I see Rennie doing now is either ordering more kool aid to lure more suckers in an act of desperation on Rennies part…. or trying to deflect blame.
Even he must realize deep down that the phone will be quiet for months, if not years. As the saying goes, the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:55 am
Suprabitch, I speak for the whole of North America when I say:
Good. Now please fuck off and let the adults continue their conversation. Oh and take Sat V and Browntown with you.
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:43 am
supraboy you are required to be quite for a bit do not respond to this one later.
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:37 am
And as far as I’m concerned, if I get fired or laid off, I can guarantee you that North America ain’t getting a single penny from me in terms of economic spending because I’m outta here.
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:37 am
Stop crying boys and girls. Stop nitpicking on my math, 20% or 25%, it doesn’t matter, a raise is a raise. So many big companies are holding up dead weights. I have friends at Mckesson and Business Objects and they told me they have a lot of old men and women working there and they don’t know squat. I shouldn’t worry about my job since there’s a lot of fat to trim off the markets. My skills are marketable and I’m in my late 20s. They can fire all they want, if they do so, I’ll travel to South America and enjoy life while you people here scream like hyenas begging on the streets of cordova.
January 3rd, 2009 at 9:19 am
NO LYMPICS
“In essence Bob has lost his credibility, his brand name is somewhat toxic”
But what does he care? He’s like the CEO of Lehman Bros. or one of the other big bank failures in the States. 5 Years of sloppy work, retire filthy rich. Or you could work honestly and hard, keeping your integrity and that of your company solid and retire in 25 years with 1/4 the money… It’s only a tough choice if you care about other people.
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:57 am
#74+ Vancouver is yeah yeah place on earth Yeah,yeah,yeah,Ok!Okey!!
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
SHOCKING NEW NUMBERS(resale listing at 12k something)
Link1 Yeah yeah yeah Ok Okey
Link2 Yeah yeah yeah Ok Okey
September, 2008- 22,605
December, 2008 – 16,200
January,2009 -13,500
Reveled that Vancouver is not a California or Florida not even a New York but Vancouver is one of it’s kind of fundo place on earth(an unexplained mystery) I would say Vancouver is a yeah yeah place on earth Yeah,yeah,yeah, Ok!Okey!!
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:33 am
Re: Bob Rennie
My prediction is he has crashed and burned…but it will take a while for many to realize it.
Like Pavlov’s dog and the bell , people will begin to equate Rennie with condos in kneejerk fashion. Condos will have a negative association/correlation for years. Hence, pretty easy to make the connection between “Condo King” Rennie and any mention of condos.
He has nothing to gain by spouting the pathologically optimistic realturd pablum…he will simply humiliate himself (and maybe even negatively inspire some psycho).
If he does continue, sounds more like King Kanute meets a certifiable egomaniac.
I read that his firm got a fee of $50,000 per unit they marketed . WTF for ? Somebody got ripped off !!! That many lemmings fine -tuned to Bob’s siren call ?
In essence Bob has lost his credibility, his brand name is somewhat toxic via the lion’s share of the market his firm had. One almost wonders if Rennie’s “aura” inspired the glut…obviously a lot of developers drank the “condo is king” kool-aid.
Advice:
Bob should retire and fade off into the sunset, while the gettins’ still good. Enjoy that art collection ,look in the mirror, and eat some humble pie.
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:05 am
Here is a story in the Richmond Review re: the collapse of the Pinnacle Development in North Richmond .
http://www.bclocalnews.com/ric.....26949.html
QUOTE:
” Crews would raze the few buildings and houses left of the area bounded by No. 3 Road, Sea Island Way, Sexsmith Road and Capstan Way, and build an entirely new mixed-use neighbourhood with 16 high-rises, a series of mid-rise buildings with a total of 2,136 homes.
The seven-hectare (17.2-acre) community would be linked to a new Canada Line station at Capstan Way, thanks to the developer’s willingness to ante up $15 million, and include a daycare for 25 children, 100 units of affordable subsidized rental housing, $250,000 worth of public art and live-work units. ”
QUOTE:
” The plans were so bankable that city staff included the concept inside the revamped City Centre Area Plan last summer.
Peter Webb, vice-president of development for Concord Pacific, told The Richmond Review groundbreaking could be early 2008. It wasn’t.
Now city planners say the plans will be run through the shredder. ”
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What I read into this is these big time developers(Pinnacle and Concord ), realize the market is tanking, now turning tail, running and cutting their losses, even if it means throwing away years of work.
It appears that this Pinnacle project is not being mothballed..it is being NUKED back to ground zero!!!
Realpaul called Richmond City Hall dinks..which is too polite a word. City Hall created an new City Center Area Plan which it passed in July 2008…which allowed for more Hi-Rises (aka competition) in the City Center, as this Pinnacle development was being planned.
However, maybe its just as well Pinnacle got cancelled…if it proposed 2000 + homes in that area of North Richmond, traffic would be a disaster, given the area is in close proximity to highway access and 3 major bridges to the airport and Vancouver, and that added population would create more gridlock.
The planning model was reliant on the RAV line to facilitate public transit. Now I think the RAV line will be an even bigger white elephant . Too many Local Gov’ts planned hi- density adjacent to RAV line or concurrently used RAV as an excuse to plan Hi Rise and milk that Cash Cow. Their ridership projections will be shot, given the condo glut and the condo specuvestors will not be riding these SkyTrains.
Thus, There was no need to build RAV into Richmond…I predict the ridership numbers will be embarassing.
That is a whole other issue…how various Local Gov’ts have created OCP’s modelled on Hi Density and SkyTrain and the collateral consequences of these ill-advised decisions.
Keep in mind that the Pinnacle project is dying at the behest of the developer. Local Gov’ts will not change OCP on their own (ie downsize a current zoning from HiRise to low rise), or else they may be sued by the property owner for any/all lost value. However, that would then leave many properties sitting on “potential” or “highest and best use” that may not be realized for years, if ever.
In light of this, we may see a wave of requests by property owners and developers to downsize (which may be both UNprecedented yet ultimately pragmatic )their current “highest and best uses” and change OCP’s , that may lead to a correction to better balance the “supply versus demand” market forces.
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:46 am
Article in Yahoo about the “9 economic factors that will weigh down the market in 2009″.
http://realestate.yahoo.com/pr.....-2009.html
I don’t necessarily disagree with any of them, but it is interesting that they omitted the most important reason: housing prices are still fundamentally too high. Funny how they left that one out.
January 3rd, 2009 at 3:32 am
Supraboy’s math skills are even worse than you think. He is really making $50/day.
CZ, agreed on smaller vs. larger companies. There is nothing like spending the weekend AFTER “pay day” anxiously wondering whether you’ll get your pay cheque on Monday. No, I’ll take the corporate job, despite being a small cog in a big machine.
January 3rd, 2009 at 1:09 am
Supraboy Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:37 pm
I’m a contactor, I was originally making 40/hour. They gave me a raise up to $50/hour. I guess I was severely underpaid.
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That’s a 25% raise, retard.
Math is good.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:51 am
I may have the same employer with realpaul – hiring freeze, Xmas party canceled…
I have been working with several high-tech companies, big and small, in good years and bad years. Here is what I’ve learned:
- bigger companies are stabler in bad time. Engineers with longer history and less paid (comparing to his efficiency) will survive.
- bigger companies are more generous, in the whole package point of view.
- smaller companies are not as generous as bigger ones, especially in bad time. Every penny needs to be in effect.
- contract jobs are the first targets to be cut when the fancy terms kicking in: restructuring, reorganizing, or budget control.
- general tech jobs, like network admins, are second targets to cut, as the expertises can be hired back easily when the company wants to expand. The real know-how nerds on the flag-ship products are the ones with golden bowls.
- generally speaking, java programmers/companies are kind of .com type of booming, and usually short-lived, either engineer-wise or small company-wise, when bad day comes.
Wish Supraboy good luck.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 am
Hey Supraboy,
I have no doubt you and your colleagues are a tight nit group indeed. However:
nit |nit|
noun
the egg or young form of a louse or other parasitic insect, esp. the egg of a head louse attached to a human hair.
PHRASES
pick nits look for and criticize small or insignificant faults or errors; nitpick.
DERIVATIVES
nitty adjective
Have a nitty new year, pal.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:39 am
After the Olympics, everyone will want to live in Vancouver!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new.....-city.html
Or not…
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:19 am
I should have include SupraBoy as a fake and a liar in the last post. What a load of crap.
January 3rd, 2009 at 12:16 am
#49 Bob ( the dipshit math and history challenged realtardo pimp denier extrodinaire) Rennie just doesn’t get it.
Bob says
” do without parking’,
‘live with friends’
‘buy air space rights in a 500 sq ft condo without bedroom windows or doors on the bathroom”,
” sleep in a murphy bed cause theres no room for conventional furnishings”,
“pay over 100% of your disposable income on a mortgage thats so inflated that it beggars you for life”,
” it’s OK to pay a $1000 per sq.ft because we’re world class”,
“buy now because even though the markets falling and I’m pretty sure it will be OK in 150 years”.
” support current market prices even though every respected expert on the planet agrees and has published proof that the inflation in real estate is beyond historical precedent and markets are in freefall”.
Bobbie Douchebag seems to have crossed the path into madness and now speaks out of a three sided head, thinking he can change the universe with a sweep of his limp wrist and a poofy magic fart.
We’re just not ‘creative’ enough to understand his great power of persuasion. Apparently Bob Swishlips thinks we’re all stupid. Well Bobbie Butts, let me tell you an old axim of the marketplace,
“Never drink your own bathwater”.
The gig is up Boobie, you are going down in Vancouver history as the biggest asshole of all time.
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Apologies Poster #54, my employment inquiry was to Poster #43 supra who was referenced in your post…
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:37 pm
About poster #54. I’m a contactor, I was originally making 40/hour. They gave me a raise up to $50/hour. I guess I was severely underpaid. It sucked, at $40/hour, I had to think twice about purchasing marvel diecast figures and whether I should go with Cohiba cigars or stick with monte cristo. Now at $50/hour, I can shop at will. I just went to imperial hobbies on Boxing Day and loaded up over $2000 worth of games, figures and battleship models. With that nice fat pay raise, I’m going to treat myself to a nice bottle of chardonnay and get my new 50 inch LCD TV set up ready to enjoy the NFL playoffs.
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Arit, which company do you work for? Business Objects? Mckesson? MDA? Isn’t it too bad that you work for a big company, you have to deal with company politics and the big boys up top controlling things. In the company I work for, there are about 30-40 people only. It’s a tight nit group and the execs here actually care about each and every single one of us. I’m a network administrator at a software company. So what programming languages are you good at? We’re a true java shop.
Working for big companies sucks. The tasks are so miniscual. I worked for a big company here before and I can tell you that I did nothing all day, pay was decent and I was constantly daytrading. Good thing is that you can hide under the radar easily. Just keep your mouth shut and be a “yesman” and everyone will be happy.
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Uncle Jay Explains: 2008 Year-end!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWiXy55OHyY
Happy New Year!
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:08 pm
I recently posted my Van rental story on another RE blog and I think it is worth posting again…here.
I recently moved here from AB and 3 months into my intense home buying mission, I met a Vancouverite at an open house who introduced me to this and other VAN RE blogs…armed with new information, I decided to rent for Dec 1 but didn’t start my rental search until late Nov. I saw 55+ properties in just a few days (2xbed + 2xbath) in Yaletown, Coal Harbor, Farirview, Kits and maybe one more area…can’t remember now. All but 2 landlords were willing to negotiate on the lease term and the rent. Many of the properties I viewed had been vacant for Nov, many had been vacant October, and several had been since September…just a few that I looked at were currently occupied. Tonight, when I did a scan of Craigslist, more than 1/2 of the properties I had previously viewed in late Nov are still available listed along side of a whole bunch of new ones.
On another note, I am curious as to where Poster #54 works at? I am entrenched in the technology industry and the scenario he/she describes is disparate to my and my colleagues experience…check out TechCruch, a very reputable technology blog from the US..techcrunch.com/layoffs/
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:58 pm
oh yeaaah whats up nutbags! arit start new thread, paulb client of year 2009! my vote for bdk! ha ha yeah
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 pm
from Calculated Risk, the Case-Schiller “declines from peak” graph. Interesting to see where Vancouver will fare on a chart like this when all is said and done.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pMsc.....ct2008.jpg
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Yes, with taxes and interest rates falling there is good reason to think we are near the bottom. Flarety mentioned today he anticipates more federal tax cuts as a stimilus. December numbers are pretty strong considering there was no move up incentive and a series of snow storms. Paulb and Rob C. are gently trying to give hints to this with their recent posts. They are not trying to generate business, i anticipate they care about you guys.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Supraboy Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 6:49 pm
“I work in the tech sector and I just got myself a big fat 20% pay raise.”
Was it only you in your organization who got the 20% big fat raise?
In today’s market, either you got a big promotion or you were SEVERELY UNDERPAID prior to your big fat pay raise.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Interesting article on Bob Rennie(from April 2008)
http://www.vanmag.com/Real_Est.....page=0%2C0
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Poster # 48, thanks for the article.
Translation:
I think Rennie is indicating desperation via his reminiscing of the good old days. If his dad had to start out today, old Bob would be living in a shoebox up the Fraser Valley.
The whole system has been prostituted and bastardized, and Rennie,( a major pimp /beneficiary of the aforementioned ) shows an indicting combination of both ignorance and bad judgement even ” thinking ” what is actually now in PRINT.
Typical Realturd denial, and realizing they ain’t self- fulfilling prophets anymore .
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:04 pm
realpaul,
I am in the tech sector. My company is extremely profitable, one of the biggest in the lower mainland. The company does very, very well.
Unlike Supraboy, I did not get a fat 20% raise. Instead I got:
1. Canceled Christmas party.
2. Hire freeze.
3. No raises this year. Nothing, not even the 3% we take for granted.
Supraboy, are you guys hiring? I want a 20% raise too. I am fluent in all leading programming languages…
Regards,
arit
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Greetings!
To “I Told You So”:
“I suggest we include each one… ”
“Also it would be good if someone…”
I have a few more:
“Someone replace the guard in the north post”
“Somebody to clean the barracks please”
and
“Whoever is available please go fill the sandbags”
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Insteade, try:
“I, I_Told_You_So, will be posting an article every month in this blog, discussing Bob Rennies’ achievments”
or
“I, I_Told_You_So, have updated the quote tracker…”
How’s that?
It is now a community blog. We all share the burden.
Best regards,
arit