Quote from: DKG on November 10, 2024, 08:35:48 AMJoe knows people are fed up with his lies and trolling.

Joe seems to never learns from his mistakes, and remain a virgin, broke, with no home. 

Quote from: JOE on November 09, 2024, 08:28:46 PMYer actually funny this time hey @Herman Herm?

Id call that good old fashioned prairie redneck humor eh?

We're not laughing at your family Joe, but you gotta admit you do make up too much stuff and insult other people's expenses too.

Quote from: formosan on November 07, 2024, 11:40:28 AMZetsu
 

Hey Fash, hope you're doing well too, b/c I can't wait for Trudeau to leave the office and have to get a new job, lol. 

Quote from: DKG on November 07, 2024, 10:10:22 AMI have Joe on ignore, but I can see his posts when people quote him. You do know he is lying his ass off? Everything he posts about himself are lies to get attention.
 
What a pathetic way for a seventy year old man to spend his final days.

Now it all makes much more sense, before I thought it was odd he has gold investment, a limo driver job and other things I didn't bother to remember.

Seems like the only logical thing he ever said was he's still hoping to own a home, which he had endless chances before.  No sympathy for him, lol.

Quote from: DKG on November 07, 2024, 10:00:58 AMI haven't met enough Indonesians to form a cultural opinion of them.

Tbh, from my experience the women from Indonesia are pretty nice, it's just the guys I've met in Toronto, HK or online always get upset for the dumbest reasons.

Quote from: JOE on November 07, 2024, 12:57:19 AMThose places yiu refer to are seniors homes. Residence only starts at $5000 per mo. Assisted living upwards of $10,000 or more?

There was an over 50 residence recommended to me in Abbotsford, a suburb 60 miles from dt Vancover @Zetsu etsu. No frills like cooks tho or prepared meals

Price tag? $350,000.

Abbosford is pretty far from Vanvouver as I frequently drove out there as a Limo driver

Besides being expensive a number of these suburban communities are not free from social problems found in dt vancouver. Homelessness, drug addicts, petty crime etc. used to be people moved out there to escape these problems but theyve followed residents into the suburbs as well

Yeah im starting to wonder if Chinas real estate crisis will affect us too since many are investors are from Asia

Somehow i dont think the locals can always rely upon the foreigners plunking down thrir money to invest here. One day the re gravy tran might dry up

I keep forgetting this is Van and I'm using Toronto prices as comparison.  On the good side now that mainland China's housing bubble market has collapse like Jenga, chances are property prices in Vancouver and Toronto will at least stop inflating and might decline by a bit for the next couple of years.

Quote from: Herman on November 06, 2024, 09:51:45 PMOld Joe is only seventy five. He is just a kid with no direction.

I never knew Joe is already in his 70s, honestly this is way worst than I thought, lol.

Quote from: Brent on November 06, 2024, 02:11:04 PMI'll take Catholic Flips over Muslim Indonesians anyday.

I concur too.  When I think about the Indonesians, the first thing that comes to my mind is the 1998 anti-Chinese riots, then comes the 2004 tsunami for them, that's what they get for messing with us, lol.

Quote from: DKG on November 06, 2024, 06:58:08 AMWe don't have a lot of Indonesians in the areas where you and I live. But, the Philippines is one of the top three or four sources of immigration. They are here to work and build their lives and the country.

I favor the Filipinos over the Indos any day, aside from the obvious between Christian and Islam belief, I like how most of them are willing to accept the low pay jobs and even join the army, and a lot are still friendly to us despite how they get treated as 2nd class citizen in HK.

Quote from: Herman on November 05, 2024, 09:01:17 PMJoe is the gayest troll. Always trying to get into Lokmar's jeans.

There's no doubt about it with his non-stop constant whining about homos at eves' forum.  I always find it really weird that Joe is asking us for life advices, and I've already lost all hope on him, lol.

Quote from: JOE on November 05, 2024, 07:20:22 PMWell @Zetsu etsu, I looked on some websites for apartments in Vancouver lately and they're minimally $400,000  While I could afford it, I'd essentially use up all of my savings for a tiny box in the city. So I'd have no money left over for other things like investments, luxury goods, vacations, buying a new car, etc.

Meanwhile a semi finished parcel of land outside Vancouver can be had for less than $200,000 Plus I'd have money left over at the end of the day to spend on other things.

The problem with condo apartments is they still cost money once you 'buy' them. $700,800 - 1000 in monthly taxes and strata fees?

I don't know how an apartment could cost more than a piece of land.

At one time condos were considered an affordable form of real estate for people who couldn't afford to buy a single detached home. Now they cost almost as much as a house. sometimes more depending on location.

Or am I missing something? Can you fill me on on the advantages of buying a condo?

What's your take?

Land you buy it, then its yours, no monthly strata fees, annual taxes are less than a monthly strata fee.

Buy a city condo seems like an endless money pit.

In your case a piece of land piece of land might be a better choice than a condo.  The people I know, the young couples buy it mainly to get close to work, for elders it does offer a layer of security and the convenience without the need for property maintenance/repairs.

Frankly speaking Joe and no offense intended, but from my parent's friend's experience, they all say senior homes are the best choice for people with no kids to look after them.  There's a cook, nurses and caretakers standby 24/7, social groups and some events, etcs.  At your age investing on land is a huge gamble and so is other property now China's economy has hit the sh*tter.

Quote from: Herman on November 05, 2024, 09:05:30 PMThe crime in the Philippines and Indonesia is mostly due to the poverty and corruption in both countries.

I guess I shouldn't blame them, at least the ones that grew up poor but still choose not to follow the flow and obey the law book have my respects.