‘Thanks to his recent successes, Dan Mangan has finally been able to buy into Vancouver’s red-hot real estate market.’
– Georgia Straight [25 Aug 2011]. Photo Leigh Righton.
Nice joke, especially considering Dan once wanted to be a vet.
We like Dan’s music. – vreaa
Vancouver Real Estate Anecdote Archive 
Someone should figure out how much the land to put a doghouse on would cost in Vancouver. Including cost of structure and proper setbacks.
Let’s see… if this had run in Variety… the Leader/Teaser could have been
Who’s In TheDogHouse now!? or Fido Doesn’t Live Here Anymore…
RipRoaring VanCan Musico, DanTheMangan’s MadSpendingSpree! – Deploys BoffoBoxOffice – options PurloinedPup’s EastSide DezRez!
Haha in other cities you have ‘made it’ when you get a Ferrari, in Vancouver, it’s when you buy a house.
Much love to Dan though, I really enjoy his music and his shows, I hope he does better in the future so even if there is a crash he will be fine.
There’s a brand new house in east Vancouver that I’ve been watching since Spring of 2010. About 5 different realtors have tried selling it without success. Over the past 1.5 years I have watched the ads read: “Buy now before HST implemented July 1, 2010”, “Buy now and HST negoitable”, “Buy now HST now included”, “Buy now HST included and new price”, “Buy now HST included and $50,000 off”, “Buy now HST included and $100,000 off”. Today HST has been defeated but not until approx. 1.5 – 2 more years of Liberal Gov’t. stalling. I decided to call the current realtor and ask if I can save the cost of the HST now. The realtor said that won’t happen for another 2 years. I replied I’ll wait to save the $100,000 grand in tax. Realtor said that is ridiculous and didn’t think anyone WOULD WAIT 2 YEARS TO BUY A HOUSE OVER SAVING TAX. Then I said I made a mistake because in 2 years the tax will be $50,000 after this place falls 50% off. Realtor choked and said I’d never sell you this place for 50% off. I said you’re right because given the amount of realtors that have been trying to sell this place over 1.5 years you won’t be around in 2 years. Anyone think that new home sales/prices are going to plummet because there are people who will wait until the day when the HST is really dead before buying NEW?
I think it’s another uncomfortable hurdle many Realtors will have to face on higher value properties. Low value ones there should be little or no tax difference for the end price.
I think the dark rimmed glasses sweatered one is a wee bit upset, unless someone can figure out an obvious miracle.
I remember an interview a few years back where Carl Newman said it was a lot easier convincing Dan Bejar to go on tour since he now had a mortgage.
This is good news if you’re a fan of Dan Mangan, he’ll probably have to tour relentlessly to stop from falling into negative equity.
http://www.mises.ca/posts/blog/rich-dad-leading-you-to-the-poor-house/
Wow, these guys are still going?
I though they’d have had to shut down after this:
‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ Robert Kiyosaki Exposed’ – Investigative Report
Also, Kiyosaki’s books/method are of questionable validity in the first place:
eg
WSJ review
John Reed analysis and opinion
Adamh -> Was this ‘seminar’ held in Vancouver?
“…what the audience was presented with was an unabashed advertisement for investing in real estate. We were regaled with anecdotes of get-rich stories about how owning real estate would be the path to living out your dreams. We’ve all heard this stuff before. Unfortunately for most in the audience, they didn’t seem to know where that path really led for millions of Americans.”