I love the smell of opportunity in the morning

I've been inspired to create a mountain out of a molehill. To turn lemons into lemonade. To take the sh&t that economic life has dished me, spread it on the ground and grow some freaking roses. And I want you bears to join me.

Imagine my surprise while watching movie and a makeover while sipping my coffee and reading my Post, when on comes a commercial I hadn't seen yet? It turns out that where there is misery, there is someone seeking to profit from it. Check it: webuyuglyhouses.com. This is a venture of HomeVestors which is an American organization that, well, profits from other's misfortune.

So enter the new venture of HHV (Ms. HHV wants nothing to do with this, apparently its a bit less than ethical, but I digress): webuyyourhousepurchasemistakesinvictoria.com. My Internet professors always cautioned me to not exceed two words in a URL address, but I didn't listen with this site and if you check the "How much this blog is worth" box on the right hand side of the page you'll see how good a choice my URL address was.

Anyway, back to the scent that has permeated throughout town this morning: Opportunity. No Wait. I know. The market hasn't fallen yet. YET. But when it does we need to be ready people. That means you need to meet me with your blank check in hand now. We'll put your name on the exclusive list of only ten investors (we don't want to dilute the profits here people) SMART enough to get ready for the coming auctions and fire-sales of distressed properties. When these $400K crack shacks are selling for $150K again, we need to be ready to pounce.

Check out that HomeVestors site. Actually they have three sites: webuyuglyhouses.com, uginvests.com, and wesellluvlyhouses.com. How an uginvest in an uglyhouse can turn into luvly I'm not yet sure, but rest your pretty little minds, I will find a way! and you don't want to miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity, I need to say that again, ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY. The RE market isn't cyclical folks. The opportunities that over-leveraged boomers buying big monster homes on Bear Mountains around town won't repeat itself like it did in 1982 and 1995. This time things truly are different.

Do yourself a favour, get in on this ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY to PROFIT from other peoples mistakes. After all, we need to teach people a lesson. We'd be like educators. Except we actually profit from teaching. And we'd be doing our part to make sure that the RE cycle never repeats itself again.

Student Hunt in Victoria

Now before you drivers get too excited, we're not inventing a new game involving fast moving cars and a certain circular shaped traffic route with plenty of zebra-striped "target rich environments" on campus. Rather we're simply pointing out that students too are feeling the house hunting blues.

Maybe we'll start seeing ads on Craigslist like this:

FOR RENT: first time landlords, previously university students themselves, seek four international, female, quiet, studious, master's students to share one room with outhouse in back forty of scenic, serene, private, quiet, inner-city, farm-like, family home off West Saanich. Just 20 kilometres from campus, this unique opportunity provides all the benefits of close proximity to campus, yet 2 one-hour bus rides to school each day each way, will make you feel like you did when you spent the summer hopping trains all day while backpacking through Europe. No phone, no cable, no internet, no pets, no parties, no running water, no heat, no electricity included (or available). $2500 per month. ACT QUICKLY, this unit never lasts long. 420 Friendly.