Comments on: Dude, where’s my house? Winnipeg man charged with theft after house disappears

By: Braiden Harvey

Braiden Harvey — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:48:44 +0000

Braiden Harvey Says Very good read thanks.

Braiden Harvey

Winnipeg

By: m. mcintier

m. mcintier — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:48:22 +0000

sounds odd even for winnipeg I have read that the seller was the one who agreed on the sale and sold the proprty to the guy after the article the house appraised at 33000.00 according to the article and the buyer bought the house at 80000.00seems to me someones not telling the truth I smell extortion is that still legalllll?

By: Doug Trudeau

Doug Trudeau — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:47:36 +0000

Norm – Thanks for the laugh. I can see another village is missing its idiot.

By: York Region Real Estate

York Region Real Estate — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:47:11 +0000

Great article. It always amazes me to hear how people do some of the stupidest things. Real estate fraud can be pretty slick and cover the tracks of the perpetrator, to a point, but this is just plain dumb. I hope his insurance was paid up.

By: Norm Fisher

Norm Fisher — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:46:45 +0000

A Sebus,

Thanks for the comment. I think it was just over a year since the first contact between the two parties. Seems to me that the tenant stopped paying rent more recently.

By: A Sebus

A Sebus — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:46:04 +0000

The house was a crack house and its good it was torn down because the people in Winnipeg core are good for burning them down … but seriously you meen it took over a year for the landlord to call police cmon smells fishy even for Winnipeg probably insurance scammm

By: Norm Fisher

Norm Fisher — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:45:48 +0000

Hi T,

Yes, I’ve heard of buyers who started to move, or even renovate before possession but never one who knocked the place down prior to buying.

By: teresa boardman

teresa boardman — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:45:24 +0000

wow Norm! I guess this might be one of the draw backs to being an absentee landlord. I occasionally run into people who ask me to sell property they don’t own but I have to admit I have never encountered a buyer who is this aggressive.

By: Saskatoon Real Estate

Saskatoon Real Estate — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:44:58 +0000

Great article. Progress can not be stopped.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:44:35 +0000

Oh, ohh! Watch out Norm.

Your casual, honest, yet formal style is going to be duplicated and mass produced into a “blog business tactic”.

You’d better start trademarking, copyrighting and consulting how to run a real estate blog before someone beats you to the punch!

By: Atlanta Real Estate

Atlanta Real Estate — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:44:20 +0000

We are agents in the Atlanta Real Estate area, and we are researching blogs to find the right type of blog for our team. This is a very nice blog with tons of information. Keep up the good work.

By: Norm Fisher

Norm Fisher — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:43:59 +0000

Thanks sdude. I tried to find a hard copy today but it seems they disappear pretty quickly once the newest issue comes out. I appreciate the link.

By: sdude

sdude — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:43:43 +0000

Here’s the article: http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=89532d80-4654-436c-8859-d72e89f14a85&k=75853

By: Norm Fisher

Norm Fisher — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:43:27 +0000

Thanks for the heads up on that Scott. I’ll have to go find a copy tomorrow.

By: Scott from Salt Spring

Scott from Salt Spring — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:43:11 +0000

I was just reading the Saturday National post and your in it congrats good article.