Chapter 616
Buying a House or Buying Cabbages
Maybach has a great impact on ordinary people, especially in such old areas.
Because of the appearance of this car, many people on the roadside looked at it.
The owner of a nearby shop heard that there was a car parked at the door, and came out unhappily, ready to yell at the owner to move the car so as not to affect his business.
However, when they saw a noble Maybach parked at the door, these merchants only complained in their hearts, but no one took the initiative to drive the car away.
After Xu Bo'an and Qu Feifan finished talking and were about to step over, they heard a surprised voice coming from behind them.
"Xu Bo'an! Why are you here?"
Xu Boan turned around and saw Tong Xiaojian riding a black scooter. When he saw Xu Boan, he hurriedly got off the car, parked the car and walked over quickly.
Xu Boan smiled and said, "It just so happens that I'm planning to buy a house recently. I know you're in this business, so I'm thinking of coming to you as a professional to consult and see if there's any suitable house available."
Tong Xiaojian clapped his hands and said, "Then you have finally found the right person. The school season is about to start. Do you want to buy a school district house? The houses I have are all pretty good."
Tong Xiaojian thought that the advertising slogan he had used to sell Xu Boan today had worked, and thought that Xu Boan came to him to buy a school district house.
Xu Boan smiled and shook his head, saying: "No, you misunderstood, I don't have any children yet!"
Xu Boan suddenly said he wanted to buy a house, but it was just a spur-of-the-moment idea.
He and Tong Xiaojian had a good relationship before, and Xu Bo'an came to repay his kindness, so he thought of just catering to Tong Xiaojian's needs and buying a house so that the other party could earn some commission.
Besides, buying a house means I have a place to stay. After all, Dongjiang is not far from Jiangcheng, and I often come to Jiangcheng. It’s nice to have a place to stay here.
However, Xu Boan really doesn't need a school district house. According to his current progress, he doesn't know when his child will start elementary school.
It is more appropriate to buy a house that can be lived in and has investment value.
Tong Xiaojian smiled and said, "Oh, it's good not to have children. Having children is really tiring. You should have fun for a few more years. Okay, stop standing at the door. Let's go in and talk. Tell me what you need and I'll show you the houses I have. You can pick whatever you want. I'll give you the lowest discount on the agency fee!"
The discount on the agency fee is already a very sincere gesture. Tong Xiaojian's agency shop is a franchise store of a chain store, so it is impossible for him to waive the fee for customers. Otherwise, he would have to pay for it himself.
As they were talking, Tong Xiaojian brought Xu Bo'an into the store.
As soon as he entered, he saw a little boy of about five or six years old running over, holding Tong Xiaojian's legs and saying, "Dad is back."
Seeing Xu Boan and the others following in, the little boy curiously peeked from Tong Xiaojian's side and looked at Xu Boan and the other two strangers.
Tong Xiaojian reached out and held the child, saying, "Where's mom? Go play with mom, dad has something to talk to you about."
"Mom is washing clothes in the back!" said the child in a baby voice.
The houses in the urban villages all have courtyards. Although the storefronts facing the street are divided into small rectangular rooms, there is also a separate space and living quarters at the back.
"Oh, Brother Tong, your child has grown up so big. That's great." As he spoke, Xu Bo'an squatted down in front of the child and said, "What's your name, little friend?"
Perhaps the little boy was afraid of strangers. Not only did he not answer Xu Bo'an's words, he couldn't help but go behind Tong Xiaojian.
Tong Xiaojian held his little boy and said, "Don't be afraid, this is Dad's friend, you should call him uncle. Uncle is asking you a question, what's your name, tell uncle."
The little boy bit his finger and said, "Le Le! My name is Le Le."
Xu Boan casually took out two hundred-yuan bills from his pocket, handed them over and said, "Here, uncle came in a hurry and forgot to bring you a gift or delicious food. Take this money and ask dad to buy you food later."
Without waiting for the child to make any move, Tong Xiaojian hurriedly stopped Xu Bo'an's hand and said, "No, this is not allowed."
Xu Bo'an said, "This is for the child, not for you. You can't make the decision for the child."
Tong Xiaojian said: "No, really not. I feel embarrassed for you to do this."
Xu Bo'an stuffed the money into Tong Xiaojian's pocket without hesitation and said, "Okay, let's stop pushing and shoving. Let's get back to the point. I'm here to look for a house. Can you introduce me to a suitable one? This matter is urgent."
Tong Xiaojian is also an honest person. After hearing what Xu Boan said, Tong Xiaojian felt embarrassed to waste time here any longer. He thought to himself that he must give Xu Boan more agency fees later, or he could just pay some of it himself.
Soon, Tong Xiaojian settled the children in the back, and then asked Xu Bo'an and Qu Feifan to sit down. While pouring tea for them, he asked Xu Bo'an, "Bo'an, what kind of house do you plan to buy? How big is it? How many bedrooms and living rooms? Where is it located? Just tell me briefly, and I'll help you check our listings."
Xu Bo'an bought a house now just to have a place to stay, but after all, he doesn't live here often now, so buying a house is actually more of an investment.
But when it comes to real estate investment, it’s hard to tell no matter who you ask.
After all, there is nothing in this world whose value can be guaranteed to rise and never fall, so Xu Bo'an did not immediately state his needs, but smiled like he was practicing Tai Chi and said, "Brother Tong, why don't you let me take a look at your company's housing resources first, and I'll think about it while I look at it."
Tong Xiaojian nodded to show his understanding, raised his hand and took a stack of brochures from the counter beside him, and said: "Look, these materials are all information about some of the properties we have been promoting recently, and most of them are still there.
Take a look first. If you find a suitable one, I will log into the internal system on my computer to help you check similar properties in the surrounding area. We can pick a suitable one and then make plans. "
Xu Boan nodded, took the brochures and started flipping through them.
Xu Boan flipped through the pages so quickly that Tong Xiaojian felt that Xu Boan didn't seem to be planning to buy a house. After all, who would buy a house so casually? This wasn't a supermarket. Can you just take a quick look?
In fact, Tong Xiaojian really misunderstood Xu Boan. Although Xu Boan was not looking through the information so quickly as to buy a house, he was indeed making careful comparisons. After all, his perception in all aspects was better than that of ordinary people. Basically, he could remember everything he saw at a glance. While Xu Boan was looking through the property information, he quietly compared it with his own needs and directly used the Fortune Divination Sutra to make a random calculation by comparing it with the current properties, and found out which properties had greater potential for appreciation.
Soon, Xu Boan finished looking through the information of these properties.
Seeing that Xu Boan finished reading the information so quickly, Tong Xiaojian said with some hopelessness: "Is there no suitable one? But buying a house is not something you can rush. You will find the right one if you take your time."
Xu Boan shook his head and quickly pulled out a few pages from the stack of house information brochures based on his memory. He pointed at the houses on them and said, "Can you help me see how many houses there are in this place in your house listing system? If any are suitable, I'll take them all."
After hearing Xu Boan's words, not only Tong Xiaojian, but even Qu Feifan, who had been silent all the time, was dumbfounded.
Brother, you are buying a house, not cabbage.
I've heard of buying one, two or even an entire unit, but I've never heard of buying as many as you can get.
This is not buying a house, it's simply bulk wholesale!
Although I took a quick glance and found that the house is not expensive, only a little over 100,000 yuan per unit, but from your boastful tone, it sounds like you must have invested several million or even tens of millions in it.
Tong Xiaojian forced a smile awkwardly, pointed at the house on the promotional page and said, "Boan, don't be ridiculous. Houses in this area are the hardest to sell. You're not betting that this place will be demolished, are you?
To be honest, there have been rumors of demolition here for more than ten years, but it has never been demolished. In the past, many people have thought of betting on the demolition and bought houses as investments to take a chance.
However, the prices of houses here have been falling over the years, and all the speculators who invested in real estate have suffered losses. Many people have been forced to sell their houses at a discount, and they have no investment value at all.
After all, this place is too remote. It was the residential area for the families of a factory from another place in the early years. Now that factory has gone bankrupt, the houses here can’t even be rented out. Buying a house here is not as good as putting the money in the bank to earn interest. If you don’t have an urgent need, buying a house here is a sheer waste of money.”
Tong Xiaojian's words were sincere and well-intentioned. When he met Xu Boan today and saw him sitting in a luxury car, he subconsciously thought that Xu Boan must have become rich over the years.
But in Tong Xiaojian's opinion, the technicians on the construction site are either successful and become members of the project leadership team, or they find another way out and directly resign to become a contractor! These are the only two ways to make money.
However, there is an upper limit to the accumulation of wealth through these two development paths. It is only a few million or tens of millions, and it is basically difficult to make any further progress.
Compared with ordinary people, this amount of money is indeed a lot, but it is still far from being a real rich man who can buy houses and cabbages like a piece of cake.
Tong Xiaojian doesn't want Xu Boan to play this kind of gambling game.
Xu Boan shook his head and said, "I'm not kidding, I'm serious. We're all family, so I won't say any more nonsense. I have inside information. The houses here will be demolished within two weeks.
By then, the housing prices will have tripled to five times, and I just happened to have some spare cash, so I can catch up. I advise you to try to buy one or several houses if you have some spare cash, just to test the waters.”
Xu Boan certainly didn't have any inside information. His so-called inside information was the result of his own divination.
After Xu Bo'an's divination, he discovered through comparison that the most worthwhile investment options in their store were actually these old and dilapidated houses in the same area.
After carefully calculating according to the communities where these houses were located, Xu Bo'an discovered that this old community was going to be demolished.
Tong Xiaojian smiled awkwardly and said, "If you say so, I really want to buy one, but I don't have enough money, so forget it. If you are really confident, I will immediately find all the houses for sale in this community in our company."
Qu Feifan had witnessed Xu Boan's extraordinary divination skills. Qu Feifan still remembered the previous sewage pipe explosion incident in the golf course and the outcome of the horse racing competition.
Seeing Xu Boan's confidence in the appreciation potential of these houses, he was overjoyed and said hurriedly, "Brother Xu, since you said so, I will definitely take it seriously.
I just happen to have about 5 million in spare cash. If you are not in a hurry to use it to buy horses, I will follow you to invest in these houses first."
Xu Bo'an smiled and nodded, saying, "Don't rush to buy horses. It will take several days for Zhang Kai to collect the first batch, and we don't know when the second batch will be ready. It will be in time to collect the money by then. This investment opportunity is rare. If you believe in me, come and make some quick money first."
Qu Feifan said immediately, "Of course I believe you. Let's make a deal, Brother Xu. You give me five million worth of houses. I can buy as many as I want. I'll spend all the money and forget it."
Tong Xiaojian was somewhat shocked by Mr. Qu's ostentatious words. He paused for a moment before coming to his senses and said, "Are you serious? You want to buy so much!"
Xu Boan nodded immediately and said, "Of course! If I can find another house within this week, I will take it too."
Tong Xiaojian's hand froze, and he said, "There are more than 70 houses here in our system. Isn't that enough?"
Considering the price of hundreds of thousands of yuan for each of these old and dilapidated houses, the total price of more than 70 houses is around 10 million yuan.
Just now Qu Feifan said that he wanted five million, and Tong Xiaojian estimated that Xu Boan should be of similar size.
Xu Bo'an shook his head and said, "It's not enough. If you want to play, play big. Take as much as you can. Don't worry about the money. I will definitely pay in full at once. There will be no tricks or disputes."
Seeing Xu Bo'an's confident words, Qu Feifan also said, "Brother Xu, if you need money, just tell me. I'll ask my friends to help. We can definitely get 18 million without any problem."
The more Tong Xiaojian listened, the more dazed he felt.
Hallucination, this must be an illusion.
I have been working as a real estate agent for more than three years. The most I have encountered is someone who bought three houses at once. But Xu Boan's purchase of dozens of houses is not enough. It is simply unbelievable.
Xu Bo'an smiled and said, "Fei Fan, since you call me big brother, I, as your brother, can't eat alone. The same goes for you. Since we are friends who can lend money, you can also ask your brothers to come over. If there are any suitable houses in this run-down community, they can also take some. We can make money together."
Qu Feifan slapped his thigh and said, "Brother Xu is really thoughtful. I'll send someone over right away."
Qu Feifan immediately made a few calls, and half an hour later, more than a dozen luxury cars of various brands suddenly flooded into this street where luxury cars were rarely seen in the past. (End of this chapter)