“If he will die before me, I will attend his funeral, I can even have a speech”
(All time classic, 14.10.2010)
"The best offers of the market"
"MISTER ILIAS, I have for you the best offers of the market". "Good, it is the first time I hear this, let me see what you got". "This is a property in the centre of Bucharest (he says all the details) and I have it for the price of 6,5 million euro, owner's price always". "But the real one is not even half".
"It is not my fault, mister, this is what the owner wants". "Ok, I understand his problem. But how can I propose to my clients a price like this, I don't have stupid investors, I was never lucky and intelligent enough to find".
"If he will not find someone to buy, he will give it to his children when he dies"
"This is the price and the owner said that if he will not find anyone to buy, he will keep it until he {C}will find, in worst case scenario he will give it to his children when he dies". "Good. In this case transmit to him that if he will die before me, I will be present at the funeral, I can even make a speech".
"You know, I have something else very good. Popesti Leordeni, which means Bucharest. A land where you can build Ground Floor plus 7 floors at the price of ONLY 200 euro / sq.m.". "But why someone to buy there now, with this price?". "Because he can build Ground Floor plus seven floors".
"Did they buy with 2 euro and now the stupid foreigners should come and pay 200?"
"And who will go to live there, in this period?" "I don't know, many other blocks were raised in the area, plus there are people around who ask for 250 – 300 euro / sq.m., so it is a real bargain". "The developers you mention… did they also buy with 200? Or they bought with… 2 and now the stupid foreigners should come and pay 200, so as to make the owner multi millionaire?"
"We offer 5% more from the biggest offer that the owner has"
"You know, the price can be slightly negotiable". "Good, in this case we can offer 5% more from the biggest offer that the owner has". "But now he doesn't have any". "Exactly. When and if he will ever have, we will pay 5% more".
"But like this we will not make any deal". "You mean that like this we can not trick any investor I represent? I agree with you, I never did this and especially now I have no reason to start doing this".
"You are not serious, you will never do business in Romania"
"You are not serious, you will never do business in Romania". "In all our previous meetings, you were saying so many compliments to me. Now, you realized that I am not serious. You are right. And thank God you found out now, better late than never". (Too bad for these people, they still don't realize in what trouble they have entered into, this is why they will suffer more…)
2010. Now you know what happened to people like this…
The "5 million euro villa"
(with the rent of 3.000 euro / month)
"Ilia, do you see this villa across the street?" "Yes, ofcourse I see it, even my age doesn't help, I can still look at 20 meters distance. But I see it empty, what happened?" "It was rented by a friend of mine, soon he will enter in".
"He has the restaurant mainly for him and his wife to eat lunch"
"This was a restaurant, I had met one of the owners too in the past and he was telling me how much money he has and that he has the restaurant mainly for him and his wife to eat lunch". "That's old. He lost quite a lot of money and now he was almost begging my friend to rent it, for 3.000 euro per month".
"Impossible, he was telling me that he had an offer of 5 million last year, as the location is super central, in an area with very high added value". "Did you believe him?" "No, but you know… some hundreds of sq.m., here… they cost something. As we mention the case, after few months I remember that they were in trouble with money…" "and now you see the result".
(I can not say I feel pity for this kind of people. I am just sorry for their families, as they will suffer due to the choices of an arrogant brainless guy – and this breed in Romania is not under extinction, you can find plenty)