Maybe we could have seen the housing crisis coming if we had only listened to the spookmeister when his ‘experts’ were in town.
The Province, 2007:
The Sun 2010:
Thanks to Ron Usher.
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Note that the 2010 advertisement says “First time ever in the Vancouver area” – Except for all the previous times…
For example see http://vanmag.com/uncategorized/trumped-up/ for an April 1, 2009, Vancouver magazine story on one of these hotel seminars. The writer mentions the pitch for the weekend seminar – what is not mentioned is that the weekend events were just the setup for the big con costing many thousands of dollars. Fortunately, this was all documented nicely by Trump University in the “Playbook” ( Here is the 2010 version: https://static.politico.com/25/88/783a0dca43a0a898f3973da0086f/trump-university-playbook.pdf )
Note: Hustles playing the same “con” continue to come to Vancouver. Watch out in particular for the enticement of some minor TV celebrity as the front man. The Competition Bureau has issued an appropriate warning: https://www.canada.ca/en/competition-bureau/news/2016/05/don-t-flip-for-free-real-estate-investment-seminars.html