In this case, hyping up possible property price rises due to a new homebuyers scheme called 'Help to Buy'.

Nor can you assume that you will be able to see that kind of sustained annual appreciation.Real estate investment is not a get rich quick scheme.

That would just represent another layer in the Ponzi scheme.

You might find some people willing to do that if you promise them something nice later on- but eventually, the Ponzi-like nature of such a scheme will become self-evident to all.Many in this thread have advocated selling the house and moving on.

The capital gains tax is going to be about $6k, so not a big deal in the grand scheme.

I believe in paying an honest and fair share of taxes but the HST on construction AND the HST on sale of the new homes in this scheme really almost kills the viability project entirely.

Someone once told my that real estate investing was a get rich very slowly scheme.

In our simplistic classification scheme you have:Student rooming house:  As one might expect these are found in the proximity of colleges and universities (typically within walking distance) and may cater to a subset of the student population.  

Before delving into any of these schemes, one should take a hard look at the legality and morality of such schemes.  

But even then, you'll be paying at least 300,000 EUR for a basic studio.The government knows prices are ridiculous, so they're planning a major "social development" scheme.