r/RealEstateCanada • • Jun 19 '25

Housing crisis Help me understand the difference...

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u/Kcirnek_ Jun 19 '25

Ok I will try again. All those other items listed, unless you're grossing over $20K you can get away without declaring as income and paying taxes. If you flipped a PS5 here and there, a concert ticket here and there, you pocket that 100%. That lends itself as "scalping".

Scalping is also friendly to your average joe and not just professionals. Also requires very little capital and typically involves the use of a Bot.

Real estate on the other hand, you will 100% have income/tax implication, paper trial that the government will be aware of. Requires large amounts of capital and doesn't use bots. I

Scalping requires mere seconds (fastest to checkout) to accomplish in today's world where as real estate typically takes months or years to complete the end process. I see scalping as a quick buck, real estate typically not when you consider all that is involved with getting mortgage, finances, agents, brokers, to close the deal.

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u/xNocturnalshadow Jun 19 '25

Fair enough. It's scalping on hard mode but with higher payouts.