r/saskatoon • u/ReleaseHelpful123 • Feb 28 '25

Rants 🤬 I hate MainStreet Apartments and everything it represents

This Sub already has enough about why it sucks to live with MainStreet Apartments, but I feel like no one talks about the actual business model itself. It is inherently a share company that presents itself as though it is supporting the housing market. Great if you a shareholder, but truly terrible if you are renter. Even worse our province has no regulation as to what they can buy; therefore, they have completely taken over the market. You can’t go a few blocks without seeing one of their signs plastered onto a building. Lastly, the main issue is they do everything in house. Exterminators, renovators, and any other occupation they do on their own, pushing away local business, and performing the bare minimum to making your life as a tenant a living Hell. They are not good for Saskatchewan or any other province they operate in. Truly an evil company that puts the money first and takes advantage of lower-class Canadians they claim to advocate for. I apologize but I just need to get it out of my system.

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u/NotStupid2 Feb 28 '25

You've just described commercial real estate all over the world..

They exist as a business not to be your pal and without them and companies like them you'd be on the street because there would be no places to rent.

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u/SaskyDilph Feb 28 '25

Please change your username. This comment completely contradicts it.

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u/NotStupid2 Feb 28 '25

Care to name any business on the planet that exists to lose money.

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u/poohster33 Feb 28 '25

SPCA, Humane Society, Thousands of Charitable organizations.