The Oppenheim Group's Fire Victim Hustle

• 57:42Real estate agents showed fire victims rental properties at $133,000/month, offered $20,000 upfront, and were countered at $23,000/month — 10 grand above asking.
• 58:09Landlords are charging displaced families illegal premiums, with 15-20 people lined up waiting to rent single properties.
• 59:40Tim jokes about repealing laws that stop him from stealing homes — if fire victims sign documents while crying, finders keepers.
• 1:00:44The Oppenheim Group offers to represent displaced fire victims for free or credit back commissions they've paid.
• 1:01:20Tim mocks the Oppenheim Group's marketing push to displaced families, imagining ads: 'Call me with your charred hand, we'll put you in a box for 40 grand a month.'
• 1:02:08Tim suggests the real estate agents may have started the fires themselves and are now positioned to profit from the disaster.
• 1:02:44News coverage frames Malibu fire victims as deserving sympathy because the homes are on a Netflix show about selling luxury real estate.
• 1:03:11Average home valuations in Paliades are inflated by averaging in apartment complexes; the reality is that everyone there is wealthy.
• 1:03:43Real estate agents don't need to run commercials during the crisis — they already have TV shows and billboards; displaced people will call them anyway.
• 1:04:30Tim hopes the Oppenheim Group's phone gets flooded with poor people calling to take advantage of their free representation offer.

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