• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 15:49
CEST 21:49
KST 04:49
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Classic Games #3: Rogue vs Serral at BlizzCon9[ASL20] Ro16 Preview Pt1: Ascent10Maestros of the Game: Week 1/Play-in Preview12[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt2: Take-Off7[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt1: Runway13
Community News
SC4ALL $6,000 Open LAN in Philadelphia7Weekly Cups (Sept 1-7): MaxPax rebounds & Clem saga continues24LiuLi Cup - September 2025 Tournaments3Weekly Cups (August 25-31): Clem's Last Straw?39Weekly Cups (Aug 18-24): herO dethrones MaxPax6
StarCraft 2
General
#1: Maru - Greatest Players of All Time Weekly Cups (Sept 1-7): MaxPax rebounds & Clem saga continues Team Liquid Map Contest #21 - Presented by Monster Energy Classic Games #3: Rogue vs Serral at BlizzCon What happened to Singapore/Brazil servers?
Tourneys
RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament SC4ALL $6,000 Open LAN in Philadelphia LANified! 37: Groundswell, BYOC LAN, Nov 28-30 2025 LiuLi Cup - September 2025 Tournaments
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 490 Masters of Midnight Mutation # 489 Bannable Offense Mutation # 488 What Goes Around Mutation # 487 Think Fast
Brood War
General
ASL20 General Discussion BW General Discussion BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ alas... i aint gon' lie to u bruh... [ASL20] Ro16 Preview Pt1: Ascent
Tourneys
SC4ALL $1,500 Open Bracket LAN CPL12 SIGN UP are open!!! [ASL20] Ro16 Group B [Megathread] Daily Proleagues
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Muta micro map competition Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Mineral Boosting
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Borderlands 3 The PlayStation 5
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread The Games Industry And ATVI UK Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The Happy Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023 TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Linksys AE2500 USB WIFI keeps disconnecting Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread High temperatures on bridge(s)
TL Community
BarCraft in Tokyo Japan for ASL Season5 Final The Automated Ban List
Blogs
The Personality of a Spender…
TrAiDoS
A very expensive lesson on ma…
Garnet
hello world
radishsoup
Lemme tell you a thing o…
JoinTheRain
RTS Design in Hypercoven
a11
Evil Gacha Games and the…
ffswowsucks
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1526 users

SoulKey gets scammed again, drops out from SC uni

Forum Index > BW General
Post a Reply
1 2 3 Next All
jinjin5000
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1431 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-17 23:49:39
October 17 2022 21:38 GMT
#1
hello this is SoulKey

Due to personal reasons, I will be withdrawing from SC university

I wanted to solve this situation quickly and focus back into streaming and StarCraft University but

It seems like it won't be resolved easily as I hoped and it seems messy on law side as well

I can't continue streaming which is my livelihood not to mention focus on SC university as well

I'm Sorry.

Thank you to Nam-soon who listened to my situation even late night

and thank you to sona who helped me out

and thank you to NSU uni fans until now.

I think I will be able to stream November at earliest...

link: https://bj.afreecatv.com/minchul/post/93419167


It's believed that soulkey got scammed over his rent deposit this time around. In Korea, while rent is relatively cheap compared to US, they have a system where you deposit significant amount of money in rent deposit in return, often being 100k+ ($200k+ USD is average 8 years ago)

previous scam: https://tl.net/forum/brood-war/570857-soulkeys-situation-asl-nonparticipation
Avi-Love
Profile Joined November 2003
Denmark423 Posts
October 17 2022 21:42 GMT
#2
Maybe it's time for NeedRent[LMAO]?

On a serious note, I feel like a lot of progamers might be a bit naive/gullible and without a lot of life experience, which makes them easy targets for these sort of things :<
chrisolo
Profile Joined May 2009
Germany2606 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-17 21:51:02
October 17 2022 21:50 GMT
#3
How can u be so naive to get scammed twice in your life for a lot of money? I guess some need to learn the hard way.

Also 100k+ for rent deposit seems extraorbitantly high. You don't even put up 100k+ as a down payment when buying a house here in Germany most of the times. Cannot imagine someone putting down 100k+ as a rent security deposit????
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - aka cReAtiVee
oxKnu
Profile Joined December 2017
1187 Posts
October 17 2022 22:19 GMT
#4
On October 18 2022 06:50 chrisolo wrote:
How can u be so naive to get scammed twice in your life for a lot of money? I guess some need to learn the hard way.

Also 100k+ for rent deposit seems extraorbitantly high. You don't even put up 100k+ as a down payment when buying a house here in Germany most of the times. Cannot imagine someone putting down 100k+ as a rent security deposit????


Seoul is crazy expensive.

Now I'm starting to understand why Do Kwon is Korean.
itsdaniel
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Austria334 Posts
October 17 2022 22:35 GMT
#5
it happened to so many pros, damn...
OFFICIAL #1 STORK FAN // Stork:"This past week, there's a foreign fan named Daniel who got caught on the camera a few times. He came from Vienna in Austria to come and see me, and he wanted to be mentioned in one of my interviews."
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11583 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-17 23:14:21
October 17 2022 23:11 GMT
#6
On October 18 2022 06:50 chrisolo wrote:
How can u be so naive to get scammed twice in your life for a lot of money? I guess some need to learn the hard way.

Also 100k+ for rent deposit seems extraorbitantly high. You don't even put up 100k+ as a down payment when buying a house here in Germany most of the times. Cannot imagine someone putting down 100k+ as a rent security deposit????


It's not mentioned how much money is involved, but Korea has main 2 systems for renting.

1) Wolse - a deposit (usually ~$10,000 for a small studio, can go up to mid-6 figures for nicer higher-end 3 or 4 bedroom apartments) and monthly payments (depending on how much your deposit is, usually $300 - $600).

2) Jeonse - Pretty much giving the landlord up to 80% of the home's value to live rent-free (excluding utilities). The average 3 bedroom apartment in Seoul costs ~ $1 Million, so this can be up to $800,000 that you give the landlord to live for 2 years. Most people take out loans to do this, as the interest is significantly cheaper than paying on a monthly basis.

At the end of the contract, the landlord must pay back the tenant the deposit / jeonse money. But as these are quite significant sums of money, many landlord use this money to invest in other properties and create, in essence, a semi-ponzi scheme. This is why it is very highly recommended that tenants also buy insurance to cover this loss, because even if you sue the landlord it's very unlikely that you get even a % of that money back.

The current economy isn't doing great, housing prices are falling, and interest rates are extraordinarily high so less new tenants to pay back old ones (with cheaper new contracts), so this is going to be more common in the near future.

It looks like SoulKey did Jeonse, so he could have very well lost a significant amount of money.
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
jinjin5000
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1431 Posts
October 17 2022 23:30 GMT
#7
On October 18 2022 08:11 CaucasianAsian wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 18 2022 06:50 chrisolo wrote:
How can u be so naive to get scammed twice in your life for a lot of money? I guess some need to learn the hard way.

Also 100k+ for rent deposit seems extraorbitantly high. You don't even put up 100k+ as a down payment when buying a house here in Germany most of the times. Cannot imagine someone putting down 100k+ as a rent security deposit????


It's not mentioned how much money is involved, but Korea has main 2 systems for renting.

1) Wolse - a deposit (usually ~$10,000 for a small studio, can go up to mid-6 figures for nicer higher-end 3 or 4 bedroom apartments) and monthly payments (depending on how much your deposit is, usually $300 - $600).

2) Jeonse - Pretty much giving the landlord up to 80% of the home's value to live rent-free (excluding utilities). The average 3 bedroom apartment in Seoul costs ~ $1 Million, so this can be up to $800,000 that you give the landlord to live for 2 years. Most people take out loans to do this, as the interest is significantly cheaper than paying on a monthly basis.

At the end of the contract, the landlord must pay back the tenant the deposit / jeonse money. But as these are quite significant sums of money, many landlord use this money to invest in other properties and create, in essence, a semi-ponzi scheme. This is why it is very highly recommended that tenants also buy insurance to cover this loss, because even if you sue the landlord it's very unlikely that you get even a % of that money back.

The current economy isn't doing great, housing prices are falling, and interest rates are extraordinarily high so less new tenants to pay back old ones (with cheaper new contracts), so this is going to be more common in the near future.

It looks like SoulKey did Jeonse, so he could have very well lost a significant amount of money.


seems like a lot of people are saying its Jeonse scam
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10010 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-18 00:56:57
October 17 2022 23:58 GMT
#8
On October 18 2022 08:11 CaucasianAsian wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 18 2022 06:50 chrisolo wrote:
How can u be so naive to get scammed twice in your life for a lot of money? I guess some need to learn the hard way.

Also 100k+ for rent deposit seems extraorbitantly high. You don't even put up 100k+ as a down payment when buying a house here in Germany most of the times. Cannot imagine someone putting down 100k+ as a rent security deposit????


It's not mentioned how much money is involved, but Korea has main 2 systems for renting.

1) Wolse - a deposit (usually ~$10,000 for a small studio, can go up to mid-6 figures for nicer higher-end 3 or 4 bedroom apartments) and monthly payments (depending on how much your deposit is, usually $300 - $600).

2) Jeonse - Pretty much giving the landlord up to 80% of the home's value to live rent-free (excluding utilities). The average 3 bedroom apartment in Seoul costs ~ $1 Million, so this can be up to $800,000 that you give the landlord to live for 2 years. Most people take out loans to do this, as the interest is significantly cheaper than paying on a monthly basis.

At the end of the contract, the landlord must pay back the tenant the deposit / jeonse money. But as these are quite significant sums of money, many landlord use this money to invest in other properties and create, in essence, a semi-ponzi scheme. This is why it is very highly recommended that tenants also buy insurance to cover this loss, because even if you sue the landlord it's very unlikely that you get even a % of that money back.

The current economy isn't doing great, housing prices are falling, and interest rates are extraordinarily high so less new tenants to pay back old ones (with cheaper new contracts), so this is going to be more common in the near future.

It looks like SoulKey did Jeonse, so he could have very well lost a significant amount of money.


huge culture shock from reading this, it's insane to me how renters willingly take on so much risk for home owners, the big discrepancy in rent to housing prices makes sense now

it's a similar global theme tho, govs/bad leadership taking advantage/exploiting citizens (or enabling this type of behavior, same shit imo) to prop up prices.. sadly a story as old as time
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
Master of DalK
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
Canada1797 Posts
October 18 2022 00:07 GMT
#9
Damn soulkey didn't even get normal scammed he got systematically scammed that blows
@MasterDalK | Maelstrom Entertainment | Streaming Every Esport Under the Sun
iFU.spx
Profile Joined April 2011
Russian Federation370 Posts
October 18 2022 00:25 GMT
#10
why not buy a house instead of renting if you still need to payback your loan you took from a bank? I dont get it. Jeonse sounds like scam from the start
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11583 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-18 00:50:13
October 18 2022 00:26 GMT
#11
On October 18 2022 08:58 TT1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 18 2022 08:11 CaucasianAsian wrote:
On October 18 2022 06:50 chrisolo wrote:
How can u be so naive to get scammed twice in your life for a lot of money? I guess some need to learn the hard way.

Also 100k+ for rent deposit seems extraorbitantly high. You don't even put up 100k+ as a down payment when buying a house here in Germany most of the times. Cannot imagine someone putting down 100k+ as a rent security deposit????


It's not mentioned how much money is involved, but Korea has main 2 systems for renting.

1) Wolse - a deposit (usually ~$10,000 for a small studio, can go up to mid-6 figures for nicer higher-end 3 or 4 bedroom apartments) and monthly payments (depending on how much your deposit is, usually $300 - $600).

2) Jeonse - Pretty much giving the landlord up to 80% of the home's value to live rent-free (excluding utilities). The average 3 bedroom apartment in Seoul costs ~ $1 Million, so this can be up to $800,000 that you give the landlord to live for 2 years. Most people take out loans to do this, as the interest is significantly cheaper than paying on a monthly basis.

At the end of the contract, the landlord must pay back the tenant the deposit / jeonse money. But as these are quite significant sums of money, many landlord use this money to invest in other properties and create, in essence, a semi-ponzi scheme. This is why it is very highly recommended that tenants also buy insurance to cover this loss, because even if you sue the landlord it's very unlikely that you get even a % of that money back.

The current economy isn't doing great, housing prices are falling, and interest rates are extraordinarily high so less new tenants to pay back old ones (with cheaper new contracts), so this is going to be more common in the near future.

It looks like SoulKey did Jeonse, so he could have very well lost a significant amount of money.


huge culture shock from reading this, it's insane to me how renters willingly take on so much risk for home owners, the big discrepancy in rent to housing prices makes sense now

it's a similar global theme tho, govs/bad leadership taking advantage of citizens to prop up prices.. sadly a story as old as time


Jeonse gained in popularity over the years as Korea was experiencing significant economic growth following the Korean War. (read: Miracle of the Han River).

During this time, it was a win-win for everyone involved, as people were able to live extremely cheaply in newer homes, while land owners would take the jeonse money to invest in the markets (reaching up to 10-15% a year), and pay back the tenants with ease.

In recent years, and unlike any other parts of the world, housing prices easily increased over 10% a year with low interest rates, and FOMO was huge. (side note: Many people in Korea love to gamble in stock markets, housing, and crypto). So it seemed like a no brainer for many to invest in housing, get a tenant to pay up a huge jeonse, then sell after a few years and still make multiple 6 figures after paying back the tenants.

But as the economy has slowed, inflation has kicked in, and interest rates have tripled, housing prices have started to fall and less people are looking to move. So people cannot pay back their mortgages, let alone tenants.

A news report insinuates that many people are going to be at risk of defaulting soon as a result of the economy, rising interest rates, and decrease in home values.

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20221010002100325


Thus, people like SoulKey are on the losing end.

On October 18 2022 09:25 iFU.spx wrote:
why not buy a house instead of renting if you still need to payback your loan you took from a bank? I dont get it. Jeonse sounds like scam from the start



Jeonse loans are available up to 80% of the the value. To curb the rising prices in recent years, mortgages were capped at 40% of the home value in Seoul and nearby areas (recently increased under the new president).

Most people don't have mid-six figures in cash to buy a new place so they live on jeonse rent free as they save up to eventually be able to buy.
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10010 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-18 02:07:03
October 18 2022 01:01 GMT
#12
On October 18 2022 09:26 CaucasianAsian wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 18 2022 08:58 TT1 wrote:
On October 18 2022 08:11 CaucasianAsian wrote:
On October 18 2022 06:50 chrisolo wrote:
How can u be so naive to get scammed twice in your life for a lot of money? I guess some need to learn the hard way.

Also 100k+ for rent deposit seems extraorbitantly high. You don't even put up 100k+ as a down payment when buying a house here in Germany most of the times. Cannot imagine someone putting down 100k+ as a rent security deposit????


It's not mentioned how much money is involved, but Korea has main 2 systems for renting.

1) Wolse - a deposit (usually ~$10,000 for a small studio, can go up to mid-6 figures for nicer higher-end 3 or 4 bedroom apartments) and monthly payments (depending on how much your deposit is, usually $300 - $600).

2) Jeonse - Pretty much giving the landlord up to 80% of the home's value to live rent-free (excluding utilities). The average 3 bedroom apartment in Seoul costs ~ $1 Million, so this can be up to $800,000 that you give the landlord to live for 2 years. Most people take out loans to do this, as the interest is significantly cheaper than paying on a monthly basis.

At the end of the contract, the landlord must pay back the tenant the deposit / jeonse money. But as these are quite significant sums of money, many landlord use this money to invest in other properties and create, in essence, a semi-ponzi scheme. This is why it is very highly recommended that tenants also buy insurance to cover this loss, because even if you sue the landlord it's very unlikely that you get even a % of that money back.

The current economy isn't doing great, housing prices are falling, and interest rates are extraordinarily high so less new tenants to pay back old ones (with cheaper new contracts), so this is going to be more common in the near future.

It looks like SoulKey did Jeonse, so he could have very well lost a significant amount of money.


huge culture shock from reading this, it's insane to me how renters willingly take on so much risk for home owners, the big discrepancy in rent to housing prices makes sense now

it's a similar global theme tho, govs/bad leadership taking advantage of citizens to prop up prices.. sadly a story as old as time


Jeonse gained in popularity over the years as Korea was experiencing significant economic growth following the Korean War. (read: Miracle of the Han River).

During this time, it was a win-win for everyone involved, as people were able to live extremely cheaply in newer homes, while land owners would take the jeonse money to invest in the markets (reaching up to 10-15% a year), and pay back the tenants with ease.

In recent years, and unlike any other parts of the world, housing prices easily increased over 10% a year with low interest rates, and FOMO was huge. (side note: Many people in Korea love to gamble in stock markets, housing, and crypto). So it seemed like a no brainer for many to invest in housing, get a tenant to pay up a huge jeonse, then sell after a few years and still make multiple 6 figures after paying back the tenants.

But as the economy has slowed, inflation has kicked in, and interest rates have tripled, housing prices have started to fall and less people are looking to move. So people cannot pay back their mortgages, let alone tenants.

A news report insinuates that many people are going to be at risk of defaulting soon as a result of the economy, rising interest rates, and decrease in home values.

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20221010002100325


Thus, people like SoulKey are on the losing end.

Show nested quote +
On October 18 2022 09:25 iFU.spx wrote:
why not buy a house instead of renting if you still need to payback your loan you took from a bank? I dont get it. Jeonse sounds like scam from the start



Jeonse loans are available up to 80% of the the value. To curb the rising prices in recent years, mortgages were capped at 40% of the home value in Seoul and nearby areas (recently increased under the new president).

Most people don't have mid-six figures in cash to buy a new place so they live on jeonse rent free as they save up to eventually be able to buy.


This is a lack of accountability/responsibility from leadership tho, they're enabling all of this. It doesn't take too many brain cells to think about what would happen if things weren't all rosy daisy, the lack of backstop for this type of scenario falls on the highest lvl of government. It's too late once the cracks start to show.

Of course no one wants to get blamed for ruining the party so they wait until a disaster happens before taking action, thus weak leadership. Not enough backbone to protect their citizens, that's the job tho ..

Sad times, we're all feeling the lack of strong leadership (globally) in different ways.
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
oxKnu
Profile Joined December 2017
1187 Posts
October 18 2022 02:19 GMT
#13
On October 18 2022 10:01 TT1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 18 2022 09:26 CaucasianAsian wrote:
On October 18 2022 08:58 TT1 wrote:
On October 18 2022 08:11 CaucasianAsian wrote:
On October 18 2022 06:50 chrisolo wrote:
How can u be so naive to get scammed twice in your life for a lot of money? I guess some need to learn the hard way.

Also 100k+ for rent deposit seems extraorbitantly high. You don't even put up 100k+ as a down payment when buying a house here in Germany most of the times. Cannot imagine someone putting down 100k+ as a rent security deposit????


It's not mentioned how much money is involved, but Korea has main 2 systems for renting.

1) Wolse - a deposit (usually ~$10,000 for a small studio, can go up to mid-6 figures for nicer higher-end 3 or 4 bedroom apartments) and monthly payments (depending on how much your deposit is, usually $300 - $600).

2) Jeonse - Pretty much giving the landlord up to 80% of the home's value to live rent-free (excluding utilities). The average 3 bedroom apartment in Seoul costs ~ $1 Million, so this can be up to $800,000 that you give the landlord to live for 2 years. Most people take out loans to do this, as the interest is significantly cheaper than paying on a monthly basis.

At the end of the contract, the landlord must pay back the tenant the deposit / jeonse money. But as these are quite significant sums of money, many landlord use this money to invest in other properties and create, in essence, a semi-ponzi scheme. This is why it is very highly recommended that tenants also buy insurance to cover this loss, because even if you sue the landlord it's very unlikely that you get even a % of that money back.

The current economy isn't doing great, housing prices are falling, and interest rates are extraordinarily high so less new tenants to pay back old ones (with cheaper new contracts), so this is going to be more common in the near future.

It looks like SoulKey did Jeonse, so he could have very well lost a significant amount of money.


huge culture shock from reading this, it's insane to me how renters willingly take on so much risk for home owners, the big discrepancy in rent to housing prices makes sense now

it's a similar global theme tho, govs/bad leadership taking advantage of citizens to prop up prices.. sadly a story as old as time


Jeonse gained in popularity over the years as Korea was experiencing significant economic growth following the Korean War. (read: Miracle of the Han River).

During this time, it was a win-win for everyone involved, as people were able to live extremely cheaply in newer homes, while land owners would take the jeonse money to invest in the markets (reaching up to 10-15% a year), and pay back the tenants with ease.

In recent years, and unlike any other parts of the world, housing prices easily increased over 10% a year with low interest rates, and FOMO was huge. (side note: Many people in Korea love to gamble in stock markets, housing, and crypto). So it seemed like a no brainer for many to invest in housing, get a tenant to pay up a huge jeonse, then sell after a few years and still make multiple 6 figures after paying back the tenants.

But as the economy has slowed, inflation has kicked in, and interest rates have tripled, housing prices have started to fall and less people are looking to move. So people cannot pay back their mortgages, let alone tenants.

A news report insinuates that many people are going to be at risk of defaulting soon as a result of the economy, rising interest rates, and decrease in home values.

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20221010002100325


Thus, people like SoulKey are on the losing end.

On October 18 2022 09:25 iFU.spx wrote:
why not buy a house instead of renting if you still need to payback your loan you took from a bank? I dont get it. Jeonse sounds like scam from the start



Jeonse loans are available up to 80% of the the value. To curb the rising prices in recent years, mortgages were capped at 40% of the home value in Seoul and nearby areas (recently increased under the new president).

Most people don't have mid-six figures in cash to buy a new place so they live on jeonse rent free as they save up to eventually be able to buy.


This is a lack of accountability/responsibility from leadership tho, they're enabling all of this. It doesn't take too many brain cells to think about what would happen if things weren't all rosy daisy, the lack of backstop for this type of scenario falls on the highest lvl of government. It's too late once the cracks start to show.

Of course no one wants to get blamed for ruining the party so they wait until a disaster happens before taking action, thus weak leadership. Not enough backbone to protect their citizens, that's the job tho ..

Sad times, we're all feeling the lack of strong leadership (globally) in different ways.


Sounds to me like the Korean mindset is to gamble with a growth mindset at the forefront of whatever you do. There is a second option after all, it's not like someone strong-handed SK to do this.
[sc1f]eonzerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Belgium6626 Posts
October 18 2022 02:31 GMT
#14
There is not a law that forces Appartment owner then to give it to Soulkey until Owner has the money to refund ?

I feel sorry for soulkey man. Guy really should go to any place with a lawyer T_T
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10010 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-18 03:52:11
October 18 2022 02:33 GMT
#15
On October 18 2022 11:19 oxKnu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 18 2022 10:01 TT1 wrote:
On October 18 2022 09:26 CaucasianAsian wrote:
On October 18 2022 08:58 TT1 wrote:
On October 18 2022 08:11 CaucasianAsian wrote:
On October 18 2022 06:50 chrisolo wrote:
How can u be so naive to get scammed twice in your life for a lot of money? I guess some need to learn the hard way.

Also 100k+ for rent deposit seems extraorbitantly high. You don't even put up 100k+ as a down payment when buying a house here in Germany most of the times. Cannot imagine someone putting down 100k+ as a rent security deposit????


It's not mentioned how much money is involved, but Korea has main 2 systems for renting.

1) Wolse - a deposit (usually ~$10,000 for a small studio, can go up to mid-6 figures for nicer higher-end 3 or 4 bedroom apartments) and monthly payments (depending on how much your deposit is, usually $300 - $600).

2) Jeonse - Pretty much giving the landlord up to 80% of the home's value to live rent-free (excluding utilities). The average 3 bedroom apartment in Seoul costs ~ $1 Million, so this can be up to $800,000 that you give the landlord to live for 2 years. Most people take out loans to do this, as the interest is significantly cheaper than paying on a monthly basis.

At the end of the contract, the landlord must pay back the tenant the deposit / jeonse money. But as these are quite significant sums of money, many landlord use this money to invest in other properties and create, in essence, a semi-ponzi scheme. This is why it is very highly recommended that tenants also buy insurance to cover this loss, because even if you sue the landlord it's very unlikely that you get even a % of that money back.

The current economy isn't doing great, housing prices are falling, and interest rates are extraordinarily high so less new tenants to pay back old ones (with cheaper new contracts), so this is going to be more common in the near future.

It looks like SoulKey did Jeonse, so he could have very well lost a significant amount of money.


huge culture shock from reading this, it's insane to me how renters willingly take on so much risk for home owners, the big discrepancy in rent to housing prices makes sense now

it's a similar global theme tho, govs/bad leadership taking advantage of citizens to prop up prices.. sadly a story as old as time


Jeonse gained in popularity over the years as Korea was experiencing significant economic growth following the Korean War. (read: Miracle of the Han River).

During this time, it was a win-win for everyone involved, as people were able to live extremely cheaply in newer homes, while land owners would take the jeonse money to invest in the markets (reaching up to 10-15% a year), and pay back the tenants with ease.

In recent years, and unlike any other parts of the world, housing prices easily increased over 10% a year with low interest rates, and FOMO was huge. (side note: Many people in Korea love to gamble in stock markets, housing, and crypto). So it seemed like a no brainer for many to invest in housing, get a tenant to pay up a huge jeonse, then sell after a few years and still make multiple 6 figures after paying back the tenants.

But as the economy has slowed, inflation has kicked in, and interest rates have tripled, housing prices have started to fall and less people are looking to move. So people cannot pay back their mortgages, let alone tenants.

A news report insinuates that many people are going to be at risk of defaulting soon as a result of the economy, rising interest rates, and decrease in home values.

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20221010002100325


Thus, people like SoulKey are on the losing end.

On October 18 2022 09:25 iFU.spx wrote:
why not buy a house instead of renting if you still need to payback your loan you took from a bank? I dont get it. Jeonse sounds like scam from the start



Jeonse loans are available up to 80% of the the value. To curb the rising prices in recent years, mortgages were capped at 40% of the home value in Seoul and nearby areas (recently increased under the new president).

Most people don't have mid-six figures in cash to buy a new place so they live on jeonse rent free as they save up to eventually be able to buy.


This is a lack of accountability/responsibility from leadership tho, they're enabling all of this. It doesn't take too many brain cells to think about what would happen if things weren't all rosy daisy, the lack of backstop for this type of scenario falls on the highest lvl of government. It's too late once the cracks start to show.

Of course no one wants to get blamed for ruining the party so they wait until a disaster happens before taking action, thus weak leadership. Not enough backbone to protect their citizens, that's the job tho ..

Sad times, we're all feeling the lack of strong leadership (globally) in different ways.


Sounds to me like the Korean mindset is to gamble with a growth mindset at the forefront of whatever you do. There is a second option after all, it's not like someone strong-handed SK to do this.


Lack of morality/integrity from people in positions of power is the main issue (some places are worse than others ofc, i dont wanna lump everyone together).

They leave the door open for ppl to get exploited due to weak human nature (greed etc).. but this is the ugliest side of capitalism after all, nothing new. For this case in particular you can clearly see how flawed the system is, it has wide scale risks for their society/economy as a whole.

Ofc people in the same position as Soulkey are gonna feel the full brunt of it, even more so than the home owners. That's why it's a culture shock to me, the risk/reward is so uneven.
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
Leonix
Profile Joined June 2019
161 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-18 04:30:17
October 18 2022 04:29 GMT
#16
If Soulkey would have won ASL, he atleast would have bought a overprized house instead of a overprized rent.
MeSaber
Profile Joined December 2009
Sweden1235 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-18 04:53:23
October 18 2022 04:49 GMT
#17
How come its only sk getting scammed of all pros?

Maybe sk is scamming his viewers as thats the people i feel for. They are giving him money that sk is begging for with his username.

Why does he need to stop stream? If landlord scammed him it should be obvious? The landlord scammed everyone in the building?

Plenty of missing information here.
-.-
Zergxhx
Profile Joined November 2020
China159 Posts
October 18 2022 05:11 GMT
#18
Damn it........
jinjin5000
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1431 Posts
October 18 2022 05:23 GMT
#19
On October 18 2022 13:49 MeSaber wrote:
How come its only sk getting scammed of all pros?

Maybe sk is scamming his viewers as thats the people i feel for. They are giving him money that sk is begging for with his username.

Why does he need to stop stream? If landlord scammed him it should be obvious? The landlord scammed everyone in the building?

Plenty of missing information here.


other pros got scammed too man. Just that soulkeys the biggest victim of them all right now
MeSaber
Profile Joined December 2009
Sweden1235 Posts
October 18 2022 05:57 GMT
#20
On October 18 2022 14:23 jinjin5000 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 18 2022 13:49 MeSaber wrote:
How come its only sk getting scammed of all pros?

Maybe sk is scamming his viewers as thats the people i feel for. They are giving him money that sk is begging for with his username.

Why does he need to stop stream? If landlord scammed him it should be obvious? The landlord scammed everyone in the building?

Plenty of missing information here.


other pros got scammed too man. Just that soulkeys the biggest victim of them all right now


How is he the biggest victim? Dont they pay an equal amount per apartment?

It for me seems like they live very close to one another if not in the same building.

If a landlord scammed em all there cant be any way to get away with it. Its too obvious and he will get hunted down.

The crypto stuff were a low blow and they didnt deserve donations after that. Thats why i have no respect for beggars that throw donations down the drain from gambling. And sk has been by far the biggest one.
-.-
1 2 3 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
BSL Team Wars
19:00
Playoff - 4th vs 3rd
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
IndyStarCraft 157
SteadfastSC 142
UpATreeSC 121
JuggernautJason73
BRAT_OK 62
Nathanias 50
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 20836
EffOrt 1030
Shuttle 431
Larva 322
firebathero 242
Dewaltoss 135
sSak 70
TY 67
Mong 61
IntoTheRainbow 6
Dota 2
The International81048
PGG 79
Counter-Strike
Stewie2K422
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu309
Other Games
tarik_tv7037
Grubby3161
FrodaN2148
summit1g1642
WinterStarcraft261
RotterdaM217
Hui .165
C9.Mang0137
ArmadaUGS98
QueenE66
ZombieGrub46
mouzStarbuck46
Mew2King41
Sick21
MindelVK20
OptimusSC210
fpsfer 4
PPMD0
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1681
BasetradeTV35
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• Noizen36
Other Games
• Scarra782
• Shiphtur254
Upcoming Events
RSL Revival
14h 12m
Maestros of the Game
18h 12m
ShoWTimE vs Classic
Clem vs herO
Serral vs Bunny
Reynor vs Zoun
Cosmonarchy
20h 12m
Bonyth vs Dewalt
[BSL 2025] Weekly
22h 12m
RSL Revival
1d 14h
Maestros of the Game
1d 21h
BSL Team Wars
1d 23h
Afreeca Starleague
2 days
Snow vs Sharp
Jaedong vs Mini
Wardi Open
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
3 days
[ Show More ]
Afreeca Starleague
3 days
Light vs Speed
Larva vs Soma
LiuLi Cup
4 days
The PondCast
5 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Copa Latinoamericana 4
SEL Season 2 Championship
HCC Europe

Ongoing

BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
BSL 21 Points
ASL Season 20
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
LASL Season 20
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
Chzzk MurlocKing SC1 vs SC2 Cup #2
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1

Upcoming

2025 Chongqing Offline CUP
BSL Polish World Championship 2025
BSL Season 21
SC4ALL: Brood War
BSL 21 Team A
SC4ALL: StarCraft II
EC S1
SL Budapest Major 2025
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
MESA Nomadic Masters Fall
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.