Jonas and I went to meet the landlord again for the 3rd meeting this morning and realised that the whole thing was a scam! After asking him about his background and what he does for a living, we realised that he runs a series of sleazy bars around the area, and he even suggested that he can refer his customers to me! Why will I want sleazy people to come to my hostel? It is a backpackers hostel, and not a brothels!
He seemed proud that the Vietnamese girls will always go to his bars whenever they are in Singapore before heading somewhere. After I started asking all the questions about whether it will be sleazy and I am not interested in running a sleazy joint, he tried to redeem himself by saying that he was only talking about his other businesses and this place will be a mere 'meeting place' for the Vietnamese girls. I was like 'whatever'. It is definitely going to be a brothel.
Luckily I have not signed anything or sent any email correspondences, otherwise I am more than screwed! How am I going to answer to my investors? That I did not do my due diligence in checking more about the place that I am renting? It is definitely going to be bad and I can almost forget about setting up a backpacking hostel again!
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