They seem to be at every town. These lovely neighborhoods with oversized homes, a series of flexible cars, large gardens, and so on. But how? How do so many people have so much money?
That’s the question Aaron Vankampen, a freelance place scout in Toronto, has been asking homeowners for months. The responses he has been providing are enough fodder for his TikTok account, which has skyrocketed since the return of Part 1 in early November:
“Before this I worked as a scout location as well as bartending,” Vankampen explained to MarketWatch. “The pandemic struck and I had a lot of free time. I was looking for something to do at that time. ”
So he let his curiosity lead, and started touring the local neighborhoods and asking questions. The most watched TikTok, which includes lawyers, Teslas TSLA,
and “dream worker,” was clicked an amazing 35 million times:
Vankampen’s rise to TikTok’s reputation has been meteoric, with more than 1 million followers in less than two months. As their comments indicate, the interviewees were generally friendly and approachable when the TikToker came door to door to them.
He said, however, that the strange question has arisen. For example, a guard dog evicted him. “I have learned and I will never come home with a ‘beware of dog’ sign now,” he said.
In the next phase of its social media plans, Vankampen is looking to push its reach outside Toronto once travel restrictions and visits to homes around the world are easy. Would he get the same warm reception in, say, New York City that he has in Canada? Maybe we’ll find out one day.
In the meantime, he is also launching his YouTube channel, with a view to expanding the interviews without TikTok time limits, and, in fact, making some money in the process .
“My plan is to stay motivated, if I can find a way to monetize while still motivating my followers, that’s what I do,” he said.