Author: Charles Tan
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the KopiTalk #16: All the nightmares in renting out your home and the legal solutions
We have a home of a few hundred thousand and we are renting it out to earn rental income. Usually this amount is likely to be small. Yet, we have the potential to face unforeseen circumstances from the tenants. It may be a small one like the need to replace an air-conditioner unit which has…
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Fancy a Porsche? Wear one, customised for you.
A good friend loves Porsche. I think he could afford something more expensive but he’s driving a Mazda CX-5 currently. By the way, he’s a successful real estate negotiator and I think his customers would appreciate his directness and that extra consultancy about property investments too. Want to know him? Click here. Recently, he was…
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Surprised? Malls start to show vibrancy again.
Malls for me will be a great sign of whether we are recovering or are we in another crisis. Do note that when a crisis happens, unemployment becomes so acute that even when people have money to spend, they dare not spend for fear of what’s happening next. Here’s a latest one from my latest…
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Why is another rate cut important and why rate cuts need not be too hasty?
For a 65-year old who has no income When a 65 year old with a few hundred thousands in the bank heard of another rate cut, he sighed. He has no other income and relies on the interest from his fixed deposit for his daily living expenses. The latest fixed deposit rate for him may…
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Last weekend, I spent RM500. This week, Genting posts huge losses in Q2. THINK.
When was your last trip up Genting Highlands resort? Resorts World Genting was opened in 1965. That’s in the year of Snake according to the Chinese Zodiac. 12 years after that, I was born. 36 years later, my daughter was born. Haha. When I was younger, I used to go up once probably every few…
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Why do we need a Residential Tenancy Act?
Did you know that everyone may be signing a totally different tenancy agreement today when we rent a home? Depending on negotiation power, the agreement may be extremely lopsided to the owner (most of the time) or the tenant (sometimes). If we have a Residential Tenancy Act, then there is no need for anyone to…
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RM941.73 million profits PER QUARTER. Good or bad?
If you were to ask most of the companies which are listed in Bursa exchange whether they would love to be earning RM941.73 million per quarter, the answer is a resounding yes. By the way, even the largest glove company in Malaysia, Top Glove’s super unbelievable quarterly profit for Q2 2020 is at only at…
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Proptech: Surviving or Thriving in the Malaysian property Industry?
Remember the days when all the property developers launch their projects by advertising only in newspaper? Those days have passed. These days, beyond just advertising online, the proptech is an important determinant of the the success of any new project launch. From the ability to view the projects even without dropping by the gallery to…
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the KopiTalk #15: Empowering SMEs through Orders.my
Hmm… what is Orders.my? How does it actually help the SMEs or most of the time, new businesses? Many new businesses especially F&B outlets really do need our help and not where their profit is eroded extensively when they sign up for some of the more famous brands currently. Could a small group of successful…
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Why we may not want to push prices down for everyone.
There were debates and there are still debates even after vacancy tax has been put on hold. The argument for vacancy tax is that it will force developers to be more stringent with their assessment before they build or price their products. This will help the market to have a more controlled supply of properties…