Category: Basics – Property Investment
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When we feel we are too poor to buy a property
This article was first published in July 2017 issue of Ivory Living “I do not have enough money to buy a property today,” my colleague shared during a lunch recently. He continued, “I am looking at many condos but I could not afford them. I am just too poor to buy!” This colleague works in…
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Waiting for that property everybody likes may take a LONG time
Two friends who are real estate negotiators were chit-chatting a few days ago. I happened to be their team-mate. Mr. C said that he has a customer who likes a certain project within a certain area and has been enquiring for the past few months but even after viewing a few units, the customer did…
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Turning dreams into reality. Well, dream something realistic.
When I was just starting my job after my graduation, I wanted to rise up the career ladder, fast. (Who does not?) In my first company, I learnt that one is usually promoted every 3 years, if one was performing very well. Else, it’s 5 years or more. I think career wise, it has been…
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Don’t rent to them lah, my thoughts on potential tenants
Do you have a property that you want to rent out? Or are you thinking of how to rent out your ‘extra’ property? I always think renting out the unit for the very first time is scary. Come on, our property is at least a few hundred thousand Ringgit and we are renting it out…
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Communication skills, world happenings, learning and personal finance
I think I have interviewed enough good and bad candidates to conclude that communication skill is the single most important element for anyone to get a job. That confidence when we explain, coupled with sufficient English proficiency will help one to be ahead of all the rest. To those who think that a programmer or…
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Double digit increase in prices even with the current slowdown?
It’s not easy to convince those who has yet to buy a property that prices are not likely to drop as much as it has risen. It’s far easier to convince those who already own more than 2 properties to stop and think a bit more before buying. Haha. Well, except for another financial crisis,…
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Extremely low rental yield may also mean bubble building
There are a few reasons why property bubble may burst. Here’s a few: Spotting signs of a property bubble, 3 points (Updated) Besides these few reasons, there is one which will start to inflate the property bubble. Remember this earlier article? When rental falls, so too would property price The reason why when falling rental will affect…
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What if everything becomes unaffordable? Affordability will find itself..
A friend who’s very worried about property prices asked me this question. What if the property prices become so expensive that no one could afford them? Interesting question. Well, I guess I can answer him that when prices get too expensive that no one could afford them, then the market crashes. Seriously, property bubble bursts…
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Stable sentiment in property market Malaysia. Positive?
I think trend analysis has been around for a very long time. It helps us to understand what has happened may happen in the future. It helps us to predict what may happen in future. Note: Past performance is NO indicator of future performance. 🙂 PropertyGuru.com.my shared some weeks back that there is a potential…
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Dream on. Dream away or even start dreaming.
How many talks / seminars have we heard the speaker talking about the property market recovery in 2017, 2018, 2019 or even 2020? I am very sure some of them have good credentials and some would be quoting statistics while some may be paid to speak. Haha. My personal view? There’s nothing wrong to listen…