Category: Basics – Property Investment
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Still true, “property prices too high.”
I wrote about this nearly 2.5 years ago. The amazing thing is, the property bubble bursting predicted by my very successful friend has not yet happened. My friend is now already a Director in a US- Multinational. His salary would be the envy of majority of all Malaysians, perhaps including me. Read here: Property Prices…
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JB to become the next KL in future, I agree.
I read an interesting article in Thestar online this morning. The Sultan of Johor said,“Johor stands in a season of transition. Being high-growth, socially progressive and strategic, the state is well-poised to assume greater significance in the overall journey of the nation.” I do think this will happen and it’s a matter of time. The…
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Property investment? Keep learning, even if opinions differ
I love to ‘debate’ with fellow property investors. I also love to learn from many of those who have done well in property investments. Sorry, I do not like flippers who over-stretched and got lucky and thus earned huge money. I wish them well. My simple financial goal is to retire earlier and to travel…
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Earning higher is great. Saving it to earn even more is vital.
If you love to earn RM39 (AU$13) per hour of manual work, you are in luck. There are a lot of these jobs in Australia. According to an article in TMI, there are local agents helping Malaysians to work as farm workers in Australia. These are temporary work as fruit pickers and sorters. One such…
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Real estate approved investments in Malaysia dropped 70 percent.
Just read another alarming piece of news for the property market, or is it? Isa crisis about to hit the Malaysian property market? According to MIDA’s numbers, approved investments in real estate for Malaysia dropped 70 percent from RM88.6 billion in 2014 to RM 26.9 billion in 2015. On an overall basis, Malaysia’s approved investments for…
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Understand why we buy, not why others say must buy
I personally dislike articles with titles such as ‘top 10 hotspots to look for.’ Come on, if I am the writer for that article and I am an investor and I really know these hotspots, why would I share with the world? It’s tough to argue that the writer wants the world to benefit. Or…
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Getting married? Better with a home, please.
Before I got married, my parents and my wife’s parents “forced” me to buy a home even if it was a small apartment of 700 sq ft. Of course, way before that it was always, ‘when are you getting married?’ I think my parents and my in-laws are visionary. Their view is that everyone must…
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Demographics Malaysia and property demand
Analysis by research houses are usually based on a whole set of data which may not be available to the public. That’s why their accuracy is higher than majority of us. One latest analysis by UOBKayHian Research was reported in the local media. The article was a long one and I think mostly positive though…