Category: Basics – Property Investment
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In a slowing market, sanity returns. How true.
Market is slow. Everyone knows. I already have one agent friend who could barely make ends meet and is now a UBER driver. The net pay may not be huge but it gives certainty. With more people on a wait-and-see mode, demand has slowed and with supply still continuing, more choices are available and property…
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Malaysia’s property prices should continue rising
Whenever anyone tells me that the property market of Malaysia is entering a bubble stage and it should burst in the future, I always tell them that there is definitely such a possibility. However, Malaysia’s property market should not be the first to burst when we look at the availability affordable homes versus the very…
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Financial Tips 2016
This article was first published in NST dated 11th January 2016. After a SLOW 2015, what would 2016 bring us? More negative news? Well, no matter how negative or how positive, we must stay focussed on our investment goals. If we do nothing, then when we need to retire, we really have nothing much. These…
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We have limited wealth, thus stay focused on building it up
The prices of condos in certain areas have reached RM1 million even for just a slightly over 1,000 sq ft unit. There’s already no way for me to buy it anymore even if I work harder. It’s too late. I might as well just keep renting. Everyone my age is doing the same anyway. How…
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Slowing market and the auction potential
It’s not important to know about the slowing property market and do nothing. It’s more important that we learn about some potential ways to take advantage of this situation. Remember, UMNO. Uncertainty Means New Opportunities. After some following up, finally managed to get my good friend to share for our learning. My honour as his…
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450 potentially interested property investors is a good sign
It was the Bank, Law, Tax (BLT) talk today. Yes, it’s organised during a time when everyone within the property world are negative except for those who must say good things about it. Haha. Yes, I am personally confident that I would be able to find good deals within 2016. At least one, I hope.…
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Best time ever or worst time ever for property market 2016
I have been asked nearly daily on what will happen to the property market since 2015 has been a bad year and 2016 is going to be another year we want to forget. Let’s not forget, 2014 was also a “so so” year and 2013 was the start of it all. My answer is as…
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Burnt today, will still try tomorrow due to greed
During the property boom years in KL, many learnt how to ‘beat the system’ to gain an unfair advantage. They do not actually have the money to buy more than a few properties but they were able to buy a few properties all at once. Some ‘gurus’ taught all these speculators cum short term flippers…