Category: Basics – Property Investment
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Starting may be similar. Progress is up to us, seriously.
The talk in the Melody FM a few mornings ago was about the expected salary of fresh graduates in Malaysia. It ranges from RM3.5k all the way to RM6k. Many called in with comments and I think everyone was condemning these unrealistic expectations. Allow me to share a real story just a few years ago, told…
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Flat 2016? Good 2018, 2019 and great 2020?
In the just concluded PropertyGuru 2016 Outlook Forum, many industry experts were invited to share their views on the Malaysian property market. For me, one comment stood out in particular. PPC International’s CEO Siva Shanker predicted that 2016 will be a flat year before recovery starts trickling in by 2017 and 2018 because of elections. By 2019,…
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Nearly all Malaysians could not survive 6 months without income
You should take a look at the front page of The Sun daily today. Do you now feel lucky if you are not within the statistics? Or are you now sweating or trembling since you are part of the statistics? If you are within the statistics, it’s time to really understand that this is the…
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Why rush? Why not immediate, since you are gambling
I was speaking to a young friend during the weekend. She had just started working for a few years. She was rejected recently when she applied for a housing loan. It was her first ever home purchase. I asked why and she sheepishly replied that the repayment per month is a little hoo high. I…
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Yes, it’s definitely safe for a long time yet; property investment
Let me tell you why I feel confident about property investment after my weekend with my family. I was at my favourite mall today, Setia City Mall. Read here why I love certain malls: My MUST have list formally, both old and new It’s nowhere near One Utama or MidValley in terms of size but…
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EPF alone is definitely not enough, BEWARE
I just read an article about EPF encouraging people to save as early and as much as they can. Truth is, every employee provident funds or equivalents in all countries are saying the same and this is not just applicable for EPF of Malaysia. Most of the time, the usual recommendation is to save a…
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Fear of price increase, thus buy quickly?
Many fresh graduates would think of Klang Valley as their career starting point. Well, this meant that they will need to buy a property in the KL or Selangor. Are the property prices in KL becoming too expensive that all of them are being forced to buy as soon as they could? Recently as reported…
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Not easy to make decision, easier to do nothing?
I have forgotten how many times I asked myself, ‘is this property really worth buying?’ Milan Doshi asked his Facebook friends about the greater fear between the “The Fear of Losing Money” versus the “The Fear of Missing an Opportunity to Make Money.” Many of his friends replied and majority opted for the number two,…