Category: Basics – Property Investment
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40 percent of the richest Malaysians are property related.
The latest list of top 50 richest Malaysians is here. It’s an annual list and it looks into the wealth of the 50 richest Malaysians. This list is from Forbes. Who’s in and who’s out? Since this is kopiandproperty.my, we look a little deeper into the list with a focus on all the ones who…
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4 reasons why our home sweet home will keep changing
Here are 4 reasons why our home sweet home will keep changing. What is a home sweet home? The answer to this question is could have been whether it’s a landed home or a high-rise unit. Most people think of landed home as that home they want or they eventually want or they believe everyone…
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Housing investment grew 43 percent. Biggest driver of economic growth
It’s not Malaysia yeah. However, whenever we look at the world, we could see one very important sign / fact. When the sentiment is positive, property is one of those things people buy. The reason is simple. A home (shelter) is a need. Meanwhile when we look at history, property prices always go up when…
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Purchasing power dropped 16.7% over a decade.
Purchasing power dropped. Many people say “money is getting smaller.” What they meant is that for the same amount of money, we could buy fewer things. Or for the same amount of money, the size of the things we buy has also gotten smaller. Well, in one word, this is inflation. My mother told me…
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5 Must-Do Steps for Property Investment in Malaysia. Are you ready?
There are today many different types of investments. Many would tout their better returns. In fact some would show you triple digit returns within the same year. Erm… not sure if that’s called an investment but it’s okay, do proceed with those if you believe what was being said. Now coming back to property investment.…
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10 logical tips when choosing a good tenant for your expensive property.
We need to realize that even though it is not the best time for home owners when it comes to renting out their home, choosing a good tenant is still critical because there are just too many horror stories about tenants from hell. Okay, there are also homeowners from hell but that’s another article. I…
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10 reasons for property investment? (more actually)
Google for reasons for property investment and you will an unlimited number of articles about this topic. After having invested into property for the last 18 years or so and having properties in 6 cities / towns in Malaysia, here are 10 reasons I think are important for property investment. All the WHYs… Let’s not…
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3 most important factors to decide if banks approve our loan application
It’s tougher to get your loan approved? How do banks decide whether or not to approve our loan application? I always read with amusement when some writer for some major media writes and quotes someone that it’s impossible to get banks to approve the loan applications these days. Hopefully they realise that banks exist because…
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Property Investment quotes I love. 8 quotes from famous people.
Let’s talk about property investment… famous quotes today. As someone who loves property investment, everyone would think I think of property investment as number 1 but I need to also say that I am also a serious unit trust investor too. 90% of my funds are presenting under the aggressive category. I am a Public…