Category: Basics – Property Investment
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Havoc Hartanah Iskandar Malaysia – Perception versus Reality
If we do not know why we buy at the time we bought, it’s no longer investment. It’s gambling or speculating. If it was because our friends bought and thus we bought, that’s called following, blindly. Both are very far away from what should be a calculated investment. Thus, knowledge is essential. Understanding is critical.…
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Property prices up 50%, how much is your profit? (Updated)
A friend of mine who is a sales manager in an online company told me that she earned 50% profit the other day as soon as her new property was completed. She had bought the property for 4 years. Actually, if your investment of 4 years earns you just 50%, it’s above average but definitely…
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Maintenance is key to secondary high-rise properties
I could not believe it when a close friend sent me a photo of the lift panel of a condo project. At least half of the buttons were malfunctioning and the ‘G’ was also not working! She tried to stop at Level 1 but when she tried to go down via the staircase, the door…
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The road to millions, or billions, please be alert
In Facebook and everywhere online these days, many ‘sponsored ads’ appear and tells us how we can be millionaires if we click on the link or attend some workshops and seminars. Let me be very direct on these adverts. IF the person advertising can become millionaires easily, then why advertise in anymore? Come on, the…
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Starting young is better than starting later.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today. Time is the only thing that we could not buy back once it is lost. Irregardless of what kind of investment that you do, it is best to start as early as you can. What’s the age that…
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The Good Debts, the property and the degree
Everyone loves good debts, or at least believe they should accumulate good debts. Of course, some believe no debt would be best if one wants stability. After all, even if one has good debts such as property, one is still open to property price fluctuations during bad times. More importantly however, did we accumulate more…
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Perfect property with the lowest price (updated)
The following was a real conversation between an old friend of mine many years ago when I had just moved into my new condo and my friend who was interested called me one day. Note: This happened 7 years ago. The quantum of increase no longer happens like this but I can safely tell you…
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Malaysia residential property market recovery in 2014
Has the Malaysian property market stopped its downtrend? It does seem so when we look at the transaction numbers for 2014 versus the years before. My good friend, Michael Geh, the senior partner of Raine & Horne International Zaki + Partners Sdn Bhd’s forwarded to me the numbers compiled by NAPIC. Please refer to the…
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Managing ‘bad’ expenses and good debts, my way.
I think anyone who is reading this knows that even for debts, there are two kinds of debts. The good one and the bad one. Bad debts, everyone would immediately think of credit cards, car repayments (the bigger the worse) and whatever stuffs which you buy because you believe it gives you pleasure and ‘face’…