Category: Basics – Property Investment
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4 reasons renting fully furnished has been good for me.
Would you like to rent out your unit fully furnished? Every time people asked me about buying a unit and renting it out, I will ask them many questions. Most of the time, they did not know that renting out the unit is really not as simple as just renting out the unit. Some examples?…
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RM28,888 is an affordable increase. This is why.
What is an affordable increase? Actually this happens daily for all products we buy. The seller is always trying to maximise the profits by slowly increasing the price over the years. My personal term for it is affordable increase. These days, affordable property is the rage. Transactions for properties continue to happen and that’s because…
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Property price on a downtrend, right?
Do we see property price on a downtrend? We are talking about the (Malaysia House Price Index a.k.a MHPI) and we can base it on the property price movement trend for the last 10 years. (Chart as below) Before all the homeowners start to protest and reiterate that they will NOT sell their property for…
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Property prices up highest within last 17 years. Good news or?
What are your thoughts with this, “property prices up highest within last 17 years.” To those who think property prices will be dropping, perhaps the wait also needs a reason? If the reason is valid please continue waiting. If the reason is simply a thought, then think again and perhaps look deeper into more potential…
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That billionaire status is not a realistic goal lah. What is our financial goal, really?
What is our financial goal, really? Long time ago, millionaires were the focus of many. Everyone would look at becoming a millionaire. These days, depending on the currency you are earning (means in some foreign country), you may already be a millionaire in Malaysia if you exchanged all your savings for the last few years…
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I like the EPF dividends for year 2020.
EPF dividends for year 2020 (how they invested our money) is 5.2% for conventional and 49% for shariah. Most of the comments for EPF dividends seem to be positive but there are also some who said that it should have been higher. I think everyone has their own opinions but here are 7 reasons why…
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How low could the auction price falls to?
Someone showed me an auction property which is supposed to be a branded property and in a supposedly good location. How low could the auction price falls to? In fact the auction price has fallen to a level not seen before, especially if compared to the original price. It’s a small unit, less than 500…
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7 great reasons why secondary property market is worth a closer look.
I purchased my first property from the secondary property market in 2002. This was followed by my second property from the primary market; developer in 2007. Then, my third property was a secondary property in Kelana Jaya and my fourth was a new unit from a developer in Kota Kinabalu. Just from the first 4…
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7 reasons for property investment with REITs
Do you know that it is possible to start commercial property investment with REIT? Yes, investments could start as low as probably a few hundred ringgit and not the typical 10% downpayment for a property which could easily be RM50,000 for a RM500,000 property. What is REIT? REIT is Real Estate Investment Trust. We could…
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Too many affordable homes will cause property prices to drop?
There are announcements about many thousands of new affordable homes which will be built for the buyers who needed them here in the Klang Valley. It’s a 3 bed room and 2 bathroom (3R2B) and it’s priced from just RM200k. Some people say that this price meant that it’s just a flat without facilities. By…