April 2009

I am featuring an e-mail I received through the mailing list of Larry Gamboa, author of the book “Think Rich Pinoy!”, with regards to two things I am very passionate about, Real Estate Investing and Internet Marketing. I’ll explain more about these in a bit but before that, I am reprinting the whole e-mail below [...]

Subastahan Sa Tag-Init, a public auction of foreclosed properties powered by The Property Forum Phils., shall be held on April 30, 2009 at the Max’s Restaurant Shangri-la Edsa corner, Shaw Blvd. Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Registration starts at 11:00AM and the auction proper starts at 12:00NN. Incoming search terms: property forum, property forum philippines, nation wide [...]

At least that’s the way I look at it. My purpose for making money through foreclosed property investing is not really just about having lots of money or getting rich, its about having the freedom to do the things that are truly most important in life, without worrying about where to get money to provide [...]

When buying a foreclosed property, the buyer often shoulders the Documentary Stamp Tax (DST). In the Buena Mano Green Tag Foreclosed Property listings for example, it is explicitly stated that DST is for the account of the buyer and DST is 1.5% of the Selling Price (SP) or Zonal Value (ZV), whichever is higher. To [...]

I got this public auction announcement for bank foreclosed properties of Unionbank from my father-in-law. The foreclosed properties for sale are from the Visayas and Mindanao areas. Incoming search terms: union bank of properties for sale – mindanao

As promised, I am sharing a sample Rent-To-Own contract specifically for use here in the Philippines. A Rent-To-Own contract is more correctly referred to as a Contract of Lease with Option to Purchase or CLOP.This is similar to lease option contracts used in other countries like the US. Incoming search terms: lease to own contract, [...]

One reason would probably be because they are giving discounts on previously unsold bank foreclosed properties. I noticed some foreclosed properties that remained unsold in previous Dream Buys Auctions of RCBC Savings Bank have had their minimum bid prices reduced by 5%. Incoming search terms: rcbc residential house for sale, banks in quezon province with [...]

I have here a new foreclosure listing from Unionbank for another run of their Special Public Auction of foreclosed properties on April 18, 2009, Saturday, 9:00am, at the Delas Alas Room, 2nd floor, Philippine Columbian Sports Club, Plaza Dilao, Paco, Manila, Philippines. This is their 135th public auction of foreclosed properties and their 4th for [...]

Update: This list already contains 20 contracts. The latest to be added is a rent-to-own contract I just want to share this link to a very cool site which offers free legal forms & contracts which are mostly real estate related. Credit goes to Jomar Hilario who discovered the site and shared it through the [...]

I recently got a comment in my post How To Easily Calculate The Return-On-Investment (ROI) For Rental Properties and as I mentioned in my reply to the comment, this question deserved an entire post so I can answer it in greater detail. For everybody’s reference, I have reprinted the question below: Incoming search terms: is [...]