Reflections of a real estate investor

As we celebrate and greet all fathers out there a Happy Father’s Day today, I can’t help but look back at what I believe are just some of the most powerful words that caused a paradigm shift in me, when I read the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. In the book, Robert [...]

I remember how good it felt to be able to help people in our office to do their work more effectively when we had setup an IT Support Helpdesk System way back in 2003. It felt great to be able to empower others. Little did I know that many years later it would also lead [...]

Almost a year has passed since Typhoon Ondoy devastated what used to be our home in Provident Village in Marikina last September 26, 2009. We have obviously moved on. However, my wife Cherry and I have come to realize a lot of things during the past year and we would like to share these lessons [...]

This is an important update-PLEASE READ! I would like to share this update dated June 2, 2011 – After much thought, I have decided to leave Trace Trajano‘s local coaching program and my role as one of the local coaches. I would also like to inform everyone that I am not part of Trace’s other [...]

A post by Cherry Castillo “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” – Proverbs 19:21 (NIV) One of the things I like about long weekends is that I have the chance to read books for pleasure. I had thought before that law school has effectively killed [...]

The recently concluded fight between our very own Manny Pacquiao and Ghana’s Joshua Clottey was a perfect example of how not to win a fight by focusing too much on trying not to lose. What does this got to do with real estate investing? A lot! Read more below and find out. Before anything else, [...]

When friends and people I meet learn about what I do and see my passion for real estate investing, I am often asked how I was able to get into it and sustain the passion for it. Just how did I end up having this burning desire to get out of the rat race through [...]

I hope that got your attention! As we start 2010, I’m sure a lot of you have a lot of New Year resolutions and plans.  There’s really nothing wrong with that. However, I can’t help but throw the same question to you as I did to myself, when I started to make plans for 2010. [...]

During our lunch break at the office yesterday, I begged off from doing something which I have dreaded for the past 12 years in the corporate world, Christmas party presentations! You might be asking what the heck does this have to do with investing in foreclosures in the Philippines? Read on to find out.

I was cleaning out my archived emails in preparation for returning my company issued laptop when I stumbled upon this very interesting story in one of my emails in my sent items. I forwarded this same story to my friends way back in January 2006, a few months after I first read “Rich Dad Poor [...]