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		<title>Table of amortization factors updated with low home loan rates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Castillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a number of banks offering very low home rates as low as 5.75%, it&#8217;s just logical that I also update our amortization factors table to include these annual interest rates, and I did just that! Checkout the complete list of amortization factors for annual interest rates ranging from the current lowest home loan rate [...]<p><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2011/04/amortization-factors-table-low-home-loan-rates.html">Table of amortization factors updated with low home loan rates</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com">Foreclosure Investing Philippines</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>With a number of banks offering very low home rates as low as 5.75%, it&#8217;s just logical that I also update our amortization factors table to include these annual interest rates, and I did just that!<span id="more-7415"></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Checkout the complete list of amortization factors for annual interest rates ranging from the current lowest home loan rate of 5.75% all the way up to 20%, in 0.25% increments, and payment terms ranging from 1 year to 30 years to pay. Just click on the link below:</p>
<h2><span style="color: #0000ff;">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/tools/amortization-factors-table" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Updated Amortization Factors Tables</span></a></h2>
<p><strong>Checkout these related articles:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/11/amortization-payment-no-mortgage-calculator.html" target="_blank">How to calculate for amortization payments</a> &#8211; Don&#8217;t know how to compute for your monthly amortization payments? Checkout this article to learn how!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2011/02/low-home-loan-rates-what-you-need-to-know.html" target="_blank">Low home loan rates – what you need to know before it’s too late</a> &#8211; The low home rates being offered by some banks right now are tempting, not just for real estate investors, but also for home buyers. But before you apply for a home loan, there are things you really need to know…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/tools/mortgage-calculator" target="_blank">Mortgage calculator</a> &#8211; Don&#8217;t want to manually compute for monthly amortization payments? Checkout this online <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/mortgagecalculator" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/mortgagecalculator';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">mortgage calculator</a> which you can also use to check if your manual computations are correct.</p>
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<p><em>To our success and financial freedom!</em></p>
<h3><em>Jay Castillo</em></h3>
<p><em><strong>Real Estate Investor</strong></em></p>
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		<title>Low home loan rates &#8211; what you need to know before it&#8217;s too late</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Castillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen the low interest home loans being offered by a few banks out there lately? Several months ago, the lowest home loan rate I have seen was 5.99% per year. Now, it is even lower at 5.75% (turns out 5.88% is no longer the lowest home loan rate available). Personally, I believe these are the best [...]<p><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2011/02/low-home-loan-rates-what-you-need-to-know.html">Low home loan rates &#8211; what you need to know before it&#8217;s too late</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com">Foreclosure Investing Philippines</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Have you seen the <strong>low interest home loans</strong> being offered by a few banks out there lately? Several months ago, the <em>lowest home loan rate</em> I have seen was <strong>5.99%</strong> per year. Now, it is even lower at <strong>5.75% </strong>(turns out <strong>5.88%</strong> is no longer the lowest home loan rate available). Personally, I believe these are the <strong>best home loan rates</strong> I have ever seen in my lifetime. This even beats the <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/02/gsis-sells-foreclosed-housing-units-by.html" target="_blank">6.0% interest rate offered by the GSIS before</a>.</p>
<p><span id="more-7098"></span><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-7118 colorbox-7098" title="5.88 percent home loan rate" src="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/5.88-percent-home-loan-rate.jpg" alt="5.88 % home loan rate offerred by some banks in the Philippines" width="300" height="250" />This sounds tempting , not just for <strong>real estate investors</strong>, but also for <strong>home buyers</strong>.</p>
<p>But wait, before you <em>apply for a home loan</em>, you need to know that the low interest rate is fixed only for a year and can be quite risky&#8230;</p>
<h2>Lower home loan rates mean&#8230;</h2>
<p>Before I discuss the risks, let me first focus on the positive. Obviously, the biggest impact of having a low interest rate on your <strong>home loan</strong> would be a significant drop in the monthly amortization payments.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s say you are going to <strong>buy a foreclosed property</strong> and the loan amount is Php2,000,000. If we use the usual <strong>12%</strong> as the annual interest rate, at 10 years to pay, that would mean a monthly amortization of <strong>Php28, 694.18</strong>.<em> (I used this site&#8217;s free <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/mortgagecalculator" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/mortgagecalculator';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">mortgage calculator</a> which can be found here: <a href="http://foreclosurephilippines.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/mortgagecalculator.html" target="_blank">Real Estate Mortgage Calculator</a>).</em></p>
<p>In contrast, if we used an interest rate of <strong>5.88%</strong>, using the same loan parameters above, the resulting monthly amortization would be just <strong>Php22,083.76</strong>. This means a discount of <strong>Php6,610.42</strong> per month in monthly amortization payments.</p>
<p>The savings in monthly payments is quite significant right? Imagine if you had several rental properties. This could translate to more positive cashflow.</p>
<p>In addition, I checked one of the banks that offer these low interest rates, and found out that the same rate is also applicable if one wants to <strong>refinance a home loan</strong>. I was surprised because I was expecting different <em>home loan refinance rates</em>.</p>
<p>This could be useful for real estate investors who want to get some cash out of their equity through refinancing, provided they are in good standing. I guess getting a new <em>home loan for people with bad credit</em> is out of the question.</p>
<h2>Here&#8217;s the fine print</h2>
<p>As with most things, there&#8217;s a fine print. In this case, the low interest rate is only fixed for the first year, and is subject to yearly repricing thereafter. This means that after the first year, one is at the mercy of interest rate fluctuations.</p>
<p>What if there was another financial crisis (<em>knock on wood</em>), and interest rates suddenly went up?! If that happens, there would be an increase in the interest rate to be used come repricing time, and would result in a corresponding increase in the monthly amortization payments.</p>
<p>By the way, some banks also offer some form of <strong>rate protection</strong> where the increase of the interest rate is limited to <strong>2%</strong>. This is similar to the practice of Pag-IBIG. However, if one chose the option to have the interest rate fixed for only a year, it&#8217;s possible that the interest rate will be increased yearly right?</p>
<h2>Scenarios</h2>
<p>If you are a real estate investor and have rental properties purchased through home loans, the increase in monthly amortization payments can turn a nice positive cashflow generating property into one that is negatively geared, which is like a money pit. It can swallow up all of your money.</p>
<p>Raising rents can only work up to a certain extent and may not be enough, especially if a property is covered by the <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/07/rent-control-law-exempts-rent-to-own-agreements-in-the-philippines.html" target="_blank">rent control law</a>. Besides, market forces dictate rental rates and increasing it might drive tenants away, making the situation worse.</p>
<p>The same applies to non-investors. Unless one&#8217;s source of income, which is usually just one&#8217;s salary, more than covers any sudden increase in the monthly amortization payments, he is in danger of defaulting on his mortgage loan payments. A salary increase would help, but usually the opposite happens.</p>
<p>This can even lead to foreclosure down the road. In such harsh economic conditions during a financial crisis, my <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/06/4-tips-on-how-to-stop-foreclosure.html" target="_blank">tips to avoid foreclosure</a> may offer little help.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, I believe that the scenarios described above can be easily avoided by simply going for <strong>fixed interest rates</strong>.</p>
<h2>Why go for fixed interest rates?</h2>
<p>I believe that the <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2010/07/how-to-be-a-proactive-real-estate-investor.html" target="_blank">proactive</a> thing to do would be to go for fixed interest rates for the longest term possible. This eliminates the risk of being subject to sudden interest rate fluctuations, all throughout the loan term.</p>
<p>Sure, the interest rates usually become higher, the longer they are fixed, but at least, you are protected just in case prevailing interest rates shoot up due to economic conditions.</p>
<p>Anyway, If you are really concerned about the higher fixed interest rates for longer terms, my suggestion would be to have something in the middle, let&#8217;s say 5 years for example, provided you are prepared to have the loan fully paid before the end of the 5th year, if needed.</p>
<p>This seems to be a more balanced approach as you still get protection, but interest rate at the start should not be too high.</p>
<p>What the heck, if you believe you can pay in full for a property in one year, then by all means, go for the lowest home loan rate you can find, even if it is just fixed for a year.</p>
<p>My point is simple, I suggest going for a fixed interest rate, with the longest term possible, so that at the very least, you will have enough time to pay-off the home loan to avoid any repricing, if interest rates really do go up.</p>
<p>This will help minimize your risks, and have peace of mind, which I believe is priceless.</p>
<p>Happy investing!</p>
<p><em>To our success and financial freedom!</em></p>
<p><em><strong>Jay Castillo<br />
Real Estate Investor<br />
Real Estate Broker License #:</strong> 20056<br />
<strong>Blog:</strong> <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com">http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com</a><br />
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<p><em>Text by Jay Castillo and Cherry Castillo. Copyright © 2011 All rights reserved.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>PS.</strong> I will be a facilitator at the <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/thinkrichpinoy" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/thinkrichpinoy';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Think Rich Pinoy</a> Seminar on February 26, 2011, and I hope to see you there. <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/events/think-rich-pinoy-seminar">Click here to learn more about the seminar</a>!</em></p>
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		<dc:creator>Jay Castillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After inspecting a bunch of foreclosed properties recently, I was to drop-off my real estate broker at her house. Her grandson who was around 7 years old, approached us after I parked, while we were still inside my car. He signaled me to open the window, which I did, and he noticed I was using [...]<p><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2010/11/instant-gratification-versus-delayed-gratification.html">Instant gratification versus delayed gratification</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com">Foreclosure Investing Philippines</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>After inspecting a bunch of <strong>foreclosed properties</strong> recently, I was to drop-off my <strong>real estate broker</strong> at  her house. Her grandson who was around 7 years old, approached us after I parked, while we were still inside my car.</p>
<p>He signaled me to open the window, which I did, and he noticed I was using my HTC Touch Pro 2 while I was texting someone and he said <em>&#8220;<strong>Wow, you have a nice phone! Are you rich?&#8221;</strong></em>.</p>
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<p>Both my broker and I answered without hesitation<strong> <em>&#8220;Yes of course, we are rich!&#8221;</em></strong>. (If someone asks you the same question, you should always say yes, and let the Law of Attraction do its magic!)</p>
<p>He then sarcastically said<em> <strong>&#8220;Yeah, you must be rich, it&#8217;s probably the reason why you have such an expensive car&#8221;</strong></em>. Take note that my car is an SUB&#8230; a subcompact! It&#8217;s a turbo-diesel <strong>Hyundai Getz</strong>.</p>
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	<p class="wp-caption-text">The 2008 Hyundai Getz. My car is the CRDI variant</p>
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<p>I said <em>&#8220;<strong>Well, because this was the car I bought, I was able to buy three houses the following year&#8230;&#8221;</strong></em>.</p>
<p>He then said to his grandma <em><strong>&#8220;Lola, let&#8217;s buy Jollibee&#8230;&#8221;</strong></em>. <img src='http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley colorbox-6187' /> </p>
<p>I guess my answer did not sink in and he was more interested with satisfying his craving for burgers and fries, which is totally understandable for a kid his age.</p>
<p>In retrospect, I believe that my broker&#8217;s grandson was just frank enough to ask me the very same question which I believe some people who see my car dare not ask me, <strong>why did I buy  my car</strong>, when I could have bought a more expensive or bigger one?</p>
<p>When I availed of the car plan offered at the company I used to work for way back in 2008, I could have bought the newly released 8th generation of the Honda Civic or a Ford Focus. I knew some people at the office back then had this question in mind, according to some of my close friends.</p>
<h2>Why did I buy my car?</h2>
<p>One of the reasons why I bought a diesel powered subcompact was to<strong> manage my cashflow</strong>, which in turn helped me buy three <strong>foreclosed properties</strong> the following year. Hard to believe right?</p>
<p>Aside from the <strong>lower monthly amortizations</strong>, which was less than two-thirds of what I would have paid for on a monthly basis if I had bought a Civic, my <strong>monthly expenses</strong> for diesel fuel was just less than <strong>Php2,000 per month</strong>. Compare that to my wife&#8217;s <strong>1998 Honda Civic</strong> for which I had to spend more than <strong>Php4,000</strong> for <strong>unleaded fuel per month</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Maintenance</strong> for my new car was also easy on the pocket, at about Php6,000 per quarter. Our old car needed about Php25,000 per quarter on the average for maintenance and repairs (new problems were always being found that needed to be repaired&#8230; that sucked big time!). By the way, I forgot to mention that my car is covered by a <strong>5 year warranty</strong>&#8230; nice!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe but the <strong>net effect</strong> of my choice of buying my car was it lowered my <strong>monthly expenses</strong> by about Php5,000 per month, as compared to buying a more expensive car, or maintaining the old car we had.</p>
<p>Php5,000 per month may not sound much but that is already comparable to the <strong>positive cashflow</strong> of <strong>one rental property</strong>. It is also just about equal to 10% of my take home pay back then, which meant I already had enough to fulfill my target of setting aside at least 10% of my total monthly income for my <strong><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/08/manage-your-finances-by-becoming-your-own-chief-financial-officer.html" target="_blank">Financial Freedom Account</a></strong> or <strong>FFA</strong>.</p>
<p>Instead of draining my savings, buying a car actually helped me increase my savings by lowering my expenses. Who wouldn&#8217;t want to have that?!</p>
<h2>Delayed gratification</h2>
<p>Even if I could have bought a more expensive car back then, I chose not to do so, and bought a small car instead.  I simply needed a car that can take me and my family safely and comfortably from <strong>point A to point B</strong> (It did just that when we drove from Antipolo to Baguio and back to Mandaluyong with just 1 full tank of diesel back in 2008).</p>
<p>I believe what I did was an example of <strong>delayed gratification</strong>. My logic here was I can buy a small car for now, and it would not hinder my goal to build my <strong>Financial Freedom Account</strong>, which I will use to buy real assets that put cash in my pocket.</p>
<p>After I buy real assets first, I can then use any excess cashflow or money from capital gains to buy a bigger or more expensive car, if I wanted to. So far I am very happy with my Getz.</p>
<p>But wait, you might be thinking I did not practice delayed gratification when I bought my mobile phone. Not really, the <strong>HTC Touch Pro 2</strong> was released more than a year ago and the one I bought last October was a second hand unit, although it was good as new. A brand new unit at malls would retail for around Php35,000 but I bought mine for less than a third of  the retail price, from a reputable seller at tipidcp.com.</p>
<h2>Instant gratification</h2>
<p>Imagine if I had bought a more expensive car first. That would have resulted in little or no money left for me to <strong>invest in real estate</strong>. I probably would not have been able to buy the three <strong><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/foreclosedproperties" style="" target="_blank"  onmouseover="self.status='http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/foreclosedproperties';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">foreclosed properties</a></strong> I acquired last 2009.</p>
<p>Who knows, maybe I would not have been able to save enough money for my <strong>emergency fund</strong>, and I would not have had the courage to resign and get out of the <strong>rat race</strong>.</p>
<h2>Buy assets first, liabilities second</h2>
<p>Another great example of <strong>delayed gratification</strong> would be to buy assets first, liabilities second, just like what <strong><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/richdadasia" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/richdadasia';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Robert Kiyosaki</a></strong> mentioned in the video below.</p>
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<p>He bought a Porsche by first investing in a storage facility, and then he used the cashflow it generated to pay for the Porsche. The cashflow remained even after the Porsche was already fully paid. Now that&#8217;s a smart way to buy a liability!</p>
<p>Let me see&#8230; a Hyundai Tucson, a  Ford Fiesta, or even a Toyota Prius would be nice. I guess I should be asking myself  <em>&#8220;How many good real estate deals do I need to buy first?&#8221;</em>. What do you think?</p>
<p>Happy investing!</p>
<p><em>To our success and financial freedom!</em></p>
<p><strong><em>Jay Castillo</em><br />
<em>Real Estate Investor</em></strong><br />
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		<title>How to compute for Net Operating Income or NOI and find good investment properties</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Castillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous posts about Maximum Allowable Offer (MAO), After Repair Value (ARV), and Cost Factor (CF), we determined these numbers for properties that we intended to flip for a profit. This time around let&#8217;s determine another number that is more applicable to income generating properties like multi-door apartments, which are obviously better kept for [...]<p><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2010/10/how-to-compute-for-net-operating-income-noi.html">How to compute for Net Operating Income or NOI and find good investment properties</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com">Foreclosure Investing Philippines</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>In my previous posts about <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2010/09/how-to-compute-for-maximum-allowable-offer-mao.html" target="_blank">Maximum Allowable Offer</a> (MAO), <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2010/09/how-to-compute-for-the-arv-of-foreclosed-properties.html" target="_blank">After Repair Value</a> (ARV), and <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2010/10/how-to-compute-acquiring-carrying-selling-costs.html" target="_blank">Cost Factor</a> (CF), we determined these numbers for properties that we intended to flip for a profit. This time around let&#8217;s determine another number that is more applicable to <strong>income generating properties</strong> like <strong>multi-door apartments</strong>, which are obviously better kept for cashflow and passive income. This number is <strong>Net Operating Income</strong> or <strong>NOI</strong>. What exactly is NOI, and why is it important? Please read on to find out.<span id="more-5959"></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: normal;">What is Net Operating Income or NOI?</span></h2>
<p>NOI is basically what remains of the actual or projected annual income of a property, after all operating expenses have been deducted. Operating expenses include real property taxes, property insurance, property management, maintenance reserves, vacancy rates , collection losses, etc.</p>
<p>Costs related to debt servicing (in case a property was purchased through financing), are not yet deducted, when calculating for NOI. Furthermore, NOI can be before or after taxes. For this post, we will be computing for the NOI before income taxes are deducted.</p>
<h2>Sample income generating property: A 10-door apartment</h2>
<p><strong>Example:</strong> You have found a promising 10-door apartment in Marikina City and the current rental income per unit is Php5,000. Determine the NOI. (Keep in mind that this is just a hypothetical property which shall be used to better illustrate how we to determine NOI)</p>
<p><strong>Assumptions</strong>: Let’s assume that Real Property Taxes would amount to Php30,000 per year, property insurance would be around Php12,000/year, and property management would be Php5,000/month or Php60,000/year. The property also has a vacancy rate of 15%, and you also set aside Php5,000/mo for your maintenance reserves. Lastly, let us also make an assumption that there will be a collection loss of 5%, meaning you won’t be able to collect rents from your tenants 5% of the time (these are caused by your tenants from hell).</p>
<p>The NOI would then be as follows:</p>
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<h2>Why do we need to compute for NOI?</h2>
<p>Let me give you 3 good reasons why you need NOI:</p>
<ol>
<li>You need the NOI to determine if a property      that is being offered to you as a “good investment” is really a good investment. Most people offer income generating properties without considering operating expenses. If you compute for the the NOI, you will surely know if a property will really be a worthy investment. If you know the NOI, and you are going to buy a property through bank financing, you can easily determine the cashflow it can generate. In our example above, if you bought it through bank financing and your monthly amortization is less than Php26,500/month, then you can already say that this is a self-liquidating property.</li>
<li>You need the NOI to determine a property&#8217;s <strong>cash-on-cash return</strong>. This gives you an objective way to compare your projected returns from an income generating property with other investments like stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc. This will be tackled in my next post which should be ready by next week.</li>
<li>You need the NOI, along with the <strong>capitalization rate</strong> or <strong>cap rate</strong> to determine a property’s market value using the <strong>income method</strong>. For income generating properties, the income method is the recommended way to calculate for the property’s market value or After Repair Value. This will be tackled after my post on how to determine the cash-on-cash return. Please watch for it.</li>
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<h2>Things to remember about NOI</h2>
<p>Obviously, the accuracy of the NOI greatly depends on the accuracy of the rental income and operating expenses that you will use. My advice is to use actual values as much as possible.</p>
<p>It would be easy to get actual rental rates by going around the immediate vicinity of the property you are evaluating.</p>
<p>Real property taxes can be checked by getting a copy of a property&#8217;s statement of account or SOA for real property taxes at the office of the City/Municipal Assessor’s office or Treasurer&#8217;s office.</p>
<p>For maintenance reserves, I have read a lot of books that say setting aside 10% of the gross rent would be good enough, but it still depends on you. Depending on the age of a property, maintenance reserves might need to be bigger, especially if repairs and maintenance needs to be done sooner.</p>
<p>I suppose estimates for vacancy rates, and collection losses, can come from landlords or <strong>property managers</strong> that operate in the same area. By the way, more than 2 years ago, I asked around and found out that during that time, property managers usually charge anywhere between 8% to 15% of gross rents. I&#8217;m not sure if these figures are still accurate so I will have to ask around again.</p>
<p>If you are evaluating a rental property, make sure you include NOI as one of the numbers you need to determine as part of due diligence. Remember, without NOI, you really won’t know for sure if you will have any positive cashflow/passive income, and it will help you stay away from properties that are really just money pits.</p>
<p>Happy investing!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>To our success and financial freedom!</em></p>
<p><strong><em>Jay Castillo</em><br />
<em>Real Estate Investor</em></strong><br />
<em><strong>Real Estate Broker License #:</strong></em><em> 20056</em><br />
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		<title>Buy income generating assets first</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I have said in the past that it would be great to buy a house and treat it as an investment, I want to take it a step further. What if instead of buying a house outright, one would first buy an income generating asset that would generate positive cashflow and help take care [...]<p><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/11/buy-income-generating-assets-first.html">Buy income generating assets first</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com">Foreclosure Investing Philippines</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">While I have said in the past that it would be great to buy a house and <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/10/real-estate-investment.html">treat it as an investment</a>, I want to take it a step further. What if instead of buying a house outright, one would first buy an income generating asset that would generate positive cashflow and help take care of the monthly amortizations of the house that one would then buy afterwards?<span id="more-2513"></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Just this morning I mentioned this idea to my wife and I said &#8220;Wouldn&#8217;t it be a great idea to buy an investment property that would be able to pay for the monthly amortizations of the house that we intend to live in?&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Call it coincidence but while I was driving to work,  while I was listening to an audio book entitled &#8220;You can choose to be rich&#8221;, I heard the author, <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/richdadpoordad" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/richdadpoordad';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Robert Kiyosaki</a>, mention that one big difference between the rich and the middle class is the rich buy assets first and then they use the income from these income generating assets to buy their liabilities. At least that was how I understood what he said.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Furthermore, the middle class buy liabilities first and then hope that someday they will have the chance to buy income generating assets. Believe me when I say that it really is difficult to buy assets once you have already bought liabilities that don&#8217;t generate any income as you already have a big burden which comes in the form of those big monthly amortizations. Furthermore, this makes it really difficult to raise the capital needed  for the downpayment for income generating assets.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In effect, the scenario of buying liabilities first produces a situation that traps a lot of people in the rat race. They have no choice but to work hard to keep up with the monthly payments and they lose the opportunity to buy income generating assets first. This sounds like the situation we were in a few years ago. I guess this time around, a little delayed gratification is needed.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Am I making sense? What do you think?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8212;</p>
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		<title>Our journey to our new house &#8211; Finding a new home like true real estate investors</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife who has become so obsessed with finding a new house we can call our home shares updates on what we are thinking of doing with our old house that was devastated by Ondoy, what things to consider, our target locations, finding not just a house but also a sound real estate investment by [...]<p><a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/11/real-estate-investors-finding-a-house.html">Our journey to our new house &#8211; Finding a new home like true real estate investors</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com">Foreclosure Investing Philippines</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>My wife who has become so obsessed with finding a new house we can call our home shares updates on what we are thinking of doing with our old <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/10/reflections-of-a-real-estate-investor-ondoys-aftermath.html">house that was devastated by Ondoy</a>, what things to consider, our target locations, finding not just a house but also a sound real estate investment by searching foreclosed property listings, and applicable tax exemptions and pending articles about this and other taxes that apply to real estate, which I hope she finishes soon&#8230;<span id="more-2409"></span><br />
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>I&#8217;m just glad that I was able to convince her to buy a property the way true real estate investors looks for a good deal. Knowing how stubborn she is, I was surprised how easy it was for me to convince her that this is a perfect opportunity for us (as a team) to find a really sound real estate investment that will produce a good positive cashflow if we decide to have it rented out, or sell it for a significant profit down the road. This can only happen if we buy a house well below market value and apply Rich Dad&#8217;s principle &#8220;&#8230; You make money when you buy, not when you sell&#8221; as often mentioned by <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/richdadpoordad" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/richdadpoordad';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Robert Kiyosaki</a>, best selling author of &#8220;Rich Dad Poor Dad&#8221;.</em></p>
<h1 style="text-align: justify;">Our journey to our new house</h1>
<h4>By Cherry Castillo<em><br />
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<p>As most of you may already know, we are looking for a new house, as our old <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/10/reflections-of-a-real-estate-investor-ondoys-aftermath.html">house was totally devastated by Ondoy</a>. I am sure many of you are in the same boat as ours. Of course, our decision to move entails more decisions with regard to the next steps, such as:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>1. What do we do with our old house?</strong> Right now, we have a payment holiday until January 15 with Pag-Ibig. But after that date, we have to continue paying the monthly amortizations. Admittedly, the market value of the house is in question, and it’s not practical to continue paying the amortizations which was based on the market value of Provident Village prior to Ondoy. The next question is, do we sell it now, do we let Pag-Ibig foreclose it, or do we surrender it through a <strong>dacion en pago</strong> (a.k.a. payment in kind &#8211; that is, we give the house as payment for the loan)? If we sell it now, we will be selling it at a loss, but we will be cutting our losses since we will stop paying the high monthly amortization. If we let Pag-Ibig foreclose it (or if we surrender it through <em>dacion en pago</em>), how do we go about it? While it is clear that my husband will no longer be able to take out another housing loan from Pag-Ibig, would it also affect my husband&#8217;s credit rating and prevent him from taking out a loan from banks?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2. Granted that we will be moving, where do we go?</strong> We can  go anywhere! Anywhere where there’s no flood of course. And since we are now so paranoid of natural (and man-made) calamities, if we are to move, we have to make sure that the area is one that was not reached by floods and that there is at least a second floor.  I don&#8217;t want to be in the mountainside too for fear of landslides. We are now open to condominiums (unlike before, when I really could not imagine living in one), but not those that are too high, as I am also concerned about earthquakes. You may have noticed that there have been a lot of news about earthquakes in the Asian region and in the Philippines in particular. I have been telling my officemates that the best place to be is in a low-rise condominium, somewhere in the 3<sup>rd</sup> or 4<sup>th</sup> floor, since it will not be reached by floods, the structure will be strong enough to withstand earthquakes, and if there’s a fire I can jump out of the window and just have broken bones, or, if there’s a swimming pool nearby, I can just go straight to it. I know it’s a bit on the psycho side but you really get to think a lot about these things if you’ve gone through the great flood brought about by Ondoy. Oh, I forgot, I don’t know how to swim. I better join my son in his swimming lessons this summer! And time to turn into reality the Ondoy-related ideas I have thought about.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>3. Where are our target locations?</strong> I have narrowed down our choices to the elevated portions of Kapitolyo, Pasig, San Juan, and Quezon City near UP. Aside from the earlier-mentioned considerations, it is very important for us to be near to a good co-ed school for our son as he will be turning five in January 2010 already and it won’t be long before he enters elementary school. I have sort-of developed loyalty to Mother Goose  Playskool and Grade School (This is my son&#8217;s school in Provident Village, Marikina which was also devastated by Ondoy. Because they have several branches, they allowed my son to finish the rest of the school year in their Makati branch. Mabuhay ang Mother Goose!) so I want to find a house near a Mother Goose branch. As for my work, I am currently working in Makati but I am open to moving to Ortigas or QC, or maybe if my husband’s business picks up, I might just help him in the business. One of the best lessons I learned in the past years is that TIME is the most precious commodity. There are only 24 hours in a day and spending it on the road is totally useless. So the house should be near the place of work and study. In the course of my research, I have learned that prices are really so steep in the good areas.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>4. This of course led me to search our site for foreclosed property listings</strong> (In the right side of the this page, you can use the “search” function to look for listings in this site.) I have also called several banks so I have updated listings with me, which my husband will be posting soon. I have also revisited my husband’s post on the <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/03/directory-of-philippine-banks-with.html">Ultimate List of Bank Websites</a> and I have found some updated listings there too. I have found a lot of promising properties and I must admit that it’s really exciting looking for good buys. I have been a bit depressed since last week, after I visited our old house and saw its sorry state. I determined that the only way for me to get out of depression is to finally have a new house! I have been joking that leaving our house is like breaking up with a boyfriend of 5 years – the only way to have closure is to have a new house/boyfriend! The process of looking for and deciding on the perfect place to grow our roots is both tiring and exciting. I do hope we find the house meant for us soon. We have visited a foreclosed property in Mandaluyong last week, full of excitement, only to have our bubble burst because of the really bad neighborhood, one of the worst as my husband put it (And he grew up in Mandaluyong! I really don&#8217;t understand why the Mandaluyong local government spends so much money fixing the islands  when they have so many squatters!).  My husband reminded me that it should be the other way around &#8211; we should find the worst looking house in a good neighborhood. I have also selected several properties and when I called up the bank, I discovered that they either have pending cases or encumbrances, or the bank does not have possession. Hay! I guess we have to look at more foreclosed properties (Around 100 more according to my husband &#8211; that&#8217;s a lot!). In God’s time, I know we will find the one for us.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>5. Applicable taxes and tax exemptions?</strong> Being the tax person that I am, I really have to consider taking advantage of the  capital gains tax (CGT) exemption from the sale of principal residence. I also need to create a post about this and all the other taxes – real property tax (RPT), percentage taxes, VAT, etc. (Okay, I’m really delinquent I admit!).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So basically, we will be going through the entire process of <a href="http://www.foreclosurephilippines.com/2009/10/real-estate-investment.html">choosing a property that will also be a good investment</a>. We are also looking at other properties, though not foreclosed but are rather houses for sale by owner (FSBO), but which look like good deals. We will do our best to document each step of the way so that it can be a handy and useful guide for everybody, much like a walk-through of the process. Wish us luck!</p>
<p><em>Cherry is my wife. She is a certified public accountant (CPA) and lawyer.<br />
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