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. Read the rest of this entry

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 of the monthly amortizations of the house that one would then buy afterwards? Read the rest of this entry

I first played Rich Dad’s Cashflow 101 game way back in 2007, after I found Think Rich Pinoy Seminar attendees who organized their own cashflow 101 game sessions. I was hooked ever since. I play cashflow 101 whenever I get a chance to do so as part of “sharpening the saw”. I believe that the cashflow 101 game effectively simulates one’s  journey out of the rat race and I would like to share here what I have learned from playing what I consider to be a “life changing game” and its practical applications in real life.

Here goes my Top 7 lessons learned from playing Rich Dad’s cashflow 101 game… Read the rest of this entry

In this post I will share how I compute for the monthly amortization payment for foreclosed properties without the need to use any special mortgage calculator. By the way, this would also work for installment loans for assets other than real estate where the monthly amortization payments also contain both principal and interest.

If you’re a real estate investor or if you want to become one, I’m pretty sure you’re interested to learn how a loan calculator or mortgage calculater works or at the very least, you want to learn how to calculate for monthly amortization payments. If you lack any interest on mortgage calculators or if you are simply afraid of numbers, I’m really sorry but you have no choice but to learn this. Real estate investing is a numbers game and one number that you need to know is the monthly amortization you will have to pay for a foreclosed property that you are looking at. It will help determine if an investment property will produce a positive cashflow. Without positive cashflow, you will have no passive income, and you can kiss your dreams of becoming financially-free goodbye… Read the rest of this entry

“Are you always sending BALIK BAYAN boxes every month or every payday, year after year?
Are you working your head off having 2-3 jobs to just earn enough for you and be able to send money home?

What if you can make your money work for you! Instead of getting 2-3 jobs, you teach how your relatives can earn money from rental properties? Wouldn’t this lighten the load.

Instead of BALIK BAYAN BOXES, why not a HOUSE and LOT, or an APARTMENT which you can rent out. It’s safe since your family can not sell it without your permission, not like a car, computer or any expensive appliances like TV.

You will be surprised to know that the amount you spend to fill up a BALIK BAYAN BOX can actually buy you a rental property that can earn you additional money.” Read the rest of this entry