Real Estate Investing

Nah, it’s neither money to invest nor the real estate investing techniques or the how-to’s, etc. While these are important, I truly believe there are other things that are equally, if not even more important. Things that you need to continuously work on, even after success has been achieved. Failure to do so will surely [...]

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 [...]

Now is the best time to invest in real estate. With motivated sellers, prices are reasonable, lenders are willing to lend and interest rates are low. With lower interest income, savers are in search of a better investment alternative of which, real estate is the answer. Incoming search terms: invest in financial security philippines, investing [...]

Here’s the latest batch of real estate service practitioners which includes real estate consultants, real estate appraisers, and real estate brokers,  whose registration without examination were approved by the Professional Regulatory Board of Real Estate Service (PRBRES). This was recently released through the PRC website. Incoming search terms: professional regulatory board of real estate service, latest released [...]

So you have announced to the world that you are now a real estate investor, and suddenly, everyone has a property they want to show to you. This often happens to me, and can also happen to you as follows. A friends calls and says “Hey Jay, I found a foreclosed property for sale and [...]

Do you really wan’t to know the bad side of real estate investing? Although I believe it’s not a good idea to focus on the bad because we attract more of what we focus on, we should still be aware of the risks  in order to be able to effectively avoid or manage them. Incoming [...]

Although it’s already 2011, I simply cannot let 2010 go without giving thanks for another year full of blessings. Let me look back at 2010 for one last time to give thanks and count the blessings for the year that just passed. After all, 2010 was the year… Incoming search terms: it is all about [...]

*I have turned this into a sticky post for new visitors. I was supposed to finish writing my “Goodbye and thank you to 2010, Hello 2011…” post, but ended up with this list of the best “How to” articles from Foreclosure Investing Philippines during the year that passed. After all, FIP is so much more [...]

*Last updated on January 1, 2011, 11:00am As 2010 comes to an end, I can’t help but look back and list down just some of the most significant and sometimes painful lessons I personally learned during the past year. I hope these lessons would help us all move forward in 2011.

This is part 2 of a series on the “Matthew Effect”. If you have not yet read part 1, you can read it here : The “Matthew Effect” and how it applies to real estate investing (Part 1) Imagine the time when a real estate investor finally nails his first deal. Can that be a [...]