Getting Started

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Financial Literacy For Kids - Part III

Financial Literacy For Kids – Part III

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Financial Literacy for Kids โ€“ Part I

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Financial Literacy for Kids Part VI: Have a Role Model

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Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) Act of 2008  (RA 9505)

Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) Act of 2008 (RA 9505)

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROVIDENT PERSONAL SAVINGS PLAN, KNOWN AS THE PERSONAL EQUITY AND RETIREMENT ACCOUNT (PERA) SECTION 1. Title …
Financial Education For Kids Part IV: Summer Activities for 2013

Financial Education For Kids Part IV: Summer Activities for 2013

This is actually Part IV of our series on Financial Education for Kids. If you missed the first three, click …
Feast Talk Series: Happy, Healthy, Holy Money

Feast Talk Series: Happy, Healthy, Holy Money

One of the best series of talks of Bo Sanchez which I have been blessed to hear at The Feast …

All About Foreclosed Real Estate Investing

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How to find foreclosed properties with good property values (After Repair Value case study)

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How NOT To Invest In Foreclosures

How NOT To Invest In Foreclosures

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The 5 Mindsets of Real Estate Investors

The 5 Mindsets of Real Estate Investors

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My Google maps example for a featured foreclosed property

My Google maps example for a featured foreclosed property

I was blown away by how one can easily use Google Maps to feature foreclosed properties for sale. I stumbled …
Foreclosed Property Inspection Tip: Always inspect during daytime

Foreclosed Property Inspection Tip: Always inspect during daytime

In today’s blogpost, I want to share a very important tip when it comes to inspecting foreclosed properties: You should …

Afraid of taxes? Don’t be! These articles about real estate taxation should help.

More On Documentary Stamp Tax (DST) On Real Estate Transactions

More On Documentary Stamp Tax (DST) On Real Estate Transactions

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Registry of Deeds Transfer of Title Fee Calculator (2024)

The LRA Registration Fee is often referred to as the registry of deeds transfer of title fee. Quickly compute for …
Death, Real Estate, and Estate Tax

Death, Real Estate, and Estate Tax

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Capital Gains Tax in the Philippines (Rate to use, How to Calculate and Pay)

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Recent BIR Issuances on Property Valuation may affect real estate investors

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Philippine Laws that apply to real estate

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Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9904 - The Magna Carta For Homeowners and Homeowners' Associations

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Real Estate Contracts

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Sample Rent-To-Own Contract or Contract of Lease with Option to Purchase (CLOP), Philippine Version

Sample Rent-To-Own Contract or Contract of Lease with Option to Purchase (CLOP), Philippine Version

As promised, I am sharing a sample Rent-To-Own contract specifically for use here in the Philippines. A Rent-To-Own contract is …

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Get your feet wet with the latest listings of foreclosed properties

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97 thoughts on “Getting Started”

    1. Hi Jay, all the prices indicated are the actual selling price (pero siyempre may additional taxes and fees pag bumili ng property).

    1. The two videos on this page are in english, they even have closed captions in english.

      Are you referring to the videos for Pag-IBIG updates? Those are in tagalog, but english closed captions are also available.

  1. Ernesto casas

    Good morning po just asking kng saan pwude malaman kng sino ang nkabili ng lupa galing sa planters bank, kc po sa registry of deeds sa bangko pa rin nka pangalan yng title,pero po ng i verity ko po sa bangko wla na po sa knila,saan ko pa po ba pwude ma trace.tnx po

  2. Mark Edison Lazarte

    Hi po ako po ay nangungupahan since january 30 po dito sa bahay at nalaman ko po na foreclosed na po pala ito ngayon sinabi kopo sa may ari na matagal na po palang foreclosed to bahay nila ei gusto nako paalisin dito ano po dapat ko gawin kase pinapaalis kami ei di na sa kanila tong bahay at halos 10months po kami nagbabayad ng upa ei foreclosed properties napo pala ito ngayon pinapaalis kami ei cla nag lagay samin dito sa bahay nila na foreclosed na gusto po nila umalis na kami nilalakad nadaw po ng anak niya yung bahay salamat po sa mag aadvice ng gagawin ko

  3. Good day po,, itanong ko po sana kung paano aq makakakuha ng assistance ng pag-ibig financing kung married ako, yet separated na kame for 14yrs, but not legally separated po, i can consider it abandonment na kse there is no communication between us na for 14 years. Ano po ang solution sa problem ko. Thanks!

  4. Raffy de la Fuente

    Hi Sir Jay, just want to personally thank you. I have come across your video interview on youtube which you mentioned about the book think rich pinoy. Had I not come across that video, I would not have gained context on how the rich dad poor dad concept can be applied in a filipino setting. Just completed the book tonight and hopefully next step would be to get enrolled in one of your classes. Thank you again Sir Jay.

  5. Hi sir, I have a question, kung may bahay na po ako hinuhulugan sa pagibig, can I still avail foreclose property thru pagibig din po? Thank you and more power po..

  6. Rhezil Beltran

    Helo po Sir JAY Castillo sa tingin ko po matutulungan nyo po ako sa questions ko, Sir pano po pala patakaran ng lupa na 1982 na na award na po ni Marcos may certificate po mismong hawak bilang katunayan, ngaun po may ibang tao po na naglakad pinatitlelan po nila under sa name nila ngayon pinaalis po ang pinakamay ari at lumabas na di sila ang may ari, ngayon po inilaban ng pinqkqmay ari na may hawak ng certification galing kay marc os sa madaling salita natalo po ang taong nameke ng title name naglabas napo ang kataasang hukuman ng sulat at dinala na po sa province dun mismo sa lugar nong lupa. Ang sabi po ng LRA naka pinlock wala n daw maka agaw anu po ang pinlock?na sir ang tanong ko po
    1. anu na po ang susunod na STEP TO STEP process nito sir kc ang may ari ay pabalik m dto sa manila para iprocess na ang pag papa land title under mismo sa name
    2.Anu anu pa po ang pag gagastusan namin mga magkano pa kayaang ihandang pera ngayong sabi ng LRA parelease na ang pinaka title
    3. May kinalaman pa po ang Bir dto?may mga babayran po ba sa kanilang taxes?
    4. At bago marelease sir ang pinakatitle mag kano po ang gagastusin may mga babayaran pabang per square meter?
    Maraming salamat po Sir JAY CASTILLO marami po kayong natutulungan sometimes small things means a lot โค
    GOD BLESS YOU MORE

  7. Hi Mr. Jay Castillo. Sir paano po kung ayaw umalis ng mga nkatira dun sa nbyran ng 20% down payment saa foreclosed ng bhay?

    1. Jay Castillo

      Hi Glady, sorry sa late reply. Ang una mong pwedeng gawin ay makipagusap sa occupant, pero mag ingat kayo dahil baka hostile sila.

      Pag okay sila makipagusap, tanong niyo kung ano kailangan nila para umalis. Kung pera, dapat kaliwaan, at may kasulatan.

      Siyempre, dapat tulungan kayo nung bank na nagbenta nung foreclosed property sa inyo.

      Last resort, makiusap na lang kayo na magkasolian na lang ng pera

  8. Isaac Ivan Navarra

    Dear Sir Allan and Sir Jay,

    A blessed Holy Week. I, Isaac Navarra an OFW here in UAE. I am aiming to do real estate business in the Philippines for good thus I dont like to be an OFW who worked so long without any ipon/savings and investments.

    May I please ask is it still possible to enroll to Sir Jay’s Training for foreclosure properties? It has been 3 months ago when I attended the webinar. At that time I still have obligations to pay which is the reason i was not able to enroll for the training offered. I would like to inquire if i is still possible to enroll to this course? I would also ask if I still can get the VIP offers which was mentioned on the training of Sir Jay? However my bad I forgot the VIP code which was given by Sir Jay to acquire the benefits and discounts Si Jay offered during the webinar.

    I hope I can still have this training and I hope I can catch up. With this training it would bless me and my family to provide our needs, to be stable, and grow in the long run.

    Thank you and God bless

  9. Rachel Samarita

    Hello Sir,
    I have read Robert Kiyosaki’s books, Rich Dad Poor Dad. It really is inspiring that it changed my mindset, as well as, reading your blog. I am thinking to attend the Think Rich Pinoy seminars but I do not know when the next seminar will be. The website only shows the previous seminars held. Do you have contact or information how and when the next seminars? I am very interested to join. Thanks a lot.

  10. hello sir Jay, your site is amazing. I’m currently living in the U.S. but looking for a small townhouse in Q.C. for my parents. i hope to learn more in your site, and i just came across it now. im reading up on your unbiased views. quick question, since my papers are still processing for my residency and my hubby is a u.s. citizen, do you think it’s not possible for us to avail a bank loan? you see, there’s this agent whom i feel is very hasty in selling and i feel its pretty risky because the requirements are very few (2 IDs only and PDCs)/ whereas the bank would be very thorough in reviewing our requirements for loan. What are your thoughts on this? Your reply would be tremendously appreciated.

    1. Thanks for the kind words! So you are coming home as a Filipino Citizen married to US Citizen? If yes, you should still be able to get a loan. It seems what the agent is offering you is in-house financing, not really a mortgage loan (Yes, you are correct, a mortgage loan has more requirements and are carefully evaluated). My suggestion, ask the agent to setup a meeting with the bank to get the exact details.

  11. HyacinthChoice26

    Interesting piece . I loved the analysis , Does someone know where my assistant can acquire a template Lease To Purchase Option Agreement document to fill in ?

  12. Angel Bantilan

    hi sir jay.. I need house and lot foreclosure in country homes in toril, Davao city, not more than 200,000.00 can you help me? tanx God bless you

    1. Hi Angel, I highly suggest you look at Pag-IBIG’s listings for Davao. I have their list in queue for publishing this week.

  13. Hello, my name is Jeff. my wife is from Manila area, born and rased. we now live in usa (penna.) we whould like to buy a small lot over there, and finance it and pay on it from here how do we go about this?

  14. Hi, just started reading your site about tax delinquent properties. I have a question with regards to ownership.
    If the property goes up for auction and it is still being paid off to a borrower (eg. A bank). Who owns the property. The bank or the person who paid the property taxes.

    Thanks

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