Thank you for crossing the 1,000 mark with me

As I am writing this post, the Property Soul youtube channel has reached 1,024 subscribers and a total of 54,563 views.

They are very humble figures. But I am very happy because I know you are one of the subscribers of my youtube channel. Thank you very much for your support!

For the last six months, lots of time and efforts were spent making the videos – not for making money or building online fame, but for sharing with fellow home buyers and property investors neutral and unbiased views on the Singapore property market.

In this Little Red Dot, we only have 5.6 million population and 460,000 people who own private properties. So it is unnecessary to act funny, strange, cute or fashionable to get that one million subscribers.

I hope the channel can attract property enthusiasts who have independent thinking and are serious about property investment. We are looking for quality rather than quantity here – the same for my blog subscribers, book readers and facebook followers.

Doing youtube videos is a steep learning curve for me. I thought it is similar to delivering a speech or hosting a workshop, except it can be done at home. I had no idea I have to know so much about audio/video, filming and video editing.

The first youtube video was a disaster: Lighting was terrible. Audio from the microphone was hardly audible. Webcam was positioned wrongly that flattened my facial features. Video and audio were not in sync. Couldn’t have air-con or fan on, nor open any window to avoid unwanted noise. I was not used to talking to a camera and ended up standing there soaking in sweat for hours.

Six months later and after eighteen videos, I have changed cameras and microphones a few times. Now before I start recording, I make sure that I have a script with me, set up the studio lighting kit, and use a professional camera.

I want to thank Michael Cho of Urban Zoom and Urban Agents, who proposed the youtube idea, and shared with me his professional equipment and knowledge generously. Thank you for giving me the chance and encouraging me to try something new. You can’t imagine the kind of patience a tech geek needs for a tech idiot.

As we age, there are fewer and fewer new things we will try. There are also less and less new achievement we can celebrate. What we left are simply repeating the same old successes.

To me, the satisfaction of learning how to make youtube videos is much bigger than buying another undervalued property and selling it for hundred thousands of profit. Not because I don’t care about money. But there are things in life that are more fulfilling than adding more zeros to the bank account.

Sincerely hope that I can improve the youtube videos along the way. Hope that my subscribers can notice that too.

Lastly, let’s review the top 5 most popular podcasts (from number 5 to number 1) based on the number of views garnered so far:

Number 5: Episode #17: Market Implications of New URA Guidelines (3.4K views)

Number 4: Episode #9 The Truth Behind The New Curbs (4.5K views)

Number 3: Episode #3 Should I Buy Near MRT Stations? (4.8K views)

Number 2: Episode #5 Four Lessons Learnt From Old HDB Flats (5K views)

Number 1: Episode #4 Mahathir, China Projects and Forest City (7.5K views)

I look forward to talking to you again in the next Property Soul podcast. See you soon!