Another property investment company A2A Capital was being put on the investor alert list by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The company marketed a land-banking scheme with investment in the United States and Canada that promised attractive returns of 134 percent or potentially 3 times the initial investment over 10 years. When the Singapore investors did not … [Read more...]
Year of the Rooster Property Strategies
On January 15, over 80 attended the 2017 Singapore Property Strategies and Opportunities in Auctions education seminar organized by Property Club Singapore. My presentation topic was 'Year of the Rooster Property Strategies for Buyers and Investors' that covered the following points: - What are the likely scenarios? - Is the market slowing down or bottoming out? - What … [Read more...]
Important rules to find good bargains at auctions
Auction sale of properties are on the rise in a lackluster market plagued by slow rental and high vacancy. With a worsening economy, both auction properties and mortgagee sales are expected to flourish in 2017. A mortgagee sale happens when the owner of the property defaults on mortgage payment. The mortgage bank then steps in to repossess the property and put it up at … [Read more...]
The double-edged sword of foreign property investment
I was invited to speak at the Australia Property Show organized by PropertyGuru at Regent Singapore on November 27, 2016. I have uploaded below the slides from my presentation 'The Double-Edged Sword of Foreign Property Investment'. Feel free to browse them and share with me your thoughts. The Double-Edged Sword of Foreign Property Investment from propertyclubsg … [Read more...]
Dealing with 4 types of tenants from hell
What’s the biggest headache of first time landlords? Slow economy? Soft market? Sibor rise? Bad agent? No tenant? Try again. If you had been a landlord before, you would agree with me that no tenant is still better than bad tenants. As the saying goes, being single is far better than being stuck in a bad relationship. Another tenant from hell Last month I … [Read more...]