Dear helpless investor, I am writing to check in on you. It has been a roller coaster week. Are you still intact despite all the ups and downs? You must have been through a lot. Suddenly, you woke up to a disastrous free fall in the stock market. The next day there was a historic rebound. Then the following day another market plunge wiped out the gains. As retail … [Read more...]
The 7 kinds of property investor animals
I totally enjoy the new property workshop on Finding and Managing Residential Rental Properties held last Sunday at the National Library. The participants were seated in cluster groups to facilitate interactions and discussions. We started by introducing ourselves to everyone and identified our property investing style with different animals. In general, there are seven … [Read more...]
Why you need to be contrarians in property investment
In the preface of No B.S. Guide to Property Investment, I mentioned the reason why I wrote the book. I bought my first few properties in the early and mid-2000s during the economic downturn. Back then, there was not much public interest or media coverage of properties. I couldn’t find any good book on buying properties in Singapore. I thought it would be useful if I could … [Read more...]
Is IQ important for a successful property investor?
Did you ever have the experience that someone in the audience gives you a “you think you are so smart” look when you are elaborating your point of view? For me, this happens often during my presentation or at the Q&A session, in an industry talk or at my own event. But that doesn’t bother me at all. Because I know that I am really not so smart. In primary school, my … [Read more...]
How to tell savvy investors from average ones?
Eating out in Orchard on a Saturday evening, we just placed our order when my husband noticed something special about the restaurant. “The owner of this place did hire pretty waitresses around.” “Pretty? Where?” “See the one over there near the counter.” I looked in his direction and saw a voluptuous figure at the far end of the restaurant. “That one really looks … [Read more...]