In this interview by Josh Tan of TheAstuteParent, I will answer your property questions pertaining to the topics below: - Pandemic property craze - Property market data - Why homebuyers make mistakes - Market opportunities - Proximity to MRT - Commercial properties - Shoebox units - The rental market - About tenants You can now watch the podcast below. The video … [Read more...]
How to spot property gems and make them shine
Forget about what marketers bluff about hidden gems in the property market. We can never be too good doing anything for the first time, especially when it comes to investment. With lack of knowledge and experience, we can have all the money in the world, but still end up buying a lousy property which turns out to be an underperformer in both value appreciation and rental … [Read more...]
Podcast Episode #8: Which Nationalities Are The Best/Worst Tenants?
Which nationalities are the best or the worst tenants? Being a landlord since 2002, and through chatting with fellow owners, I have my fair share of tenant stories. Let me clarify that this is not meant to be a racist podcast that stereotypes tenants in Singapore. It is not about stereotypes. It is about believing in somebody who will pay his rent on time, keep the … [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...]
Is No Indian No PRC rental discrimination?
Right after settling a social media boo-boo created by an Aussie employee, 99.co's CEO Darius Cheung was quick to divert the media's attention to another sensitive topic - the alleged discrimination of Singapore landlords on Indians and PRC tenants. Telling his story in a blog post, Darius shared how they had been rejected by 20 percent of the landlords just because his wife … [Read more...]