marten hilberts wrote:

rebecca22 wrote:
"……….where I can just repay the private money lender with 12% interest upon the sale of a rehabbed house……"if you can get investors to do a deal like this please let me know. i can only share my experience with private lending. yes it is fantastic (the people i deal with h…[Read more]

rebecca22 wrote:
"……….where I can just repay the private money lender with 12% interest upon the sale of a rehabbed house……"if you can get investors to do a deal like this please let me know. i can only share my experience with private lending. yes it is fantastic (the people i deal with have the cash, want t…[Read more]

1. My email is kenkoh2000@hotmail.com. My TEL/FAX is 08-95925108 and my Australia mobile is 0418758123.

2. Please contact me to further discuss your present situation. We might be able to work out some options of mutual interests to ourselves in due course.

3. Thank…[Read more]

1. As in investing in any apartment development projects in Singapore, the priority of making monies in this case, is the Singapore Govt, followed by the Developer , then the Marketing Agents and finally the Investors, who is actually bearing the bulkk of the risks for a small profit.

2. I heard what you said. Howver, I still…[Read more]

Mei

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Dear Meilin,

1. Interesting…Where exactly is your cousin’s flat in Hougang? Is it an executive-condo unit? How accurate is her feedback…[Read more]

Did you see the article in yesterday’s business Times?

Sentosa Cove land up 65%. Those who bought their land at 3mill will be laughing – now worth 5mill.

Mei

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Dear Mei,

No… Congratulations and good for you then.

Cheers,
Kenneth KOH

The govt has recently changed the deposit structure from 20% down to 10%. And of this 10% you can use 5% from your CPF and 5% cash.

Mei

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Dear Meilin08,

1. Are you also saying then that Singapore banks will lend the investors upto 90% LVR loan for the property purchase?…[Read more]

but just remember seven yrs down the track when you.re eying off the pretty young secretary, ‘hell hath no fury like a woman scorned’.
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Dear Milly,

1. Oops, are you saying that the husband has not grown up to be able to appreciate his own wife’s inner beauty then, after 7…[Read more]

You can be the most hardworking, attentive, helpful wonderful husband in the world and you come home one day to an empty house and a letter explaining that wifey has left, been swept off her feet by some wicked libertine she met at the gym. ”

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Dear Milly

1. How can the husband be…[Read more]

Sorry but I have seen unhappy families where it is pointless for the parents to be together, but the remain “for the sake of the kids.”
So what do u want to see – 1) A marriage that might have screaming fights and or physical violence, which teaches kids it’s okay to be abusive? or 2) seperate with less…[Read more]

Also I see pre nups as more of a plan of what happens if… rather than this is your share, that is my share.

Hellman

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Dear Hellman,

1. Would you not agree that in your thinking you have allowed this possibility that your future marriage will break down through planning the pre…[Read more]

anyway im not cynical or bitter. I had a wonderful marriage to wonderful man but I cant help looking about and learning from the experiences of others. I’m a realist….not a cynic.

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Dear Milly,

1. Have you truly wonder why does your marriage works while others do not?

2.…[Read more]

You can be the most hardworking, attentive, helpful wonderful husband in the world and you come home one day to an empty house and a letter explaining that wifey has left, been swept off her feet by some wicked libertine she met at the gym.

Are you saying you would continue to love yr wife in such a circumstance?…[Read more]

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Dear Milly,

1. Why?

2. If neccessary, we will agree to disagree then.

3. Thank you.

regards,
Kenneth KOH

Hey, Life is like a business.

Simmi

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Dear Simmi,

1. How sad if this is indeed what you presently and truly believe. Are you also further suggesting here that we should live our lives likewise?

2. As human beings, let us think and live as one intrinsically and unselfishly to make a…[Read more]

Look, I still stand by what I said, and:
If you HAVE to get married, go in it with 100% of what you have.

If things do not work out, the worst thing that will happen is that there will automatically be a 50/50 split…
Is that so bad?
You win some, you lose some.

Celivia

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Dear…[Read more]

You walked away with everything then…

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Dear Dazzling,

How can that be? With a broken marriage, a broken relationship and without a wife or/and with hurts and pains all over for all parties concerned and with…[Read more]

As an ex lawyer (I am now a fulltime Mum) I will give you the best advice you will get on this subject.

Go and see a lawyer who specialises in Family Law. Don’t listen to people who tell you about the situation of a friend of a friend. It is a messy area that is open to interpretation.

Good luck. I…[Read more]

The fact that they wouldn’t trust me would either mean that they don’t know me…[Read more]

And my personal thoughts….. Two words might scare the pants off any property investor in the next few months. (BIG end excluded).

BIRD FLU !!!!!

All the best. Imac.[blink]
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Dear IMAC,

1. Why?

2. Are you starting to feel terrified by it now yourself as an…[Read more]

a semiD landed property either in Katong or Changi area.

Cheers,
Kenneth KOH

Still don’t agree that all wrappers or lease optioners are bad, and and its unfair that all are labelled the same way by jenman, but I agree public awareness should be made of cases that have gone wrong!

We buy properties in Adelaide. Immediate Cash Settlements, No Agent…[Read more]

We are judged by how we look and what we say, so how and what does where you live say.

What can you do to add value to where you live, give a better impression and cost next to nothing.

resiwealth[worried]

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Dear Resiwealth,

1. I refer to the a/m quote in your post.

2. Why…[Read more]

The strategy of the group and its members is embarking on a new path within the realestate and development industry, that is more laterial than main stream projects.

The returns on developers projects…[Read more]

They are basically property developers, mainly focused on southeast Qld and Perth. They were only incorporated in their current guise a few years ago. They charge at market rates, plus a 3% commission for doing it all for you.

They basically adopt a buy & hold strategy,…[Read more]

1. It’s interesting thread with very interesting replies to date.

2. Many members seem to just need a car to travel around while a few “select” members chose to have near-new cars to enjoy.

3. I am indeed pleasantly surprised that no member has come forward to say that they own or personally desire expensive toys, similar to red…[Read more]

I don’t have much to say except that I was listening to one of the most famous RE apartment sellers in the World, Donald Trump, when he said something that I could relate back here.

He basically said that luxury apartments are a specialised market that can have…[Read more]

very valid comment.

Life’s little surprises are always around the corner and these ******** have a habit of coming and biting you when you have spent your last cent.

For my current Project [upmarket T/House in Melb Inner City Suburb]I have paid off…[Read more]

That’s…[Read more]

As an executive producer I can so relate to that!
problem plus solution equals profit.

So there was a day about a year ago…[Read more]

I have been developing for a long time as well and have seen the best of them get wiped out from bad luck and bad timing, more so than their own mistakes.

A mate of mine lost 35 million because the market changed fro no fault of his own.

I went through 19.33%…[Read more]

1. What’s your present views and take on this subject? Care to share with us openly in this forum?

2. Thanks.

regards,
Kenneth KOH

Alot of foreigners investing in the Sentosa Cove Development.

Ken – Saw the article today in the paper. I know of investors making huge money on their onsales at condos on sentosa and the sail at marina bay. Not sure about 50% though.

See ya, Mei

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Dear Mei,

1.…[Read more]

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Dear Sam027,

1. What do you mean here? Care to clarify further.

2. Thanks.

regards,
Kenneth KOH

1. Welcome to our property investing forum at propertyinvesting.com.

2. Have you also visited the Jan Somer’s Property Forum site at http://www.somersoft.com.au/forum.

3. What are your present investing goals and investing budget like? Whereabouts in Perth will you be looking at investing into in the near future?

4. Looking forward…[Read more]

1. My ability to invest in Australia would be slowed down if the negative gearing tax benefits is removed.

2. Will this happen in the near future? Quite unlikely, I think;- in view of what has happened in the past.

3. Furthermore, I do not think that the Australian Govt wants to singly shoulder the responsibility of providing…[Read more]

4. It is NOT A CLUB. They are a business which makes money. But if it didn’t make money then it wouldn’t be around. At least with the Investors Club they are there to help you, and guide you. But they do make money from every property they sell. They make their money from the commission of the sale of the property.…[Read more]

Thank you for further sharing your thoughts and experiences with us.

I am much indebted for your education.

Thank you.

regards,
Kenneth KOH

Thank you for sharing your experiences with us in this forum.

I am also looking forward to hearing/learning from Meilin08’s differing views too.

Thank you.

regards,
Kenneth KOH

But in saying that, I have a couple of agents looking out the CF+ for me. When they pop up I am happy to do the necesary DD and I’ll be happy to invest if the fundementals are right.
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Dear Baloo,

1. Can I humbly ask what exactly od you mean when you said that the…[Read more]

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Dear Baloo,

I agree with your views.

Thank you.

regards,
Kenneth KOH

There is a glut of apartments on the market and it’s most definitely a renters market. Landlords are desperate to get people in and during our last apartment search, 4 months ago, we had prices tumbling 30% from their advertised prices, and these are apartments we looked at because we felt they were realistic prices…[Read more]

1. I consider the following people as my defacto “mentors” for property investing in the Australian residential estate
(though they may not neccessarily agree that I am their mentee):

a. Jan Somers.
b. John FritzGerald.
c. Rory O Rourke
d. Olly Newman

2. Other people whom I look up to and enjoy learning from include the…[Read more]

Districts 9 10 and 11 are in Orchard, Tanglin
Holland and River Valley. Very expensive areas.

Good idea investing your rental allowance into property.

I think condo’s around the 2 future casinos will do well. The Carribean/ The Berth/ The Sail at Marina Bay.

We bought into The Berth.

Websites to…[Read more]

1. I have subscribed to CWB and read John FritzGerald’s book, “7 Steps to Wealth”.

2. I find that what John FritzGerald shared in his book and seminar to be both informative and educational, and I am using some of his ideas to develop/adapt for my own property investing strategies. I do find that they work in my case.

3. I have not…[Read more]