Cashflow, Appreciation, Principal Paydown, Inflation Eroded Debt Repayment
Real Estate

Are net rental income and appreciation the only way to make money from rental properties? Not really. You might be missing out on great deals if you can only evaluate deals base on just these 2 ways. Every time you buy real estate as a rental property, there are actually

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Eviction, bad tenants, bad management, property manager
Real Estate

In our previous post, we explored the viability of overseas property investments, and in particular, we shared some of the pros of investing in USA rental properties. But what if your overseas property investment is unable to be rented out for many months? Or if something goes wrong, tenants complain,

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USA, Cashflowing, Rentals
Real Estate

Properties has always been popular investments, especially locally in Singapore. But it is becoming more and more unaffordable to invest in Singapore, after many rounds of cooling measures. Although it does shows that Singapore has strong appreciation, it also shows that whenever the market gets hot, the government has very

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Crash, Recession, Depression, Financial, Stocks, Shares
AnalysisNews

Inflation, War, Market Crashes! Financial Assets such as stocks and crypto-currency have seen massive loss of valuations. Even commodities and gold, which are usually negatively correlated, were not spared! Are we heading towards a long and deep recession? We all know that the economy moves in cycles, sometimes predictably, sometimes

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BRRRR, Buy, Renovate, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat
Real Estate

Infinite ROI (or Infinite Return) – an elusive phrase that almost sounds like a scam. But many has done it before, where they manage to get their investment to generate returns even after taking out their initial investment. An example would be when you invest $1,000 in a particular stock

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CPF SA, CPF LIFE, ERS, FRS, BRS
AnalysisMoney Management

In this short article, we will share 1 method you can do from now till age 55 in order to maximise your CPF. We will then share what you can do from 55-65 years old to maximise your retirement nest. We provided some numbers to substantiate our beliefs. Here’s 2

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CPF Life1 360x424 - Your Bite-Sized Guide to CPF LIFE
Money Management

In our bite-sized guide to CPF LIFE, we will introduce what CPF LIFE is about. In the following article, we will share how you can maximise it to your advantage. So what is CPF LIFE? The LIFE in CPF LIFE stands for Lifelong Income For the Elderly. It works like

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Vicom, SETSCO, Inspection, Car
AnalysisStocks

Byte Sized News Release: Vicom Ltd’s Q2 profit down 8.3% to S$6.07m Vicom Ltd has recently released its 2nd quarter’s financial statement on 7 August 2017. Revenue was down to S$24.1 million (S$25.4 million in 2Q 2016), translating to a 5.2% decline. Net profit dropped 8.3% year-on-year to S$6.1 million. Its

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MTR, Hong Kong, Transport, Rail, Metro, trains
AnalysisStocks

In our previous blog post, we shared that MTR Corp is the world’s most profitable metro/railway operator in the world and spoke about the revenue and recurrent business profit growth. We also shared broadly on its business segments, mainly Hong Kong’s Transport Operations, Hong Kong’s Property and its International Operations.

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First REIT, Siloam Hospitals Buton, acquisition, Lippo Plaza Buton, DPU
News

Byte Sized News: First REIT Strengthens Portfolio With Acquisition In Strategically-Located Port City On Buton Island, Indonesia On 20 July 2017, the manager of First REIT announced that First REIT would be acquiring Siloam Hospitals Buton (SHBN) and a mall, Lippo Plaza Buton (LPB) for a combined S$28.5 million (subjected

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