Price and Leverage

samer.helmy@gmail.com — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Many investors are not exactly aware of the fact that there is a ballistic trajectory to the potential return of property in relation to its price.

Rental return in general tends to improve in the beginning phases as the really cheap ones either have no facilities or comfort and mostly fetch peanuts for rent, or old and tired and cost a lot in service charges and maintenance in relation to its rent to produce a healthy final rental yield (this is a really rough curve, so don' [...]

Big Mistake Property Investors Make

samer.helmy@gmail.com — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Some people can jump in the property game, buy an apartment, rent it out to the first viewer, and then says: “HEY! This stuff is easy, how come not everyone is doing it.

It is true. Property investment is quite an easy process to get into, and many starters even with the least amount of homework can land a decent piece of property and generate both rental return as well as a healthy book value increase over the following few years.

Petronas, Petronas, Find Me a Match.

samer.helmy@gmail.com — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Can you see the Petronas twin towers from here?" The look of disappointment comes on the faces when the agent shakes their head in negation. That question is not really asked by an eager prospect expat tenant, it's asked by eager Malaysian investors who have it in the back of their heads that this is the view that people wants.

Blog Entries for Samer Helmy

Price and Leverage

Big Mistake Property Investors Make

Petronas, Petronas, Find Me a Match.