The 4 Ps of Selling A Home

What is the best way to sell a home?
This was the question of Jane to me, sent via e-mail. Jane is a real estate agent, and she is asking for my advice or tips on the effective ways to sell a house.
Generally, there are four basic reasons why any house for sale will sell or [...]

Invest In Real Estate As A Landlord And Make Money

After my childhood friend Fred was laid-off from his work two years ago, I advised him to use his separation pay benefits from his employer to invest in real estate, by being a landlord.
Though his real estate investment did not make him rich overnight, it made life for him and his family comfortable.
Presently, Fred has [...]

Why Real Estate Is A Good Investment For Us Now And For Our Children?

Real estate has always been a good investment.
But it is likewise a better investment for the children, to bequeath to them some properties so that when they grow up, they have a reserve especially when the going gets tough on them.
Real estate refers to the totality of the assets owned by a person which include [...]

Renting Your Property? Here’s How To Find Good Tenants

As a realtor, I sometimes receive request from my clients who want to lease their properties to help find tenants for them.
Recently one of my clients, Anne, came to my office, distraught. She told me that her tenants, a family of 5 who had been leasing her second house, was delayed in the payment of [...]

Buying A New House? Wait! Know First Its Disadvantages

My friend Liza bought a new house and lot a month ago, but this early she has already encountered some problems which she did not anticipate when she bought the property.
Liza has found out that there were some cracks appearing in the walls of her bedroom, and also cracks in the floor of the kitchen.  [...]

The New Real Estate Service Law: Professionalizing The Real Estate Practitioners

The Philippines has a new law known as the “Real Estate Service Act of the Philippines”, which was took effect on July 29, 2009.
What is the main reason why the Philippines has enacted a new law? The reason is that the government wants to regulate the practice of real estate service in the Philippines.
Under the [...]

Demand For Houses By Call Center Employees and OFWs A Boon To Real Estate Industry

The real estate sector in the Philippines is being driven by the Overseas Filipino Workers and business process outsourcing companies’ employees wanting to put up their “dream homes”, according to a noted real estate developer Reghis Romero, as reported in the Visayan Daily Star newspaper recently.
Romero, who was in Bacolod City a few days ago, [...]

Oasis, A Home Where Your Heart Is.

The Oasis Subdivision. Oasis subdivision is a first class residential subdivision located in Bacolod City, Philippines, a home where your heart is.
Bacolod City is the sugar capital of the Philippines, a highly urbanized city of 500,000 people, and has been adjudged as the most business friendly city and the best place to live in the [...]

How To Qualify As A Real Estate Broker

A reader named Martha sent me an e-mail, asking: “Who are qualified to be a licensed real estate broker?” Martha said she wants to be one because she likes to deal in real estate and make it her profession.
Actually any person in the Philippines can become a licensed real estate broker as long as he/she [...]

Beware of Con Artists Who Pose As Buyers of Real Estate

John, new real estate agent who sells subdivision lots, had a sad story to tell when he came to our office last week.
He accompanied a supposed couple to a subdivision because the couple told John they wanted to buy a lot to build their house on it, since they are starting a family.
The sale did [...]

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