Here’s the details of the property:

Land Area:      1,110 Square Meters

House Type:    3-storey house with roof deck overlooking the sea and Panay island

Bedrooms:       4 bedrooms including basement serving as Servant’s Quarters

Toilet & Bath: 2

Location:         Brgy. Manoc-manoc, in front of the Cagban Jetty Port, which is Boracay’s main

entry and exit point from Caticlan jetty port on Panay island, Philippines.

Selling Price: Php 22,522,522.00

Location: Boracay, Philippines

Facts About Boracay *

Boracay is a tropical island in the Philippines located approximately 315 kilometers south of Manila and 2 kilometer off the northwest tip of the island of Panay in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines.

In 1990, Boracay was voted by the BMW Tropical Beach Handbook as one of the best beaches in the world.

In 1996 Boracay was voted by British publication TV Quick as the world’s number one tropical beach.

In 2007, Boracay topped the list of the World’s Most Popular Beach, according to Yahoo! Travel.

Location of the House

The house is just along Boracay’s main road with long frontage and yard, and is very private and quiet. The main road is a vehicular road which runs the length of the island.

The house is within the vicinity of the Cagban Jetty Port, which serves as Boracay’s main entry and exit point.

The house is just one ride going to the White Beach, which is the main tourism beach. It is about four kilometers long and is lined with resorts, hotels, lodging houses, restaurants, and other tourism-related businesses.

For more information, contact the site owner-realtor in the Contact or e-mail at realtordaylen@gmail.com

Please see the pictures of the house in a slideshow below.

Market analysis is a method for analyzing your target buyers’ preferences, especially on how much they are willing to pay for your property.

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To do this, you review the market for your property, e.g. who are your potential buyers, the prices of houses being sold in the market, and the number of houses up for sale.

In doing a market analysis, you hope to have a clear data about the market conditions, the willingness of buyers to buy your home at a given price versus the prices of other homes, the neighborhood, conditions of the property (age of the home and maintenance) and the features (no. of rooms, toilet and bath, floor area, land area).

Specifically, in market analysis, you do the following to come up with a basic data to price your property fairly, with the right buyers in mind:

Compare home designs, e.g. your home vs. other homes for sale.

Compare size of home, e.g.  floor area and lot area vs. that of the other houses for sale.

Compare the selling price, e.g. price of your home vs. that of other houses in the neighborhood or locality.

Doing a market analysis will guide you to set the price of your house fairly and sell it to the right buyers faster.

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The reason is obvious. Returns on investment on homes are guaranteed because the property always appreciates or increase in value every year due to a growing population.  The more population there are, the more is the demand for homes.

If you want to invest in homes as real estate, here’s the three money making strategies, which I have presented in short and simple manner.

1. Buy, Fix and Sell for a Profit

This strategy involves buying a home, fix or renovate it, and then sell it for a profit.

2. Buy and Rent the Property

This strategy involves buying a home, renovate it, and then lease it to tenants. You earn a monthly rent which after a certain period you can already recoup your investment while still owning the property.

3. Buy cheap foreclosed property and sell dear

This strategy involves buying a foreclosed home for a cheaper price, renovate, and then sell based on the fair market value, for a profit.

Or you can fix the property and have it rented out. Either ways, you make money

Just like in any other business, in real estate investments too, there are intricacies that are personal to it, and can cause negative impacts when ignored.

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Many first time real estate investors make the mistake of investing hard earned money without a proper understanding. This induces a greater risk for their investments. There is a need in real estate investing to protect your assets.

Avoiding The Errors
The question to ask yourself, depend on why you are investing in a particular property. Do you intend to hold it for a long period, or do you intend to turn it around for selling at the earliest possible time? Let us look at some of the errors that certain investors make, which you need to avoid, in order, to protect your assets. This will ensure excellent returns on your investments.

Check The Property

Do not get sucked into the excitement of investing in a real estate property. There are rampant claims of high return on investment in the real estate business. Check the condition of the property, and how many modifications and renovations will be required. Ensure you have the rightreal estate agent, who will not overlook all the seemingly insignificant, but important details.

Inspect Thoroughly
Have a professional inspector thoroughly check the property. You need to exercise sound business judgment, as you are going to invest your hard earnedmoney. If it is a rental property, check with the tenants regarding pest problems, structural damage, or any reoccurring problems.

Check All Documents
The documents involved in a property can be overwhelming. These documents include building permits, zoning laws, rental and lease applications, underlying loan documents, CC&Rs (covenants, conditions and restrictions), by-laws, title policies, inspection reports, purchase contracts, and insurance. The list can seem never ending.

Cash Flow
If your real estate investing is in a rental property, you should intend to hold on to the property for a longer period, as long as 15 to 20 years.

You will need to ensure cash flow to take care of your property. This includes paying for the property’s maintenance, repairs, and improvements. There will be times when your rental property will be vacant and not earning you a rental. You still need to have cash for the upkeep of your property.

Short Duration Investing
If you plan to invest in a real estate property for a shorter duration, you may not feel the need to invest heavily on improvements. Sometimes, short duration investing can be risky, as the property may lose in value. Generally, property prices appreciate over longer periods.

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What is Feng Shui?

Wikipedia says Feng shui is an ancient Chinese system of aesthetics believed to use the laws of both Heaven (astronomy) and Earth (geography) to help a person improve life by receiving positive qi or energy flow.

The term feng shui literally translates as “wind-water” in English. It is deeply rooted in connection to nature, a philosophy that supports living in awareness and harmony with our surroundings.

How do you increase the value of your home and attain harmony?  According to Free Articles, here’s the tips:
Tip 1 : Main Entrance

The main door is like the mouth for the house. It is the gateway between the world and the privacy of the home and air currents literally enter and exit at this point.

The positioning of a main door can determine the fortune or misfortune of the occupants. Therefore you must keep the entrance clear of any clutter to allow the energies to flow freely.

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Make sure there is nothing in direct alignment with the door such as a tree or telegraph pole. To remedy this place a Bagua mirror over the door so it is reflecting the Sha Qi.
Avoid facing a dark, pokey room, an interior staircase, mirror, stove, sink, fireplace, the door of a toilet, laundry, bathroom or bedroom. To remedy this keep the doors closed or place a screen between the doors.

Tip 2 : Bedrooms

Bedrooms should be sacred spaces where an adult or child can retreat and regenerate. Most people spent roughly one third of their lives in their bedroom, so maintaining balance and serenity in this area is essential.

Tip 3 : Kitchen

In any case, it’s better if you don’t see the kitchen immediately upon entering the house, as this can portend digestive, nutritional, and eating problems. Having the kitchen at the entry point can also mean that guests will come over and eat and then leave immediately, and such a placement can also encourage the inhabitants to eat all the time.

Tip 4 : Windows

A house should have sufficient windows. Windows are in very important to allow sufficient light or pleasant views into the room.

Tip 5 : Dining & Living Room

Whenever possible the dining room should be separate from the living room. It is a social area for family members, thus it better to have as big as possible.

Summary

Hopefully, by using the above tips, you can increase the value of your home and, more importantly, live in harmony therein.

In my study of the fascinating Chinese astrology, here’s my predictions of what the Year of the white Tiger will bring us.

In REAL ESTATE, the year 2010 will see the increase in demand for houses because of growing population. In the urban centers, preferences are condos and apartments, while in the rural areas, low-cost housing and socialized housing will boom.

In BUSINESS, the year 2010 will bring economic activities, investments, and jobs. It will also see the emergence of new leaders in business, industry and even in politics. If you are hardworking and go into business, the year will yield rich dividends.

In LOVE, the year 2010 is ideal as love will reign supreme. If you express love and love finds you worthy, you will be lucky. This is because according to the 2010 Chinese horoscope and Chinese lunar calendar for the year of the Tiger, the 2010 Chinese New Year falls on February 14!. In fact, the upcoming year of White (Metal) Tiger begins on February 14, 2010.

In FAMILY, the year 2010 will be good, as loyalty and love prevail. Family relationships will be more stable, and life will be favorable in the family. If you are reading zoology, the tiger is an animal that likes to live in a large family, very gentle but protective.

In sum, the coming new Year of the Tiger is very exciting and challenging, a time of positive changes in every facets of our life.

Hence, whatever your plans are, in the year of the Tiger, live your life to the fullest, love much, and laugh often. The rest is up to you.

Happy New Year 2010!

As we start 2010, I am sharing with you food for thought for the New Year, as follows:

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.  ~Benjamin Franklin

No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference.  It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left.  It is the nativity of our common Adam.  ~Charles Lamb

Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.  ~Hal Borland

New Year’s eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights.  ~Hamilton Wright Mabie

The Old Year has gone.  Let the dead past bury its own dead.  The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time.  All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!  ~Edward Payson Powell

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.  ~Oprah Winfrey

Again, Happy New Year everyone!

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In reality, there’s more to it than just having to find properties, good networks and contacts.  Some investors who have the experience in real estate business lose their money on it. Others  just break-even.

So, how to make money and be a success in real estate business? The secret is marketing. Yes, marketing is the key.  In real estate business the important thing is how to find sellers and buyers. And to do so there is a need to use marketing – marketing strategies and tactics, just like in any business.

How to implement marketing strategies and tactics in real estate business? Here’s how:

1. Advertise your properties for sale and to attract your target customers

2  Promote yourself or your real estate firm to create awareness and brand

3. Set the right price for the properties and inform the customers

Where will you promote your property listing or firm?

You can do so by using the following medium/media:

1. Internet

2 Television

3. Radio

4. Newspapers through classified ads section

5. Word of mouth

The objective of using marketing in your real estate is to reach out to many potential sellers and buyers, especially to your target market, thus generating more property listings, more sales, income and profit.

Without marketing, there is no business, real estate business included.

Stripped of commercialism and all the hype that business and marketing have put on Christmas to make money, it is full of religious significance.

For Christmas is a momentous and important time of worship, of celebration, the most significant time in history where a holy child was born in a manger, and whose life changed the course of history forever.

The essence of Christmas is hope, peace, joy, love and kindness. Indeed, Christmas is a precious gift that lifts our weary spirit from the humdrum of everyday living, from the monotony of our existence, giving us joy, peace and hope for tomorrow.

More importantly, Christmas is the time of the year that reminds us of our significance, of life’s essential things, and meaning.

It is in this spirit that I wish you “Merry Christmas”

They believe, and rightly so, that real estate practitioners, especially a real estate agent or a realtor, can help them sell or buy a property faster than when they do it by themselves.

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Is A Real Estate Agent the same as A Realtor?

In the eyes of the public, “real estate agent” and “realtor” are the same and used interchangeably. However, there’s a great difference between the two.

Before the passage of the law, the Real Estate Service Act of the Philippines on July 29, 2009, a real estate agent is a salesperson licensed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) upon the recommendation of his/her real estate broker. The real estate agent is given permission to represent the broker in the buying and selling of real estate properties.

A realtor is a licensed real estate broker.  In the Philippines, the right to use the emblem and the term REALTOR® is exclusive to the licensed real estate brokers who are regular members of a realty board duly affiliated with the Philippine Association of Realtors® Boards (PAREB), Inc.

Therefore, not all licensed real estate brokers are realtors, but all realtors are licensed real estate brokers.
Is A Realtor Better Than Real Estate Agent or Vice-Versa?

There is no comparison between the two.  Realtors, as licensed real estate brokers, have lots of success in helping their clients, while some Agents struggle to satisfy their clients.

However,  many people in buying or selling their properties prefer Realtors because they must comply with a Code of Ethics being licensed professionals  and the standard set by PAREB, which in part gives the client some additional assurance of ethical conduct.