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The Top Five Lessons of the Year 2012
There are usually three preoccupations people get busy with as a new year starts to roll: New Year’s Resolutions, New Year predictions or recapitulations of important events/thoughts of year just past. Continue reading
Posted in Impossible Earnings, Insurance, Real Estate Investment, Stock Market
Tagged " Influence of Herds, "The Art of Speculation", Aman Futures scam, Bull-Bear Connection in Boxing, impossible earnings, Influence of Authority, Philip Carret, small losses turning into big, The Black Swan Manny Pacquiao, Variable Universal Life or VUL
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The Horrendous Risks of Investing in Condo Units
In the thick of the building boom that is going on right now especially in Metro Manila, quite a number of OFWs have been enticed into and are considering to invest in condominium units.
I have had a quite a number of inquiries from friends and from readers in this blog on the wisdom of investing in condo units.
The Scare of the Blue Moon and the Risk You Are Not Prepared to Face
The night was supposed to be a romantic moonlit evening which one could easily connect with the popular song “Blue Moon,” sang by Elvis Presley or by Andy Williams or by a host of other famous singing boys of old.
It was a cloudy evening, a bit not conducive for those who wanted a clear view of the so-called Blue Moon, or the second full moon of the month. Some had a night out, fired up by romantic desires, to explore whatever possibilities the night had to offer.
Many had the shock of their lives.
Posted in Doomsday Scenarios, Real Estate Investment
Tagged " Earthquake Impact Reduction Study for Metro Manila Philippines, "The Risk You Are Not Prepared to Take, 7.6 magnitude earthquake, Andy Williams, Blue Moon, Elvis Presley, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Marikina fault line, tsunami alert
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The Risk You Are Not Prepared to Take
“In this type of investment, you face far more risks than you may be prepared to take.”
That is a key point in a previous post entitled, “Should You or Should You Not Invest in a Condo Unit”.
Well, that line is actually very much “loaded”. Deep inside I wanted to include in the discussion a deeper risk.
But I held back, fearing that readers may get the impression that I am unnecessarily scaring them. Or that those who have already invested in condominium units will feel bad, and might even curse me for scaring the hell out of them.
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Tagged " tsunami in northern Japan, " West Valley Fault, "blind fault", "Metro Manila Earthquake Impact Reduction Study, "Should You or Should You Not Invest in a Condo Unit, 6.9 magnitude earthquake, Dr. Norman Tungol, Earthquake Impact Reduction Study for Metro Manila, Geology Geophysics Reasearch and Development Division (GGRDD), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Marikina fault line, Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Pacific "ring of fire", Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
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The Investment Advantages of Owning a Home
After our last post about investing in condo units, it looks proper and fitting to discuss about owning a home and how this impacts our investing activities.
Should You or Should You Not Invest in a Condo Unit
Several months ago, a reader on this blog asked me whether investing in a condominium unit is good investment? I immediately sensed a good topic for a post but somehow, it has been in the back burner for months Continue reading