DCINH Real Estate Blog

(1) Why should I invest in real estate?

Because in a politically and economically steady country, real estate is always the best investment in one’s life in a long run, on top of the comfort of living in your own house.

(2) Why should I buy properties as investments?

Again, it is like owning blue chips stocks, in a long run, investment and commercial properties give secure good return.

(3) Should I not use the money to buy stock rather than properties ? I get my money back much quicker ?

This is why real estate is usually a long-term investment. Quicker return also means higher risk.

(4) Do I pay capital gain tax on the house (property) I live in if I make a profit when selling ?

In the United States, you do.

In Canada, you do NOT.

(5) Does it mean that I am better off in Canada when it comes to selling my house ?

Not necessarily. The mortgage interest that you can deduct from your income tax in the United States CANNOT be deducted in Canada.

(6) I am a first time home buyer. Is there any program that might benefit me?

Yes. Depends on whether you live in the United States, or in Canada. And also it depends on which state or province you are in, there are government incentives to help first time home buyers. Check with the realtor that you are working with. Or look under Government Regulatory Agencies in this website.

(7) What is a good area (neighborhood) to move to?

A good area usually costs more. It certainly depends on what price range you can afford. However, understand from the realtor you work with, look for good value property (area). Future government zoning change nearby might give a neighborhood great appreciation in the near future, ie. Government newly-approved mall nearby, or new freeway (highway) planned.

(8) How do I know if a neighborhood is good or bad ?

Go to a local police station and find out. Ask them the crime rate statistics to compare with other neighborhood.

(9) Education is important to me as a parent. How do I know if the school in the area is good ?

Look under school boards and other similar organizations from the internet or library. See how that school and teachers were ranked. See if any awards were won in the past.

(10) Should I pay down my mortgage when I have extra money?

It depends on where you live.

(a) If you live in the United States, it might not be a good idea, because mortgage interest is deductible from annual income. That means you pay less income tax for the year.

(b) If you live in Canada, mortgage interest is NOT tax deductible. So, you should use the extra money to pay down your mortgage principle.

(11) Between stocks and properties, which one has higher risk?

The value of stock can go down to zero. For properties, especially houses, in a difficult situation, you can always rent it out to tenants, in order to have income.

By: Alec Leung

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When we talk of Singapore the first thing that strike in mind is the property in Singapore. Especially the Singapore real estate property is in great demand. Buying and selling of Singapore property involves the renting of property which is done in very urgency cases. The main urgency is for one who had just arrived in Singapore and is new in the country and needs a place to live in as early as possible.

Role of realtor in property renting in Singapore: -

1. A realtor can help in finding the property in Singapore as early as possible. Since these realtors know the process of property renting and also have contacts with the real estate’s agents of Singapore. So they can help you by keeping your interest throughout the transaction of the property.
2. Since renting of property is very tedious job so it is better to stick with only one agent at time than contacting others. Since all the agents are accessing the same database so it might be the probability that you can be shown the same property twice.
3. Also choose a rental agent in such a way that he acts as a legal advisor in all your property deals. He must make you aware of signing a wrong property deal that can prove to be harmful later on.

Since most of the property is under the control of landlords in Singapore who are really cunning then you must think 100 times before dealing with them in case if property rent.

After the recent break in into our house, I feel like I have to focus my attention to different activity to forget the trauma that the burglar brought to me. But I’m very thankful that nothing happens to me and to my 2 house mate. I might apply for a job at a Recruitment Advertising Agency to help me find the job I’m looking for.Recruitment Advertising Agency really helps an individual to have the right job for them.

I’ve already consulted my sister on this career change and she told me that it’s fine and it’s the best option I have right now. My father even told me that I’ve made a good decision, although real estate industry has been so good to me in the last 2 years, I think it’s better if I should change career first and explore things that I haven’t done yet. I’ll update you on these one in my next blog post.

Our company recently added audio visual room to be used on our weekly meeting. I think it’s a good move that we now have a place where we could discuss things around the company. We recently acquired audio visual installers from ivci.com and we’re happy what we got from them. They offer the state-of-the-art technology for video conferencing and audio visual installation.

We will held some seminars and conference on this new audio visual room to our clients and business partners. This seminars will provide our clients and business partners on what they will expect to our company and we will train our business partners on the mission and vision of the company. I’ll update you on these one on my upcoming blog post.

I was looking for properties for sale in the internet yesterday. But I only found few properties that I’m interested. So I’ve asked few individual to look for properties for sale that I can buy. Also this year I want to invest my money on different business other than real estate business. I’m thinking of electronics and appliances business where I could retail different electronic devices and appliances.

I was looking for Deals on Mobile Phones to help me on my business. I might get best prices in the market and retail or resell it again locally. I’ve found lots of good Deals on Mobile Phones and hopefully I could get more good deals. I’ll update you on these new business that I’m planning to start this year. For now I would like to plan this business to expand more.

We will be redesigning our house because I want a different look for our house and also we will be celebrating the 18th birthday of my sister. I’ve already took pictures of different interior design that I’ve wanted to pattern for our house. This renovation was conceptualized because we want the 18th birthday of my sister to be special. We already look for souvenirs that will be given to the guest.

We we’re thinking that we will be giving away CD’s that contains videos of the party and a very special video prepared my me. I’ve already searched in the internet for the cd holder of the VCD. I hope they will like it because I designed the layout of the CD and it’s contents. I’ll update you on this interior designing soon.

I was victim of robbery last Friday and they took my laptop and my mobile phone. It was really a scary experience because I was sleeping when that time when they rob my ASUS notebook and my Nokia 1100. It was a learning experience as well because we’re very complacent that no one will rob us because we’re here in our house. Good thing that they didn’t took my honda motorcycles which was parked outside our house.
If ever they will took my motorcycle I would be very angry with them because I bought it recently from powersportstv.com. I’m still thankful that no other harm was done to us. Next time I will secure all my things before going to sleep and also will secure our house by putting lots of door and gate lock. We also wants to buy guard dogs to guard our house outside.

My sister will be moving to Sacramento this year because his husband was reassigned to Sacramento again. And she asked me to look for properties or apartment for sale in Sacramento. So I’ve contacted Sacramento Estate Agents to help me on finding apartments for sale in Sacramento. And I’m excited that they will be moving to Sacramento because I want to enroll to kitchen academy, http://www.kitchenacademy.com/sacramento.aspx. One of my dream is to be chef in a restaurant. I don’t care how big or small is the restaurant. I just want to fulfill my dream to become a Chef.

Sacramento is a perfect place to study cooking because this is the capital city of the California, one of the richest state in the United States. And establishments like hotels, and restaurants are abundant on this city. I’m really excited to make a step further of my goal to become a Chef. I hope 3-5 years from now, I have my own restaurant where I can serve lots of hungry people with my recipe.