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10 Advantages of Buying Real Estate in the Philippines During the Pre-Selling Period
Investing in real estate during the pre-selling period in the Philippines offers numerous benefits. Here are ten key advantages:
1. Lower Prices: One of the most significant advantages of buying pre-selling properties is the lower price. Developers often offer units at a discounted rate, sometimes up to 30-50% less than the price of a completed unit1. This makes it an attractive option for budget-conscious buyers.
2. Flexible Payment Terms: Pre-selling properties usually come with more flexible payment schemes. Developers often provide various financing options, including lower down payments and extended payment terms, making it easier for buyers to manage their finances2.
3. First Pick of Units: Buying during the pre-selling stage allows buyers to choose the best units. Whether it’s a prime location within the development, a preferred floor level, or a unit with the best view, early buyers get the first pick1.
4. Potential for Higher Returns: As the property nears completion, its value typically increases. This means that buyers who purchase during the pre-selling period can potentially sell their units at a higher price, earning a significant profit3.
5. Customization Options: Some developers offer buyers the opportunity to customize their units during the pre-selling stage. This can include choosing finishes, layouts, and other design elements, allowing buyers to tailor their homes to their preferences2.
6. Modern Amenities: Pre-selling properties often come with modern amenities and facilities. Developers aim to attract buyers by offering features such as swimming pools, gyms, parks, and security systems, enhancing the overall living experience1.
7. Investment Opportunities: Pre-selling properties are an excellent investment option. With the potential for property value appreciation and rental income, buyers can generate a steady stream of revenue from their investments2.
8. Developer Incentives: To attract buyers, developers often offer various incentives during the pre-selling period. These can include discounts, freebies, and promotional offers, adding extra value to the purchase3.
9. Lower Maintenance Costs: New properties generally require less maintenance compared to older ones. Buying a pre-selling property means that buyers can enjoy lower maintenance costs in the initial years, as everything is brand new2.
10. Future-Proof Investment: Investing in a pre-selling property ensures that buyers are purchasing a modern, up-to-date unit. This future-proofs the investment, as the property will meet current standards and trends, making it more appealing to future buyers or renters1.
In conclusion, buying real estate during the pre-selling period in the Philippines offers numerous advantages, from lower prices and flexible payment terms to higher returns and modern amenities. It’s a strategic investment that can provide both immediate and long-term benefits.
1: Lamudi 2: Bria 3: Ohmyhome
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Thursday, April 11, 2024
Borrow as Many Jars to Fulfill Your Dreams
Every Pinoy has an ambitious dream, like helping less fortunate countrymen--not by just giving them jobs but enabling them to reach their dreams, too. What we all need is a job or business that makes us realize our dreams which give our lives meaning. Prosper and help others prosper, too. Cora, had that in her heart.
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Beware of Nice
Nice Pinoy houses, architecture and landscapes are always welcome. It's the Pinoy heart that we should design well--or re-design and renovate--or have it newly constructed.
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness." [Psalm 86.15]
These passages alone should give us a good, even accurate picture, of how Jesus was as he dealt with every day life--cool, nice and smiling, oozing with Holy Spirit patience and self-control.
Hidden-Agenda Nice
I suppose this sounds familiar. I mean, every housePinoy in this country is wary when someone sends them a PM asking how they are, because right after that is a request to borrow money. That's the kind of nice with ulterior motives. I'm not saying it's wrong but it's sometimes tricky and a trap. Some people do have legit money issues and are shy to open up. But their desperate situation makes them try anyway, and force themselves to borrow money. They try to be polite and nice because they're not used to borrowing money and do not want to give the impression that they're used to it.
But the dangerous kind of nice is when people use it to draw information from you for leveraging later against you or other people--like how Delilah acted nicely towards Samson to draw out his secret. It often happens in office politics, neighborhood gossip politics, housePinoy politics, even church politics---or ESPECIALLY church politics. That's how some folks see that knowledge is power.
Hyperlink Nice
Hyperlink nice is a cousin of hidden-agenda nice. Some nice people treat you well because they need some favors from you, nt just infos, particularly financial. They seem to be caring and loving towards you, and I always put my guards up when people overdo this. I smell something fishy hidden somewhere, foreboding ill. Sadly, I see this from other fellow pastors, treating moneyed folks better than they treat ordinary people, especially the moneyless. If you're not rich, some people may see you as a bridge to a treasure--you're a conduit, or link--and befriend you to tap to a source connected to you, like a moneyed friend or relative. It's how a hyperlink works. The link itself is not the goal, but they need to click (or tap gently) on it to get to the goal.
Vote-Buying Nice
The first thing that comes to mind is a politician being nice so he can buy your vote during an election. Not just that. A lot of nonpoliticians are rulers. They are bosses, leaders, supervisors, masters, landlords, and what-have-you who make you their avid fan and audience. They are nice to you (and care for you) only because they expect your loyalty, applause, awe and vote. Or, the other way around--if you give them your vote of confidence, they will be nice and caring to you, and have high regard. If you don't, they treat you as insignificant, antagonistic, traitor, no good, weak, dumb or trash. That's how a lot of church denominations are.
Mekus-Mekus Nice
It's like this. Some people who started out with the good kind of nice sometimes go down one or two levels and become low-grade nice--sometimes worse--until they end up being not so nice. There's only one reason for this--the self. Getting too preoccupied with the self takes on all kinds of nice masks except the good kind of nice--except the Jesus kind of nice.
The good news is that, bad kinds of nice can also upgrade into the Jesus kind of nice. I've seen lots of nice people with selfish motives gradually transform and develop into the nice, nicer, nicest kind of nice. There are two reasons for this--earthly wisdom that comes with age, and wisdom from God accompanied by a radical transformation in Christ (a total intellectual turnaround).
Age-wise nice is the result of doing the wrong things over again until you finally learn (often from painful lessons) and avoid the wrong things and not suffer harm again. This comes at an advanced age, very seldom at a young age. This explains why people stop vices at an old age, not because they've come to hate them, but because illnesses and suffering have made them stop. They're wise enough to know it will make them suffer again. In church, this is mistaken as "maturity" or "spiritual growth." 👀
Radical nice comes from knowing and surrendering your life to Jesus. Initially, your nice attitude is nothing but a front to make people believe you have good intentions and keep their guards down. It's all a show, a manipulation. But later, a crisis happens that leaves you with no option but to turn fully to Jesus (only in Christ is a genuine good kind of nice possible).
Admittedly, a lot of folks who claim to be in Christ still have all kinds of wrong motives for being nice to people. Because it's all just a claim--and it's easy to claim anything. You will find a lot of people in church nice to you if you're a visitor there, for instance, because they want you to sign up for membership. And a big membership means more income for the church. Jesus never did that. He never feigned being nice just to get them to sign up. He simply said, those who have ears to hear let them hear. Simply put, if you want to follow, follow. If not, then don't.
I don't see Jesus as a nice guy. He's Godly.
Jesus said, "Birds have nests, foxes have holes, but I don't have a nice place to offer you," or something like that. Imagine having a ministry without offering a nice church building and facilities (or sound system and musical instruments). That wasn't nice. But these are the things that ministries today offer people because they want to look nice. They offer anything but the real presence of Jesus. If Jesus is all you can offer, that isn't nice to them at all. You have to offer more--nice building, facilities, preaching, singing, music, sound system, programs, activities, etc. Jesus is not enough to them.
Building your family (your home or what I call housePinoy) includes training up your kids to desire the Jesus kind of nice for themselves and filling your heart with it as well. It also involves having a sharp discernment for other types of nice and bewaring of them.
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Sunday, March 24, 2024
Workout Saga of a Pinoy Home Blogger in Summer
Summer is the time to start being fit and healthy. That was the thought that crossed my mind in high school when I decided to start my simple calisthenics. I started with stretching, running and pull-ups.
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