I dont understand all these UUU and DDD, both also waiting for something that might or might not come.

Instead of speculating, I prefer to invest my money in a more sure thing rather than local properties, which currently does not make sense. 

I prefer investing in foreign REITs, as a proxy for property investment.

I can buy properties at up to 30%-40% discount from market, and getting 7%-9% annual dividend annually from rental. I only choose counters which can at least raise their rental annually because of collective bargaining power. You can never get all these with your standard property purchase.

Buying local overpriced properties, you be lucky to get 5% discount to market and rental yields of 2.5%... what a foolish investment:lol:   

If property goes DDD, I am protected with my high yield.

If property goes UUU, I enjoy my NTA going up, thus they can buy more property with debt.

If RM crash, I am also protected from Forex (I invest in >6 countries)

I dont have to worry about tenancy problem, selling, and all the associated headache related with property ownership.

The reit itself is already leveraged, but I can pledge my REIT to get loan (rate not much different than housing loan), which I only pay interest, and I can pay off the principal at any amount or one go if i like.

Sounds too good to be true? Sounds impossible? It is not. I have been doing this for the past 8 years, and it has done very well for me indeed.

To know more head to the stock exchange forum under REIT threads to know more.

Best you post at reit thread.. otherwise off topic.

In short, retail like mega mall is not going to die anytime soon. If you have visit it before you will know.

Avoid 2nd class retail reits like those who own summit usj for instance.

Reit choosing is also all about the location... Like buying properties.

However current MY reit price is already expensive thanks to the huge run up in last year. Better target in SG reits.

$68k to $300k in 30 years is about 5% p.a. compounded. A example of property price rise at about inflation rate in the long term.

What about loan interest and repayment?

If could generate positive cash flow, many investors would have bought and current value would have worth a lot more than $300k.

Property price appreciation remain at about inflation rate in the long term.

Hahaha.. Please check overdue maintenance and balance owe to developer  n others charges

Not all same.. Have to refer the proclamation of sale

For those unprepared, yea, will suffer ..

Looks like many here want to see a crash to get back even with those who made from bull run.. he he

Not to say cannot but must wait for real global crash lah. That time maybe can get 50% discount tim... other than that.. u slowly wait lah.. ke ke

lelong ada... if u willing to try... for those non lelong ones... owners of landed usually have quite strong holding power... they willing to wait for the price they wants...

uuu/bbb used to say; rate rise is marginal, is like only the cost of one family wanton mee/dimsum lunch only.

Isn't Semenyih supposed to be a cemetery. No wonder cry also no tears. 

Jokes aside, why lar anyone from KV would choose to invest or even stay there? Travelling time alone and costs of traversing will sure offset the cost you save from staying there to coming down to KL for work. Not to mention, the effort and sacrifices you need to make like getting up early in the morning, jam, etc.