QUOTE(TheDoer @ Feb 15 2011, 01:02 AM)
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Think again, people are not just complaining because they withheld and didn't buy 2-3 years back. Imagine if this is a fresh grad we are talking about, how do you explain this to him? "Son, you have to either work twice as hard as the rest of us, or come from a well to do family."
It's true, this is a dog eat dog world, I do not deny that, sometimes we have to suck it up and take it. But then again if everybody thought of the next person a little more. The world will be a better place.
If we were on the titanic, and the ship was sinking, Yes, the guy who was the most aggressive and pushed his way through the crowd will find a lifeboat first, and the timid one only has himself to blame. However, if we had all walked in an orderly fashion, perhaps all of us could have survived.
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Interesting. If we were to live in an ideal world, everyone will be happy. Unfortunately we are not robot, we dont walk in an "orderly fashion". we are human. Some of us have a big heart like yourself to care about the others while some will exploit every advantage to benefit themselves and only themselves.
In reality, the person who doesn't get a boat will either has to immediately change his mindset to be aggressive or die in the ocean. Again, unfortunately, one is very unlikely to have a change of mindset in a short period of time without any stimulant . A change of mindset will only come when they are slapped hard by the cold reality. Like Pai has mentioned, I too believe everyone who are generally successful in life usually gone through certain level of hardship. I don't believe success by chance. Even if it happens, the success will not be sustainable. How a person does anything is how a person does everything. If the person cannot manage a basic human need (accommodation), I don't reckon this person is getting too well in life in general. With this property hike, if it can wake them up from their comfort zone, increase the number of "aggressive" people in our country.....
QUOTE(UFO-ET @ Feb 15 2011, 02:51 AM)
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Until today, we Malaysian still consider an average new double storey link or Condo / service apt at least 1500sf (in average prime location) is considered an ideal "home" for a family, anything below than that spec is miserable, I just came back fr Taiwan, knowing that a very successful film star is staying in a shop apartment and most of them are like that..I make a quick survey, majority think that owning at least a 25 tsubo (890sf) size apartment is the most ideal home and considered quite successful (1 tsubo = 35.6 sq ft), middle upper class group never think or dream of owning a landed property in the Taipei City, only those multi millionaire "businessman" has the privilege to live in. 20-30 years back they are like us, complaining the landed property was too expensive.
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Didn't people always say about learn from history? Well in this case, we are not learning from our history, we are learning from others' history, could be equally valuable. When you see something coming, you can either find a nice seat to watch the show or being part of the show

Added on February 15, 2011, 9:51 amYesterday, I was talking to a colleague who owns more than 20 residential properties and number of commercial units. I guess he obviously know what he is doing. When I asked him about what he thinks about property bubble, his response was not gonna happen. When everything is increasing, why property price should drop? Of course what he said is a little over generalized, and there might be few exception, but for the majority of people who are looking at apartment / condo / studio / DLS etc are not going to be much affected.
This post has been edited by property101: Feb 15 2011, 09:51 AM