As a founding parent/teacher at the Philippine School Doha, I am
blessed to see my former students succeed in their chosen careers. The solid
foundation through education that we teachers have imparted gives a lot of
meaning when we see our students become accomplished. Though some are already
married and have their own families, some still choose to invest in order to
secure a good life ahead of them.
After my joyous stay at the Philippine School Doha, I opted to
venture out in the Real Estate industry and became an investor, eventually I
also became a full-time representative to major real estate developers in
the Philippines. I highly encourage parents and my co-teachers to invest in the
real estate industry particularly in condominium acquisitions – in fact, one
particular condominium situated in Manila’s University belt is being referred
to as “the Philippine School Doha condo” because of twenty-one (21) Qatar-based
parents opted to buy the unit(s) from me one-after-the-other. Many of my clients
use their condominium unit(s) as a transit home while vacationing in The Philippines but primarily occupied by their children while studying in
different universities. Some clients opt to rent-out their acquired units in
order to generate passive income for their family whilst keeping their day job
abroad.
To date, a lot of my former students has already finished
their studies in the Philippines and has begun to come back to Qatar in order
to secure better employment opportunities.
This week there is something that truly makes me happy. One of my
former students, Mikki Morales, whom I still have contact through social
networking decided to once again listen to my teachings. Now that she and her
older sister is working and eager to have a clearer direction in life they
wanted to control their finances and I encouraged them to invest “sa
isang investment vehicle na may basehan” which is of course, through real
estate investing.
Why real estate? “Sa Pilipinas, ang
pinaka-magandang negosyo ay ‘yung kumikita ka na mayroong asset na base sa real
estate”.
With the help of my colleague Abe Malicdem of Vistaland International group, we were able to showcase a variety of presentations to the
Morales siblings. Today, the Morales’ eldest, Karen, decided to acquire a
condominium unit at the Vista Residences Taft (near De La Salle University)
while her younger sister Mikki choose a condominium unit at the newly-launched
Vista GL Taft (across UP-PGH campus).
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| Young & beauteous entrepreneur - the Morales sibling |
If my former student is already taking control
of their financial life through various investment vehicles at such a young
age, particularly in the Real Estate investing, there’s no reason why you
can’t.
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| The signing of reservation agreement (November 07, 2014) |
This article is intended to inspire budding
entrepreneurs especially those in the real estate industry. I believe that the
best way to acquire skills in this field is to learn to get the right
information. You are encouraged to share this article with everyone in your
circle or share a quote or your views by simply participating in the forum. Let
us join hands in promoting real estate investing as a major source of passive
income for everyone.
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