IHERNG PODCAST

In this episode, we will discuss about whether Eugene should invest his 2nd property in Johor Bahru along with his girlfriend.  My suggestion would be not at the moment. The data suggests that apartment in Johor Bahru are just oversupply, which affects the return on investment as tenants has the upper hand in negotiation. Unless the surrounding rental rates suggest otherwise.  If you're...

In this episode, we answered a question from Dunstan regarding his struggling in selling his house in Kuching.   A few suggestions I made would be to first determine what is the motivation of selling? Is it from a financial perspective? This will influence most of the decision.   Second, then to have a better commission for agents or to engage more of them.   Last would be to stage...

Link for consultation for your Makeover: https://www.themakeover.my/cost-estimate   In this episode, we answer a question from Mugan regarding his consideration of purchasing The Birch located in Jalan Ipoh. My suggestions to him would be to go through the 4 basic steps that I share a lot in this channel.    Also, I've suggested to him to wait a little while more before committing t...

Today we will be addressing a question by Wan today regarding bumi lots. This has been one of those super confusing, non-definitive topics as it varies from state to state. Hence, I tried my best to answer and provide some context for this topic.  For those who has some question regarding real estate, do email me at taniherng@gmail.com and I'll try to answer as many as possible.

In this period, it's zero viewing and appointments for a month. And the following months would be challenging as well. Therefore, for those who can sustain this period, I would strongly recommend to build up your own personal brand to fully leverage on this window opportunity.  As the normal practise is to just sell, sell, and sell. Branding has always been perceived merely as 'cost' and it's...

The Prime Minister has just announced another 14 days extension to the Movement Restriction period. Also, he mentioned about the Moratorium where all loan installments of house will be pushed back for 6 months in order to help the situation.  Many people would be affected by the lock down, some may be wiped up, lose their job, pay cut and etc. So today's question is basically divided into 2:...

In this episode, we will discuss about few things:   1. Should you settle your first housing loan before getting another one?   2. Can you sell your house without a strata title?   3. There is no right or wrong investment portfolio as it depends on what's your risk appetite and your investment strategy.   For any further question regarding real estate, kindly email me at tanihe...

My team were rushing this new website out to help property investors. Do check it out: https://www.themakeover.my/duduk2020  Hope everyone is healthy during this movement restriction period and I'm here checking in. After being stuck in the house for 7 days now, I've realised a few things that I thought of sharing with you guys.  The first thing would be the way we evaluate a property fo...

This is an interview I had with a friend of mine, Desmond Ong who is a speaker about business and internet marketing. In this podcast I've discussed about how I started the channel as well as some advice for young property investors. Enjoy!!

In this episode, we will address a question from Michelle regarding factors that affect capital appreciation for properties. I've clarified that it depends on infrastructure, accessibility, types of property as well as the maintenance where Malaysians have yet to adapt to.  For any questions regarding real estate in Malaysia, do write to you at taniherng@gmail.com and I will come back to you...

Thank you very very much for all the support to allow this channel to achieve very cool goals. With the connection as the marketing manager for The Makeover Guys, the best that I can do to express my appreciation would be to give you guys an extra RM 500 discount for your home makeover if you use the code "SEANTANMAKEOVER". As many audiences come to the company via this channel, kindly share this...

In this episode, we will address a question from an audience regarding his wrong purchase of property. Now he is deciding whether to let out the unit and still pay the high different in installment or to just stay in the unit himself.  This is a great example of buying property without clear intent and research. As many are often convinced by the story and 3D images produced by developers or...

In this episode, we will address questions from Mr E. He asked about how do seasoned investors find property deals. Mainly there are 2 strategies, 1 is to participate bulk purchase deals. Next is to hunt down deals and negotiate. Those are the main actions applied by seasoned property investors.  For more questions, you guys can reach me at taniherng@gmail.com =)

In this episode, we discussed about the choice of loan facility based on the mode of income. Are you under employment of self-employed? Getting fixed rate will enjoy low interest rates but it's quite locked in for the period, but this suits people with standard 9-5 jobs where they can leverage on the security of their income. But if you're into business or agency work, that uncertain income then m...

In this episode, we'll discuss about a question posted by an audience regarding to decision whether to combine both budget of husband and wife to get one big home, or to get a smaller house and one investment property?   As this might differ from individuals and lack of context, I elaborated on both scenarios based on several factors. If both are still young and they are striving hard fo...

As highlighted by the audience, there are just knowledge in abundance on how to buy property. But no one explains what happens when you sell that asset. Hence, I explained on how the bank settles the loan amount during transaction and how exactly we make profit from selling a property.  Also, I've briefly explained the difference between buying a house and a car during the disposal stage.

In this episode, we will be answering a question from Janson via instagram.  For his third question the outlook for the property market 2020, I've explained that it's important for us to know what will influence the market what's the role of the government.  There are only several ways that the government controls the market. Interest rates, taxes, policies, and cooling measures. Our cur...

One of the major cost for property investment would be taxes. And to allow young investors to tabulate the risk accurately, I've list out 5 different taxes that we need to pay attention during our investment journey.  First would be RPGT (real property gain tax) where the tax is imposed on gains we get from the investment. This is one of the key measures that our government use to control the...

In this episode, we would be answering a question from a Singaporean audience regarding her property hunting journey in Johor Bahru.  In Malaysia, there are quite a handful of regulations surrounding foreigners buying property locally. I think most probably it's a good time to discuss about this in my next episode=)

I'm super proud as many audience took action and now they've became new landlords. But it's their first time so this would be a guide for new property owners.  Hereby I share step by step things that property owners need to know such as finding out the best rate, whether to rent out yourself or you want to engage agents, then what to look out in the tenancy agreements.  For any questions...

I've had the opportunity to conduct a class at INTI university and the truth was shocking. The level of ignorance youngsters have towards real estate just caught me by surprise. Also, the media is always talking about how bad is the current property market, houses are way beyond affordable of the people and etc... These just killed off most of their interest towards one of the greatest asset class...

In the episode, we will address a question from Christopher. For any question, please email me, taniherng@gmail.com  He explained that he has done his research, saved up capital, and now he really wants to start this property investment journey. I suggested him to first define his objective of his investment, whether to go for capital appreciation or rental cashflow.  As he has cash, I a...

Something that I truly love, the art of composing planes to form livable homes. However, it may be a foreign concept on what are the components that are within the consideration of architecture.  From macro to micro, town planning seems to be most neglected part of basic considerations. It's always taken for granted as well planned townships always perform better than individual pockets of la...

It's the season for the upcoming wedding marathons and I've noticed that most of my friends are buying a property so they can get married.  Property has been my passion and interest but apparently it means eligibility for marriage. Well it does signifies maturity and ability to take care of the other half... but what about the debts?  My concern is young peeps getting their dream home as...

As the baby boomers and Gen X has truly experience the benefit of property investment, they are so cash rich now that they are doing in for their children as well. This results in unexpected outcomes where the children came to me complaining why their parents force them to lock down their income, on the other side creating ignorant and entitled teenagers.  Then as a child, what's your take on...