Tuesday, 12 June 2012

NAC's Unfair Advantage Sharing 1~Infinite Return

All the while, there is a bunch of questions flashing through my mind, where I really can't bear with myself,  about what's makes me unique from others? Isn;t it good enough to become ordinary, as crowd will stay? Until there were unforseen circumstances happened and impacted me much, where it leaves me with no choice but to take a charge and make a change.

Just like others, my mum used to tell me go to college, study hard and then secure a good job in the future. I was bearing in mind that it should be a right thing. When time went on,  I found it terrifying to see my observation doesn't really reveal the facts. Is getting a good job guarantee you a good pay? Well,  I couldn't argue much to some extent, as I first saw those academic achievers were usually compensated with higher paycheck. However, the minor example like this cannot represent the whole picture. There are success leaders out there earning 6 or more figures income without acquiring any education and some of them even dropped out of high school. Ironically, It has become even more confuse to see the hawkers that fried Kuey Teow in the night market can have as much as five figures per month, while those high academic achievers declare bankruptcy or claim underpaid. Soon I realize it implies the job you hold now doesn't  really lead you to wealthy, in fact it is your desire to success,  & the willingness to keep trying that will bring you to the final stage you wish to be. Apparently, the old ancient theories inherited from our previous generation definitely have led me to struggle for what should be gone right.

Thanks God I have made up my mind to NAC 2012 to seek out the answers for those questions marks, that have been winding my mind for quite some time. Embraced with the sweet moments and learning-centred environment, lots of rich men's philosophies were being instilled and adopted. Anyhow due to space constraint, I would like to share only on the ultimate theory that originally derived from Kiyosaki.  Many people thought that a return of 12% or more generated from their investment are great. In fact, most investors are pursuing for a greater return, irrespective of whether it is in stock market, real estate, futures, and forex. Without wasting much time. I shall bring you to the introduction of infinite return, special dedicated  to Robert Kiyosaki, the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad.




As the name suggests, infinite return is a form of return without any limit, which is tremendously large in number. In Rich Dad Unfair Advantage, it refers to the no money down deal, where you generate a return with no downpayment, or likewise you manage to collect your downpayment in weeks, months or years and then repeat go for other profitable deals. Whatever it is, the rule of thumb here is the velocity of money,  that require a higher level of financial intelligence to work out in a faster way. The lesser the time you take to collect your money/ downpayment, the successful you are in executing the overall strategy, putting other factors like risk-return trade off as constant.

Having discussion about the theory of infinite return is kinda boring, because people are generally lack of idea about the concept and ways of carrying out the exact planned strategy, or quite often they are uncertain if it can be implemented, which either way it is not meant to be come from my intention to confuse you, as I used to be part of them too in the past.

Lets us have a simple example on executing the infinite return for business return:
Gerald invested a portion of money, approximately RM 100,000 in his ChaTime beverage business, lets assume that Gerald can generate RM 50,000 net profit a year, Gerald will be collected his downpayment in 2 years from now and it has become a no money down. After 2 years, he can use the money (RM100,000) to reinvest in another ChaTime business and enjoy same luxury return. The money keeps growing and after another 2 years (4 years from now), he will be having RM 200,000 to expand its business, and this is the power of infinite return.

(Ps: Doesn't it sound awesome? I have to emphasize that the concept here is generally applicable in massive ways, at the same time I have to clarify that some business risk, like downside of the business, inflation, etc are being neglected for your better understanding.)

Get stumped by the example above? Hope you are not, we shall carry on to the next stage, which requires higher level of financial intelligence.

When we deal in real estate, how are we going to achieve no money down concept for our property investment? Using the same rule of game, first we pay RM 20,000 (10%) downpayment for a property that worth RM 200,000 while get a mortgage loan from bank for the rest of money. After few years, we might refinance the property to get our RM 20,000 back (amount up to the difference between current property value and the principal that has been covered throughout the years) and injecti nto another property thereafter.

Remember: Make money when you are buying property, not when you sell it. You should make sure that you buy a property that under market value for your margin of safety Besides, you can use mark up to get your downpayment money very quickly, if you manage to lock down the under market value deal, and most importantly you are align with your high financial IQ. It is all about your financial education that makes rich people grow richer, which is unlikely to be making money from money invested.

Make money when you are buying property, not when you sell it.~in fact, "Make money when you are buying property" refers to invest for cash flow (where people manage to get cash inflow after deduct all installment and expenses, and it is even good if can get under market value prop to get margin of safety, or mark up if their financial intelligence is perceived to be fairly well)... while "not when you sell it" shows you shdn't buy the property and expect the price of property to go up and sell it for a profit in the future (Inserted on 13/6/12 11.47pm)

Money is just an idea in this new century, this is why we see Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, Robert Kiyosaki from Rich Dad Company, Steve Jobs from Apple become wealthier attributed to their innovation, as well as their willingness to serve more people in this world.

Last but not least, if you claim that the definition of infinite return might not be exact the same as what you think is right, do forget about it as I am not argue with you what is right and what should be right. It seems pointless to argue it in the other way like from the point of mathematics, infinite return should be the way where we use zero to generate limitless return. (zero is the basis point) Frankly speaking, there might be ways where we create things out of thin air to get value-added for existing products/ business to make an awesome profit, yet I am still not reach that level. 

The intention of this sharing is to bombard you with the concept of this creative idea you never thought of in this century, as well as to fully utilize it as an unfair advantage over other people who are unconscious about this simple maths equation.













Monday, 11 June 2012

房地产语录3

俗语说:“失败是成功之母”,在严重挫折之下,似有连阿妈都认不得之情怀。主要有些操之过急,在签下booking receipt (offer to purchase) 的时候犯下了很严重的失误,为了将290千的公寓mark up至300千,结果让卖家有机可乘,反咬一口死不承认290千的账。人善被人欺。。。只能怪自己天真活该。。最后剩下两个选择,要么以300千成交,要么认命白亏了那9千订金。Good deed gets punished。。哈哈,再差一步就被雷劈死了。

好在这个corporate finance不是白当,在及时拿下real estate agent 的书面证明,这样即使卖家反悔, real estate agent 也无从抵赖,不能偏向卖家以让他们联手狼狈为奸。虽然最后整个买卖过程告吹,所有之前的努力都全然白费了,然而值得庆幸的是在律师的献策及我们的机智下,能够毫发无损全身而退,无需任何的亏损,不管是banker方面的penalty,还是赔偿卖家的费用,而需支付的仅仅是些许的律师费。

难免有些愤愤不平,甚至怀疑这原本就是agent 联合卖家齐唱的龙凤戏,(也许有别的买家更高的出价)但是能够丝毫无损地买下这个教训,已是十分宝贵值得。天塌下来当被盖,好像也没什么好值得去担心的了,就是凭着这个信念连续过关斩将,摆脱重重困难。问题,原本就是拿来解决克服的,并非拿来向别人倾诉。失败就承认过失,重新再来。

这个宝贵的教训,教会了我什么?
1.带眼识人?->一半一半。
2.学会用学问保护自己?->对极了。
3.变得更阴险?->忘了吧,谈生意,诚意最重要,这是我从郭鹤年和郑鸿标学的。

向banker承诺了下次购屋会以该银行为首选,希望借此免了该loan agreement的penalty。同时也再给了agent一次机会,继续参观其现有的units,也在一星期内成交了现有的unit,叫价270千,没有多余家私,纯粹3台冷气机,2个衣柜和2个单人床。屋子condition不错,地板有装修,虽然明显不能与之前unit比较,然而其价值廉宜,加上我们以概括了卖家的律师费,共用律师以此换得5千的折价(成交价265千),可谓一举三得,省时省钱又具保障。(律师由我们所雇,自然站在我们这一方)

接着,跟我的banker会面签署一些amendment agreement,除了感激她的辛勤劳力,还有就是少不了她向银行求情免除了一笔赔偿金。她是个做事很有魄力的年轻人,年纪轻轻就购买了两间价值不菲的公寓(Dutamas & Setapak Green),相当不简单。难以置信的是她在08年金融风暴的时候,22岁出头就具备了这个购屋能力,实在钦佩。虽然个人投资的理念及操作上十分不同,但是我的观点,还是“哇,又是一个女强人”。至少所带出的重点是,不管是做任何事情,年龄,经济条件,能力不足等等,都构不成自己轻言放弃的借口。这一点,觉得很多人,包括自己,都必须向她看齐。

好不容易来到今天另一个,终于签下了买卖合约(S&P Agreement), 剩下的工作,就可以全权交给律师去处理。而我,暂时可以歇息,去摄取些室内布置设计的灵感,以备日后装修出租之事宜,哈哈。。。

一个人的成功是由许许多多的 accomplishments来日积月累的,而这个accomplishment的结束,也只是象征着人生的起步点。。。最重要,我又上了一趟宝贵的课,不是吗?
站在十字路口,你的信念够强吗?

I am a great receiver !!!!

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290千之fully furnish:(失败)


265千之partly furnish:(现有)
1.成交价 265k
2.借贷261千(290千的90%~mark up)
3.年份~35年
4.利息BLR -2.2%
5.Fully Flexi Loan


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