Everyone has a choice in life as to what path they want to choose -- it is the uncertainty of moving into unchartered waters that make it difficult. Mindset change is very important, but it takes time.
I've missed the boat in the SG property run-up, and hence I've decided that Iskandar Malaysia presents an opportunity of a lifetime. Like what my wife's ex-colleague used to say (he made a fortune from the Nasdaq dotcom bubble), you just need to do a few right things to do well in your life, the other failures don't matter. Of course the usual rules apply, like not over committing, etc.
Have learnt a bit & am still learning from plenty of good people here, and I hope to slowly share this with my friends.
I've missed the boat in the SG property run-up, and hence I've decided that Iskandar Malaysia presents an opportunity of a lifetime. Like what my wife's ex-colleague used to say (he made a fortune from the Nasdaq dotcom bubble), you just need to do a few right things to do well in your life, the other failures don't matter. Of course the usual rules apply, like not over committing, etc.
Have learnt a bit & am still learning from plenty of good people here, and I hope to slowly share this with my friends.
Indeed Cathy, all the fuss about Legoland and everything else opening, to me that's not enough. They not only need to open, they need to do well, and that is still uncertain. Look at Sentosa, year after year they revamped, revamp after revamp fail, took them how many years before Sentosa became what it is today? Not impossible that same thing happens to Nusajaya.
I wonder though where they are going to find trained staff with English good enough to work at Legoland, Trader's etc. The good ones either run to Singapore or KL. Does it mean they need to offer more wages to hire these people and therefore set Johor on the path we hope it will go?
Lol, indeed we should all keep that in mind. What goes around comes around.
True, whether one does buy Johor property first instead of Singapore depends on the level of confidence one has in the Iskandar project. If it takes off as well as we all hope it does, wouldn't buying in Johor be much better than buying in a developed country like Singapore? Almost like buying property in Singapore in the 80s.
I am doing almost the same, not in the sense that I'm buying Johor property before Singapore property, but in that I am going to dispose of my HDB. That's the bet I'm taking on property prices.
Anyone want to buy? 40k renovation in end-2007, only going to ask 80k cov lol.
Arranged to meet my Johor contractor tomorrow, will see how he quotes and report.