Blog Posts on real estate investor reflections

The Apprentice Challenge – We need your help! by Foreclosed Real Estate Philippines on Apr 18, 2010If you attended the recently held Think Rich Quick seminar last March 27, 2010, you already know that Trace Trajano has come up with an Apprentice Challenge. My teammates and I are currently competing in that challenge. For those who were not able to...

Holy Week Reflections: Thoughts on “The Purpose Driven Life” by Foreclosed Real Estate Philippines on Apr 2, 2010A post by Cherry Castillo “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” – Proverbs 19:21 (NIV) One of the things I like about long weekends is that I have the chance to read books for pleasure. I had...

Pacquiao versus Clottey post fight lessons learned: How not to win by trying not to lose! by Foreclosed Real Estate Philippines on Mar 16, 2010The recently concluded fight between our very own Manny Pacquiao and Ghana’s Joshua Clottey was a perfect example of how not to win a fight by focusing too much on trying not to lose. What does this got to do with real estate investing? A lot!

How to keep the passion burning for real estate investing by Foreclosed Real Estate Philippines on Feb 15, 2010When friends and people I meet learn about what I do and see my passion for real estate investing, I am often asked how I was able to get into it and sustain the passion for it. Just how did I end up having this burning desire to get out of the rat r...

Are you a stupid real estate investor? by Foreclosed Real Estate Philippines on Jan 7, 2010I hope that got your attention! As we start 2010, I’m sure a lot of you have a lot of New Year resolutions and plans.  There’s really nothing wrong with that. However, I can’t help but throw the same question to you as I did to mys...

Thank you and farewell to 2009! Happy New Year to all!!! by Foreclosed Real Estate Philippines on Dec 31, 2009We say goodbye to 2009 and give thanks for a very memorable year. In 2009, we marked the first year anniversary of Foreclosure Philippines, although I never got around to creating my first anniversary post. Actually, October 31, 2009 was the day of o...

The importance of time freedom, one reason why I want to be financially free by Foreclosed Real Estate Philippines on Dec 17, 2009During our lunch break at the office yesterday, I begged off from doing something which I have dreaded for the past 12 years in the corporate world, Christmas party presentations! You might be asking what the heck does this have to do with investing...

A parable on creating a Passive Income Stream by Foreclosed Real Estate Philippines on Dec 10, 2009I was cleaning out my archived emails in preparation for returning my company issued laptop when I stumbled upon this very interesting story in one of my emails in my sent items. I forwarded this same story to my friends way back in January 2006, a f...

Buy income generating assets first by Foreclosed Real Estate Philippines on Nov 26, 2009While I have said in the past that it would be great to buy a house and treat it as an investment, I want to take it a step further. What if instead of buying a house outright, one would first buy an income generating asset that would generate positi...

Lessons learned by a real estate broker, homeowner, and investor from Provident Village by Foreclosed Real Estate Philippines on Oct 15, 2009This is the second part in my series on the reflections of a real estate investor(that would be me!) after Typhoon Ondoy’s wrath. If you missed the first part, you may want to read it before reading this. You can find part one here – Reflecti...