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Asia’s Property Doyen Dr Renesial Leong shares her thoughts on the CMCO and talks of some of her bestselling books on property. What are some of your thoughts on post-MCO and CMCO? We should aim to be a part of the solution, and not the problem. Nothing is worse than being in a tornado of constantly maligning the situation and dwelling in self-pity, while creating physical and emotional damages to those around you. Chin up and take on the challenges with a stride. Seek solutions, evaluate your options, weigh the consequences and take action to move yourself out of the situation. In your quest of doing so, please do not forget to take care of your health. The best gift we can give ourselves and our loved ones is to take good care of our health and not be a burden to those around us. Achieve the clichéd work-life balance and sleep well – it’s pointless to be in bed for eight hours when half the time you lay awake, tossing and turning. You have written many books on real estate investment strategies. Can you please give an overview of your masterpieces? To date, I have written 6 books and all of them have made it to the best-selling chart. Most of them are also available in Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin, for the benefit of my non-English speaking readers.
Let me give you a brief overview of the books to help you better understand the unique content each of them presents.
• Property Jewels
English: ISBN 983-41401-2-6 Bahasa Malaysia (Permata Hartanah): ISBN 983-41401-3-4 Mandarin: ISBN 978-967-5501-00-5 Property Jewels is my inaugural book and it’s the First Property Investment Guidebook written in the Asian context, launched in 2003. This came about when I couldn’t find any property investment guide book throughout Asia, hence I set out to write one when I felt I was ready many years later. Although many years might have passed, more than 80% of the strategies are still applicable today. I believe this is the reason the books are still selling well. Realising that attaining financial freedom is a dream for many, Property Jewels demonstrates how this can be achieved through property investing. It is brimming with 263 diamond-studded strategies which have already helped thousands of people enter the property investment market successfully and accumulate strings of property jewels. In this book, I present a valuable road map to help you become not just a property owner, but a property millionaire! You will learn how to pick the right property, get extra financing, complete the deal smoothly, find good tenants, and steadily build your portfolio. The icing on the cake is the indispensable advice on dealing with the VIPs you would be working with – the brokers, the lawyers, the tenants and the handymen. In between the great tips and words of caution, I’ve also weaved in interesting stories from my seminar participants and my personal experience, to make it a more enjoyable read.
• Your Tenants, Your Jewels English: ISBN 978-967-5501-01-2 Mandarin: ISBN 983-967-41401-6-9 Bahasa Malaysia: ISBN 9789834140175
Buying a good property is just the start. Managing it well is a different ballgame. If you own a property or two and wish to profit from it in the best possible way, this book will help you do that. It draws from many real-life experiences to provide you with insights on how to be the Ultimate Landlord – one who has reached the ultimate financial destination in life. Effective tenant management is no rocket science, so anyone can benefit from this book. And when done correctly, as this book will reveal, you can bask in a steady stream of income that may change your life forever. This is a top 10 best-seller for local and foreign authors combined.
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