Wow! Spot on mate. Thanks for telling the truth and nothing but the truth. I want add on a few things that Singaporeans may not know about condos in malaysia:- 1. Maintenance of condo is appalling. Any condo over 5 years old have various maintenance issue like frequently spoilt lifts, damage / dirty swimming pool and common areas. Why? Coz most owners don't pay for maintenance 2. Security. If you think your condo is safe because you have a guard, you are dead wrong. Breakin happens and guess who conspired with the thieves? 3. Land size. The land area in johor is big and as a result there will always be newer and newer condos with state of the art facilities (for a price, of course) making your unit untenable after 5 years, which looks old, full of maintenance problems and dated. Hard to sell, hard to rent out. Check mate. Look at Danga Bay condos. Its dead. 4. Depreciating ringgit. MYR is expected to depreciate against SGD in the long term. So don't be surprised if 1SGD= 4 MYR. That would wipe out any capital appreciation and you still need to pay a 10% RPGT. All in all you will be considered very very lucky to just break even nevermind gains Bottom line, rent if you want to live in JB. After 2-3 years move to newer condos

Very gd truthful analysis. We are lucky to have analyst like u!

Short stay to understand the lifestyle before committing.

Yeah rent and stay one month before buy, malaysia is not so transport and pedestrian friendly like singapore. No car is = no leg. With the money u loan to buy the house, might as well just rent landed long term. 2k myr monthly can get whole house, dont get trapped by the mindset of ownership or freehold, we are here just for less than 100 yrs

Thank you for your detailed analysis! It really made me double think triple think.

You're so down on earth, providing such valuable advice without putting your Singaporean hat on. I wish you huat as well!

Msia this country, their asset will always depreciate.

👍 Excellent analysis & presentation. Have experienced there from 1995 to 2002 in a bunglow. Presenter tells the truth. SG beware of this and influenced by emotions. Jump @ your own perils.

Appreciate your honest opinion.

Foreigners are facing double risk investing in property in Malaysia. They are depreciation in property value and currency over time......Have to think 3x, 4x, 5x,........ before buying.

Why buy, stay in 5 stars hotel better, no need to maintain and no worry of thief and robbery. I dont require so much space once i retire,utilisation vs cost of psf is not worthy. I like your video. Good to share your knowledge

Alan, Malaysia Ringgit Weakness and the Past Property prices drop means for the new investors or buyers in Malaysia buying property have lesser RISK and more probability from Capital Appreciation. This is the opposite contrast from Singapore Property where prices have been only in 1 way UP UP UP. You can argue with me saying cannot drop one lar. Singapore property solid solid like Golden Egg. But when Ringgit start to strengthen and the roller coaster ride from bottom start to slowly move up. You know what I mean. Anyway investing in property is about Timing. Do your own due diligence.

Hey Alan, would really want to know your take on KLCC properties as I have been seeing a lot of ads targeting Singaporeans on social media.

Renting a house long-term in Johor is another solution to retire there.

Very good video

If one die die want to buy Malaysian property i suggest buying landed Gated & Guarded property in KL/Selangor. > RM1m is common and 1) target catchment area is much larger as there are more people in KL/Selangor making it better in terms of capital appreciation and easier to offload 2) Demand for these >rm1m landed is more forth coming from locals in KL/Selangor as the wages in those states are generally higher 3) More Malaysian chinese in those states which have more disposable incomes and better paying jobs to buy those properties. No disrespect to the malay and indian communities in Malaysia but statistically their income and disposable incomes are much lower.

Malaysia foods are more delicious and tastier because the Malaysia foods are heavier and stronger in taste, more salt and more sugar. Once you tasted foods of a heavier and strong taste, like drugs, more and more drugs, all the way, no turning back. Thus, Singapore foods will not taste better than the Malaysia foods because Singapore foods are lighter in tastes, less salt and less sugar.

RPGT is only assessable on the capital gains, if any, not on the property/selling price as mentioned in the video It is not similar to SSD in this regard

Well… do agree with you on condos > 1m Myr. I have not seen any sizeable number of transactions above purchase price in the past 15 years and I don’t expect to see any. Johor is a dud from a RE investment perspective. It can only be viewed as a “retirement” purchase where one is comfortable with gradual capital loss and significant currency loss (viewing an acquisition from a sgd or usd angle).

Pls come rent Singapork

Hi Alan, how to reach out to you .. very helpful and precise information

Interesting analysis with data. Am wondering if there is any Singaporean who has made decent money in the Malaysian property market and is willing to share his experience? I mean people should be more willing to share if his story puts him in a good light. Of course, SIngaporeans who lost money can share too.

Wa. U are not only gd in spore Pty. U r gd in Malaysia Pty too. 👏

So as a foreigner, it will be very hard to resell your condo after watching your statistics , correcty ?

Very good informative video… think several times before u buy a property in Malaysia unless u have relations who can stay. Never buy condo or service apartment as u will never able to sell. Most Malaysians prefer landed property. I used to own a service apartment and sold it at a loss - still ok- people steal things by entering the rubbish chute. Letters get posted to wrong letter box…Better invest in Singapore

First, you must know you are rich or not, we are still want discount from NTUC fair prize. Because of RTM, must we buy property in JB?

Simple observations but seldom said... all the "gurus" only like to say the good stuff. Many prejudiced comments from Singaporean who are too used to their comfort. How many of them have really lived long term in Malaysia or overseas?

Talking about the Rich, are Fines equally deterrent to the Poor vs the Rich for same type of fine? Let's say traffic fine is $300. To the poor, it's devastating. To the rich, it's sup sup water. So, what is the deterrence in terms of traffic fines being the same for the rich and the poor? Many other situations fall into the same category of issues. Eg. COE. What is the effect of COE on the non-rich vs the Rich who have the same necessity for a family car? Can one rich man alone buy two cars and two COE contributing to higher demand for COE? Any comments?

Singapore govt will release more land plot n cpf retirement payments delay for elderly .So minority citizen will not purchased jb property .

aiyah, marry a malaysian and you do not have all these restrictions.

ow about Singapore woman marry Malaysia guy but never buy any property in Singapore

Interesting except if you could improve the spoken English.

No way I will not be buying cos Malaysia is not safe and no security at all 😮

Malaysia Foods , certainly better and cheaper 😂

Just rent in jb , dont buy

KK mart incident u all not scare happens on u all? Say something wrong u may not see tomorrow sun.

This content is fire!