Here’s my favorite resources used in my Singapore Property ventures. This is not applicable for properties in other countries. I broke this down to the following categories:
My favorite Property references
Interior Design and Staging Services
Property Related Courses
Property Hunting
Fractional Property
Singapore Property Research
Where to Shop for Furniture
Partners on Property journey
Here’s my favorite reference on Property:
PropertyLimBrothers Youtube channel has provided a lot of useful insights on the market trend in Singapore.
Alan Wee Property channel is by property agent with years of selling experience since 2009, mainly dealing with residential properties that comprise HDB, condominium and landed properties.
URA Co-living explanation and the condition to be met.
Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) details from IRAS. Note that decoupling is only allowed for private property in order to avoid ABSD. It is not applicable for HDB. More details can be found here.
URA summary of non-residential properties
URA Master Plan which is updated once every 5 years. This is the focus on Singapore West Region. This is an excellent article on how to read URA Master Plan.
Local news on scam
Local news on high-demand of coliving
Interior Design and Staging Services:
Ferns and Philo staging services
Bespoke Habitat (only for partners)
Cheong Chen reno+carpentry work
Property Related Courses:
Proptiply has a series of courses (in person and online). They included courses on Co-living investment bootcamp and industrial property investment
Marko & Friends has a great community and weekly calls after their 3-days in person bootcamp covering investment into Residential, Industrial and Commercial properties. Their facebook page is also a good reference.
Property Hunting:
Below are websites which I used for property hunting
Property Guru – for residential property. To hunt for rental property, I used this filter.
Commercial Guru – for industrial and commercial property.
99.co – for residential, industrial and commercial property. To hunt for rental property, I used this filter.
SRX – for residential property, industrial and commercial property.
EdgeProp – for residential, industrial and commercial property. I used this filter to hunt for rental property.
Rent In Singapore – for residential property. I used this filter to hunt for unit in the West (as an example)
A neat Whatsapp hack that I use to contact agent without having to add their contact to my phone is using the following format: https://wa.me/65xxxxxxxx (replace xxxxxxxx with agent phone number)
Fractional Property:
Goro – fractional property investment in Indonesia (Resi, Villa). Minimal investment starts at US$1.
Straits Trading FIR-ST (Fractionalised Investment Real Estate) – fractional property investment in Singapore condo and GCB. This is opened to accredited investors only and the investment ranges from S$200k to S$500k. Watch this CNA Insider video for more details on fractional property.
RealVantage – Participated in real estate deals (Resi, Industrial, Office etc) across 20+ cities and 5 major markets across US, UK, AU, SG, and HK SAR. Minimal investment is S$50k. Read more details at here.
Singapore Property Research:
Square Foot provides in-depth data on trends, property market pricing etc
URA rental contracts transaction – for private property
URA private property sales transaction
SRX X-Value valuation to get valuation
Check if condo put up for en-bloc – EdgeProp tool
Rental for single room of condos from PropertyGuru, 99.co and Bespoke Habitat
Rental for single room in HDB from PropertyGuru and 99.co
Staked Homes – download floorplan and other condo details (if available)
CEA is a government website to check on the validity of property agent that you are working with.
Where to Shop for Furniture:
Below are where I shop for furniture and housing items:
Sleepost – bed
Partners on Property journey:
Sing Capital – Mortgage broker that I consulted with (can look for Ms Jean Kwek)
Corporate Secretary Services
ContactOne Services provides Corporate Secretary, Accounting and other services in Singapore. Competitive pricing package. They can communicate via email and phone
Osome provides Corporate Secretary, Accounting and registered address services. Can only communicate via email and online platform. Can be reached at here.
– Can try Jia Wei @ +65 8126 2496 (recommended by my coach)
To duplicate condo card keys, try the following:
Curtain Cleaning Company:
One-Heart Cleaning – Mr Titan at 8818 5185
House cleaning services:
Lucehome – Routine rate $22/hr
Whissh Home Cleaning Service – $105 for 4 hour session
Helpling Singapore – Routine rate $25/hr
Helperoo Singapore – Routine rate $24/hr. Use apps.
Home Cleaning SG – Route rate $18/hr
Refer to the following for other house cleaning services
Below are other services:
The 10 Best Aircon Services In Singapore
Below are MCST who would not be open to coliving operators
Newman & Goh Property Consultants Pte Ltd
Below are the list of condos that don’t allow coliving:
Windermere (under Newman & Goh)
Westbay (under Newman & Goh)
Westwood Residences (under Newman & Goh)
Elizabeth Towers (by law to ban Coliving)