A couple of days ago I did a post about ‘skewed rental market’…. and there were many comments. The one I liked best was by a guy named Sanjay Sood. He said “Mr Subra is just misguiding whole generation. No one can gurantee return in any market, may be equity or real estate, Our market […]
Many of us pretend to understand risk and think we are fully prepared for it. Wrong. Most of us are hoping that since our parents did not face risk, we will not face risk. Let us look at some of the risk which we pretend will not happen to us, because so far it has […]
A few days ago I did a sarcastic article on ‘how real estate prices cannot fall at all’….now I am contradicting myself! Two different stories about real estate deals: One person bought in a upcoming luxury project in year a 4bhk house for Rs. 112 Lakhs in dec 2006. In 4 years time, a self […]
A few of the industries that a common man deals with are in dire need of a Regulator. One of them is Real Estate. There is no common definition of words like built up, loading, super-built-up, charging for parking, brokerage for renting, brokerage for buying and selling. A builder does not have to tell the […]
It is always easy to predict – especially if you have nothing at stake! The world is today very worried about the Euro problem – because it is much bigger than the US problem. In fact the situation is so bad, that US has even decided to teach Europe about coping with the crisis…LOL. […]
Two mutual fund agents had similar stories to tell. Am not sure whether other IFAs too have a similar story to tell, but here it is.. I F A grievances: 1. Clients are short term pleasure seekers: both the IFAs have been in the business for more than 10 years and have upwards of 500 […]
Sir I have read your blog…I like it. Me: Thank you He: Sir, are you a Chartered Accountant? Me: Yes sir.. He: Will you file my Income tax Return? Me: No sir, i do not do that work… He: What work do you do? Me: Regarding investments.. He: Arre, will you manage my portfolio…I bought […]