Property Hunter Magazine Issue 91 - August 2017 | Page 25

WHY #3 Certainty Is Just a Dream If you wish for certainty in life, you are going to be wishing for a very long time! As a property investor, you need to understand that the only thing certain is uncertainty itself. Everything changes; be it at a local, national, regional, or global level. In property investment, things change all the time. Policies will change, buying and rental trends change, hot locations change, etc. Knowing the fact that things will change now and in the future, being strategic with your property investment is critical! As a strategist, you’d understand the importance of scenario planning, which is the cornerstone of being strategic, yet so few do it. Only the strategist will be able to adapt to the uncertainties of the property market, and you should too. WHY #4 Strategist versus Victim WHY #5 Staying Competitive If you are not a strategist, you will end While we live in exciting times, we too live up a victim! I don’t know about you, in times of extreme competitions. There but I don’t want to be a victim. I want are increasingly more property investors to be a winner in the game of property coming into the game and there are investment. In this time of excitement increasing choices. The Strategic Property and time of concern, and in such Investor understands that things won’t uncertain times, you really do not have get any easier, but we must get better! any choice but to be a strategic property investor. Strategist makes massive profits Mediocre investors hope that things are from both good and bad times. If you are going to get easier, things won’t change, a mediocre or half cooked – pardon my and they never do! The market will language – investor, I do not see how you only get tougher with new policies and will be very successful in the reality of the regulations. There will always be more property market today. investors in the game. Being strategic is the only way to staying competitive in an increasingly competitive investment market. Ahyat Ishak Ahyat is the author of the bestseller “The Strategic Property Investor” book and program. Having started from humble beginnings, his first property investment began more than a decade ago and by the age of 30, he became a property millionaire. He is also known for his highly acclaimed workshops, seminars, and talks. www.PropertyHunter.com.my 25