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Ahyat Ishak
Investment Expert
Ahyat Ishak is the author of the
bestseller “The Strategic Property
Investor” book and the founder of
“The Strategic Property Investment
Model & Program”, which has helped
many Malaysians create immense and
sustainable wealth through property
investment. He first began property
investing for more than a decade ago
and became a property millionaire
before the age of 30, having started
from humble beginnings. Through his
experience and learning from many
successful property millionaires, he has
discovered the REAL Wealth Formula™
and has also trademarked his Strategic
Property Investor Model™, which is the
framework for his highly acclaimed
workshops, seminars and talks.
Academically, Ahyat Ishak has an IT
Degree and MBA with the University of
Southern Queensland (USQ), Australia,
specializing in Strategic Marketing.
He also holds the CPT or Certified
Professional Trainers with IPMA, UK.
Professionally, he is an entrepreneur
and is the executive director of his
family’s group of companies, which
he 1st joined in the 90’s. This group
has businesses ranging from services,
technology, trading, foo d, agriculture
and property investment.
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Property Bubbles (Part1)
3 Things I Learned From My 15 days
in Spain – Portugal
I
just came back from my 15 days Property Exploration from the 29th January to 12th February. It
brought me into 2 nations; Spain and Portugal, 3 ghost towns: Ciudad Valdeluz, Sesena and Castellon
Airport and 7 cities: Barcelona, Madrid, Seville, Cordoba, Granada, Valencia in Spain and Lisbon in
Portugal.
It was a blitz of an exploration, after flying 18hours from KL to Barcelona, with a transit in Doha, Qatar
which was only a 10,500 km distance one-way, traversing 3,500km within the Iberian Peninsular of Spain
– Portugal, in 15 days, meeting 10 property investors there and learning as much as I can from them. The
experience and lessons I will keep forever, from investors who have seen it all, the crazy BOOM and the
equally devastating CRASH!
Here are the first 3 powerful lessons, Part 1 of a series that I will be sharing in my articles to come, that I
bring back from my Spain – Portugal property exploration.
1
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Knowledge Will Liberate You From Fear
I came back from this property exploration feeling like a new person. I was
humbled at the experience of my travels and interviews with the investors there. I
got jolts of excitement and fear running through my spine listening to their stories
of the boom and bust. But the fear I had quickly turned into motivation. I realized
something powerful was happening to me. The more I pursue knowledge about
property bubbles and how devastating its impact is to investors, the lesser I fear it.
With knowledge, I was liberating myself from fear!
We’ve all heard this adage before, “The only way to rid yourself of fear, is to face
it!” Property investors today cannot operate with fear. It is a silent emotion that
distorts your investment senses and disrupts your natural ability to make sound
investment decisions. Too many property investors fear property bubbles, and
too many times I’ve been asked to talk about this taboo of a topic. Why should
it be a ‘forbidden’ topic to talk about? Why do investors fear it so much? In most
instances, we fear the unknown. Lets talk about property bubbles; the booms and
the bust not with the intention to incite fear, but rather, to liberate us from fear!
Only once we can operate without fear, can we truly be invincible investors!