Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa Dec/Jan 2016/17 | Page 66

LAST IMPRESSIONS

Rose Valloo

Mortgage Manager
TUHF Limited

What makes you happy?

Happiness is life, it is not an occasion. I’m happy when
I’m enjoying life.

What is the best book you have read and
why?

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle because it helped me to
deal with some of my past history growing up. It taught
me that letting go is the fastest way to healing. It also
taught me about the ego, what it stands for and what
it means as well as how destructive it can be in one’s
personality. It also taught me that being me in the way I
am to the world is ok.

What is the best advice you ever received?

Live life in a way that makes Rose happy, because this is
my journey and you only get one journey and one life so
make the most of it.

What was your first full-time job?

It was at an engineering company in Durban where I was
an administrator and I earned R500 a month.

What person has made the biggest impact
on your life and why?

I know it is clichéd but it is most definitely Nelson
Mandela and the reason why is that he created an
opportunity to liberate us as a human race, not a colour.
And in many ways I feel connected to that sentiment. In
this same way Gandhi is also a person I look up to. His
approach to non-violence, the concept that things can be
done if you take it upon yourself as a nation to move, not
as only one individual. Your change is just as important
as everyone else’s. You cannot expect other people to do
things for you. You have to take the leap. The same is
true for me.

the car park, it has lost value. You have huge potential
to increase property’s value consistently. It is never a
decreasing opportunity. It is an annuity; it can secure
your future to live off one day.

What has been your best investment?
My education.

What has been your biggest lesson when
investing?

Know what you are getting into. Don’t be a sheep and
follow everyone else. Ask as many questions as you can
and be fully appraised. Meet people and talk to as many
people as you can, be a nuisance. It’s ok, it’s your money.

What are the one thing people don’t know
about you?

Everyone knows I come from Unit 7 in Chatsworth,
Durban.
The one thing people don’t know about me is that they
see a hard exterior, but I am actually soft inside and I
care a lot about humanity as a whole. You have to be
hardcore, which I am, but it is hard work.

What do you do to relax?

I like being with people. I’m not a person that is under
stress because I enjoy what I do. If you love life, do you
need time to relax? Just enjoying the journey is good
for me.

If you could change one thing in the world
what would it be?

Teach people to love and have kindness and high levels of
tolerance for each other.

What makes property such a great
investment?

It has the ability to appreciate, and it never stands still
in value. Unlike a car, the moment you drive it out of
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