How-To Guide

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); SSM, in short, means Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia. In English, it is Company's Commission of Malaysia. If you want to set up a sole proprietorship, company (Sdn Bhd), or business in Malaysia, this is the website or department. Instead, today we'll be learning how to do a company or business search online on the SSM website. Below is...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); You've the geran, done the title search, and know where the lot is located. In addition to these information, you also need to know the zoning. Zoning is important when it comes to development and what more you can do on the land. For example, if the land is zoned under agriculture, the land usage is limited to agriculture use. If...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); You've got the title and the relevant information, such as the lot number. You agak-agak (roughly) know where the property is located, but you want to know the exact location on the map. The Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia website is a good lead to start searching for the geran, title, or lot location. Below is a YouTube...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); In the previous post, we learned how EasyLaw is a smart, all-in-one calculator. EasyLaw also provides an additional service of online nationwide land, title, or geran search in Malaysia. This saves time and cost. The Easylaw online land search is handy if you're based in Kuala Lumpur but have a property in Johor, Penang, or some other...

This is a public service announcement to all vendors and landlords from realtors. We hope to create synergy with our clients and defuse the amount of "fake news" in the real estate industry. Cooperation with the realtor doesn't stop at the handover of the property, it stops after that. While we realtors provide our own version of after-sales service, vendors and landlords too have a responsibility to...

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); The deal about real estate is matching a prospect and a purchaser with a property. It is a matchmaking business. We pair the right buyers and sellers together, and the right landlords and tenants together. Sometimes, a mismatch happens to begin with. We've a property or listing but no purchaser. On the other hand, we've a purchaser or prospect...

In real estate, there are 2 categories of real estate agents/negotiators. GeneralistSpecialist Generalists focus in a general location without a specific location. For example, a generalist covers Petaling Jaya (PJ), Kuala Lumpur (KL), or Shah Alam. These are still very wide districts in themselves. In PJ, there are many townships - Damansara, Kelana Jaya, Bandar Utama, etc. Furthermore, there is a...

Property investment goes by the mantra "location, location, location." Investing in the right location has the potential to yield significant returns. The location has to have sufficient amenities in the vicinity to support the population and have a potential for continuous growth. It is never truer for real estate agents. The mantra "location, location, location" also applies the same in the real...

Vacant Possession Now that both Mr & Mrs Tan and Mr Chan have signed the Sales & Purchase Agreement, they've to wait for the loan to be disbursed. Once the loan has been disbursed then only the purchasers can take vacant possession (VP) of the property. The standard "waiting period" is 3 months. The bank will disburse the balance of the purchase price to the vendor - Mr Chan. In this case,...

Soliciting Sales & Purchase Agreement After the loan has been approved, the next step for Mr & Mrs Tan is the Sales & Purchase Agreement (SPA). It is a legal document outlining the terms and conditions whereby Mr Chan (vendor) has agreed to sell the property to Mr & Mrs Tan (purchasers), and the purchasers agreeing to purchase the property from the vendor. The standard practice is...