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The thrill of owning an investment condo daze many first-time Landlords with high expectations and without realizing that competition is great, start to demand high rentals and rejecting the few offers made. Nowadays, there are not many offers.

Read widely and realize what is happening to the Singapore economy.  Realtors who want exclusive listing from you promise you the moon but in the end, you have to decide. It is best not to give exclusives if you have time to run up and down for countless times till you are sick of "no results".

Prospective Tenants are very choosy as this is a "tenant's market".
There is a great shortfall of prospective Tenants and you need all the realtors in Singapore to work for you (if you have a "rentable" property) but exclusives mean co-broking and splitting 50% of the brokerage fees. Most agents don't need to co-broke since there are numerous Owners' listings in 1998 and more in 1999.

Below are some real life stories which, hopefully may help other first-timers to be more decisive and realistic.

"My real estate agent tells me I can get S$12,000 rental for my Costa Rhu Penthouse" said an Owner, rejecting a $11,000 offer and ignoring the fact that his penthouse does not have the splendid panoramic water front views, garden and balconies as a few others. After 3 months, there was no offer.

"If the realtor had not got the wrong address, my corner semi-detached would have been rented" said another landlord whose house is filled with junk, excess old furniture and evidence of bad leaks from the roof (fungus and dampness in false ceilings). It will be a waste of Asia USA associate's time even to co-broke and list this place, no matter how well located to East Coast Road because Tenants have so many choices. NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE IN LEAKING HOUSES. First impression counts and you have only 5-10 minutes to show your unit.

"I could get more than $4,000" said a Landlord of a 2^nd floor unit in Costa Rhu and rejected the offer from a Hongkong lawyer who had done all her feng-shui checks and wanted her unit.

Unfortunately no better offer materialized and it was too late. Costa Rhu Condominiums comprise 737 units, of which around 200 have been occupied.

Know your facts and be realistic. 2^nd floor and ground floor units are NOT popular as rental housing and therefore, take what is offered as competition is intense. The Quayside ringworm dog Condo (79 units), the Aspen Heights Condo (606 units) will be available from September - December 1998 and these are located downtown and will depress the market rentals of all other condos in Singapore!

Therefore, be realistic. Tenants now go shopping till they drop.  Many agents give up being tourist guides, due to high cost of the free service shuttling expats around.    

It will be best to get a below expectation rent and early occupancy unless your condo has distinct advantages such as water frontage, near the financial district or excellent views.