31/12/2025
Donāt buy property like this.
Being in 4 years in real estate, Iāve learned one painful truth that I wish more buyers heard early:
the wrong condo doesnāt just waste moneyāit wastes years of your life.
Buying w/o rental demand.
Buying w/o an exit plan.
Buying w/o a clear goal.
Thatās not investing.
Thatās gambling.
Iāve seen it happen again and again.
Buyers choose ācheapā units thinking theyāre being practical.
Or they fall for beautiful show units in locations with no real demand.
Some buy purely because āsikat yung developerā w/o asking the harder questions.
Years later, they come back to me.
Same story. Different person.
āPwede ba ipa-Airbnb āto?ā
āCan you help me rent this out?ā
āBaka may strategy ka pa?ā
And this is where it gets painful.
Because of the POGO ban, the market has changed.
Units that relied on POGO tenants suddenly lost demand.
Buildings that were once āsure winā became silent.
And worseāsome developers donāt allow Airbnb at all.
Iām not talking theory here.
Iām talking about friends and investors I personally know.
They invested in other developers.
They assumed Airbnb would be an option later.
They didnāt check the house rules.
They didnāt ask about exit strategies.
Now theyāre stuck.
They come to me asking if I can list their unit for Airbnbāand I have to tell them the truth:
āUnfortunately, your developer doesnāt allow Airbnb. Thereās no exit on that side.ā
No short-term rental.
Weak long-term demand.
Limited resale interest.
Thatās when it hits them: the unit is beautiful⦠but useless as an investment.
Smart investors donāt ask,
āIs it cheap?ā
They ask:
⢠Will this still rent even if the market shifts?
⢠What happens if one income stream disappears?
⢠Do I have multiple exitsālong-term rent, Airbnb, resale?
Because real investing isnāt about today.
Itās about survivability.
Condos that win long-term are the ones that can adapt:
ā when policies change
ā when tenant profiles shift
ā when markets cool or heat up
Thatās why exit strategy matters more than price.
what u lose by waiting or buying blindly:
capital stuck in the wrong property, zero flexibility, missed opportunities, and years of growth youāll never get back.
share this with someone planning to buy.
If this saves even one person from being stuck, itās worth it.
CondoPick