Having recorded my expenses since October 2014, I am getting a sense of how I am spending my money. In this post, I will update some of the expense figures that have changed this year and re-classify some expense items as monthly expenses instead of fixed expenses. Mortgage: $1105 828 (CPF) Late last year, I…
In late December, my employer finished shifting our office from Suntec City to a new office building near Kallang. That meant my journey on the MRT becomes longer and rides will be more expensive in order to get to my new office. I wasn’t too happy about that so I decided to find out if there is other alternatives for…
Third month into my expense tracking and I already missed doing it on time! I got caught up with the holidays and celebrations that I forgot to update my blog. Luckily I continued to enter my expenses conscientiously on my mobile phone. My total expenses for December is up to $4397.53 (including fixed expenses of $1900.99). That’s crazy high…
I have received a request from a reader who was interested in finding out more about buying a property in Cambodia as a foreigner and what are the charges and taxes involved. Below is a summary of the charges and taxes involved in my purchase of a SOHO unit in The Bridge Cambodia. Upon selection of…
Last week, I made a downpayment for my very first property investment in a country that most investors in Singapore have probably never considered before – Cambodia. My property of choice was a freehold small office/home office, also known as SOHO in a 45 storeys tall mixed residential and commercial development mixed development in Phnom Penh…
November has been a great month from me. While some believe in building a passive income to grow wealth, I prefer to tackle both active and passive income growth at the same time because realistically, it’s takes quite a lot of capital to grow passive income. Apart from the regular income from my day job,…