Post-COVID: How to Register a Business in the Philippines (Complete Guide)
Online platforms have boomed since COVID. It’s never been easier to formalize a business through registration with the government. And with the changes in requirements …
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The Risk and Return Trade-off Applied in Real Life (Uncommon Examples)
The risk and return trade-off (tradeoff) is one of the tenets of life — not just finance, but of everyday life! It’s certainly one of …
How to Know When to Close a Business or Operate at a Loss
Knowing when to close a business isn’t just about avoiding losses. There are valid financial reasons to continue operating despite not making a profit, but …
Best Ways to Collect Rent from Tenants in the Philippines
How you collect rent is often an afterthought. Let me stress that real quick, that’s “how” and not “how much.” As a matter of fact, there’s …
Peso-Cost Averaging Advanced Guide: Know if It Works for You
Does peso-cost averaging work? Let’s backtrack a bit. How do we even define “work” in this context? Do we say it works because it always gives out …
Using the 1% Rule in the Philippines: A Rental Property Rule of Thumb
Out of a hundred properties, you get one. That’s typically the ratio between all the properties eyeballed and the property you actually buy. It is …
Building Your Emergency Fund: What No One Talks About
Three (3) to six (6) months of monthly expenses. What more could there be? Isn’t building an emergency fund as simple as this rule of thumb? …
Is Investing in Land a Good Idea: Pros and Cons Simplified
One of the easier ways to get into real estate investing is to invest in a vacant lot, to invest in bare land. There are …
5 Key Reasons Product Quality Does Not Guarantee Business Success
A piece that puts off would-be entrepreneurs from starting a business is there’s never ever a promise of running it profitably. It’s not that the perfect …
Can You Still Make Big Money with a Blog: Case Study (Part 1: The Plan)
I knew it was possible. I had hoped freedom locker PH made a little money, but website monetization wasn’t my primary goal. (See our manifesto.) As I …