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            <title>Buying subsale condo for investment</title>
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            <description>Guys,&lt;br /&gt;I am considering to buy either one of the below 3 developments. The plan is to rent out for few years. At the same time quite concerned on the cap appreciation. I hv gathered some facts that might not be that accurate. Maybe some of you are more familiar with them. Appreciate if u guys could give ur views or comments, suggestions, etc.&lt;br /&gt;Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Desa Putra Condo, Wangsa Maju, Leasehold&lt;br /&gt;RM600k, rental RM2.6k pm above, mgt fee RM200++&lt;br /&gt;1,250sf, partly furnished&lt;br /&gt;Pros: &lt;br /&gt;-maybe very easy to rent out due to LRT at the door step&lt;br /&gt;-very well maintained 5 yr old development&lt;br /&gt;-1 minute walk to SriRampai LRT, 5 min walk to Wangsa Walk, cinema&lt;br /&gt;-2 min drive to carefour and DUKE, 5 min drive to MRR2 and AKLEH&lt;br /&gt;Cons:&lt;br /&gt;Maybe too expensive already n less room for cap appreciation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Gurney Heights Condo, Freehold&lt;br /&gt;RM400k, rental RM2k pm&lt;br /&gt;1,400sf, fully furnished (above average)&lt;br /&gt;Pros: &lt;br /&gt;-high floor, very low density, all corner units&lt;br /&gt;-less than 5 mins drive to jln tun razak, DUKE and AKLEH, less than 10 mins to KLCC, &lt;br /&gt;-10 mins walk to nearest LRT station, pasar keramat&lt;br /&gt;Cons: &lt;br /&gt;-close to 10yr old development&lt;br /&gt;-very slow cap appreciation&lt;br /&gt;-mgt fee RM400&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) City Gardens Condo, Bukit Ceylon/persiaran raja chulan, Leasehold&lt;br /&gt;RM480k, rental RM2k pm above, mgt fee RM200++&lt;br /&gt;1,200sf, partly furnished, low rise, low density&lt;br /&gt;Pros: &lt;br /&gt;-Walking distance to Bkt Bintang, Changkat, The Weld, Puduraya&lt;br /&gt;-Other new neighbouring developments are selling around RM1,000psf&lt;br /&gt;-Very well maintained for over 10 yr old development&lt;br /&gt;Cons:&lt;br /&gt;-Leasehold&lt;br /&gt;</description>
            <author>Bert Rizal</author>
            <category>Property Talk</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 22:13:37 +0800</pubDate>
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