Comments on: 7 reasons why you should consider Malaysia

By: Al in Austin

Al in Austin — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:07:37 +0000

Even then, that is no great deal. It's about the same as what you'd pay in many places in the U.S.

By: Jacques

Jacques — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:17:28 +0000

Malaysia is a great country for expats. Malaysians are friendly, food is great, and life is relatively easy. Two notes of caution though.
1- Malaysia may be cheap, but if you want to live “a la Expat” – i.e. eat western food and have regular wine/beer/liquor – then your budget is going to be pretty close to what you're used to back home.
2- Business is not that easy. Malasyia still has the NEP/NEM in place, and some industries work in close circles. Who you know often is more important than what you know.

By: Jacques

Jacques — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:03:40 +0000

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:38:01 +0000

Argh! The pop-up at the bottom of the screen is killing me. How many times must I close it??

By: SPC

SPC — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:58:05 +0000

First of all I think Malaysia need to create an equal opportunity and continue to improve on education and human rights

By: Freddie Lee

Freddie Lee — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:26:24 +0000

Hi Bill Goondu

The writer is refering to BUILT UP area of proerties like houses or condo or offices and NOT land!

By: Marquelle

Marquelle — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:51:02 +0000

Too bad Malaysia does not accept multiple citizenship…

By: BobinLA

BobinLA — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:23:51 +0000

Duane- $1,400 per square meter is for built-up property, not raw land– e. g. a 100 sqyare meter condo for $140,000.

By: Me

Me — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:52:58 +0000

Dead on!
Coming back to Malaysia from Indo, Vietnam, and even parts of Thailand is like coming home to what we have come to expect as westerners. Great infrastructure, safe, sophisticated and very civilized.

The minimum purchase for RE has been raised as of Jan-10 to RM500,000 from the previous ridiculously low figure. Details here for anyone interested. http://www.epu.gov.my/guideacquisitionproperties

There is current oversupply in certain RE in KL so be careful. Plenty great deals though if you pay attention and ignore 90% of the agents.

By: Roland

Roland — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:54:02 +0000

Simon,

That $1,400 per square meter must be a misprint. My calculator says 2.47 acres (10,000 s.m.) at this price would cost $14,000,000. Ka-Ching!!!
Anyone wanna buy gold plated carrots from my future farm?

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:18:03 +0000

Simon, could you please write about the pro’s and con’s of Colombia? Thanks

By: Duane

Duane — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:04:20 +0000

Hello, Simon,

In today’s issue you say real estate in Malaysia is about $1,400 a square metre. Is that just for land, or what?

If that is the case, what are the values in other countries you are familiar with?

Thank you,

Duane

By: michael

michael — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:45:53 +0000

$1,400 per square meter? Is this for retail office space down town, or is something amiss…

By: Bill Goode

Bill Goode — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:09:55 +0000

At $1400 per square meter, Malaysia is no great deal. That’s $5.5 million per acre. One could beat that in most places. If you think that’s a great price, I’ve got lots of desert landscape in Arizona I could sell you for a hundredth of that. I think you must have misplaced a decimal or you are using the wrong conversion factor some where.