By Getty Goh

Property is a hot topic these days and it seems like everyone is jumping onto the property bandwagon. In my line of work, I often come across seminar participants who ask me where they can find good property deals. What many of them fail to realize is that finding good deals is only half of the solution. The other half is having a good understanding of their investment profile (i.e. risk appetite, investment horizon, budget, holding power, etc). Very often, the difference between a profitable deal and a non-profitable deal is determined by an investor’s ability to hold on to the investment, regardless the market condition.

To better help my seminar participants, my company, Ascendant Assets Pte Ltd, has developed a proprietary Property Investor Profile Survey (PIPS) to help our clients better understand their individual investment profile. After doing the survey, we will score them based ...