A lot of my friends and close business associates have commented that I have a knack to find value-for-money deals. They are often quite amused and amazed that I am able to find such deals even though I am not a property agent.

I often explain that my ability to do so does not lie in the access to information. With many online property portals, buyers can simply find deals with the click of a mouse, while sellers can bypass the middleman to list and sell their own properties. I believe my edge lies in research and the system I rely on to find good deals.

I firmly believe that,regardless the market condition, there are always good deals available in the property market. A case in point was a Tanjong Rhu unit that I purchased just a few months ago. While units in that location were being sold for an ...