Real Equity Returns: Get Rich Without Real Estate Funds

It’s a myth that real estate guarantees pots of money. If you’re young, here’s why equity funds may suit you better.

There’s an abiding belief among Indians that the only investment that can make you rich is real estate. Such is the allure of getting rich through property that many people in their twenties and thirties want to take on a large home loan and sign up for their first apartment as soon as they receive their first pay cheque.

But if you’re in your twenties or thirties, it makes more sense to invest in equity or balanced mutual funds instead. Not convinced? Here’s why.

Exclusive: The Bursting Of Indo-China’s Real Estate Bubble!

The party’s over in China’s urban real estate markets, but Chinese policy makers are trying in vain to revive the sector through financial deregulation and monetary easing.

A significant part of China’s recent recovery and boom after the Global Financial Crisis was driven by construction and real estate.

As the economy slowed down, it was obvious that these sectors would also decelerate. But the slowdown in real estate has been much sharper, and now threatens a new front that could further add to the economic dilemmas facing the Chinese government.

At This Point, Real Estate Is Not An 'Investment' Anymore!

The real estate sector is up the creek without a paddle. Builder inventories in metros like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi (NCR) and Vijayawada are at new highs as few people are buying. 

Not surprisingly, builders are trying all tricks in the book (and some more) to get you to commit resources to buying their expensive wares. From 10:80:10 schemes to others that merely want you to plonk a few lakhs to "book" your "dream home" (why call four walls a “dream home”, one wonders), builders are trying to sweeten their offers.

Point Of Concern: Why Real Estate Ponzi Schemes Continues Despite New Real Estate Bill In India?

The major question is why the real estate ponzi schemes are making waves in investors despite the new regulatory bill introduced. Why government is not making any efforts to curb these schemes?

On 7 April 2015, the Union cabinet cleared the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill. The Bill essentially mandates that every state needs to set up a Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), to protect consumer interests.

Real Estate Blues: What If The 'Builder' Disappears? The Biggest Risk Of Investing In 'Real Estate'!

In real estate we doesn't know how the situation becomes worst? Or when the economy plunges and investors goes in dark? When somebody dupes or when the fraud happens? We doesn't know. But how to combat the situation. INNLIVE takes you to get informed on preventive measures, techniques and more related information.

Earthquake Have Pushed Nepal’s Economy Back 20-Years!

Over the last days, Nepal has been rattled by its worst earthquakes since 1934. More than 3,000 people have lost their lives, and villages, roads, highways and ancient buildings have been devastated. The total economic losses from the damage could be between $1 billion and $10 billion, according to the US Geological Survey’s best estimate.

In all, the destruction could push the economy of Nepal—already one of the world’s poorest countries—back by a decade or more, significantly hurting the small Himalayan nation’s efforts to move from a “Least Developed Country” to a “Developing Country” by 2022.

Exclusive Interview: Meet Gulf's Elite Business Baron, Philantropist And Most Admired Personality 'Meera Kaul'

Wherever you work, for somebody or your own thing, your self-respect is your biggest business,” says Meera Kaul, successful serial entrepreneur, investor and the founder of The Meera Kaul Foundation.

Dr.Shelly Ahmed met Kaul at the headquarters of Optimus in Dubai, one of her success stories in the region. And looking at the confident 41-year-old US citizen, who is very proud of her Indian descent, you could hardly recognise the girl who once “didn’t assert herself because of the fear of refusal,” when her father didn’t allow her to participate in a theatre workshop.

The Way You Travel Can Decide The Way You Invest Too

Deciding Where to Travel (Deciding where to invest): Think of how you travelled in school or college trips. Full of energy and excitement, you would pack up in buses, huddle up in dormitories and wouldn’t mind going for a few adventurous treks also.

As you got married, had kids, your travel preferences changed towards more family-friendly, or may be luxury holidays at times.

Analysis: Kerala Politics - Emerging Political Realignment

The UDF needs an urgent re-working of its strategies with regard to the state’s economic development, entrepreneurship development and bettering of public perception about minority appeasement. 

An emergency cabinet reshuffling to save the disintegration of the UDF and further shrinking of its vote base is needed. The Congress should strongly assert its position regarding economy, finance, education and industrial development including taxation policy.

Special Focus: How To Rent A Property Out Privately?

Whether you are looking for an apartment or for a tenant, and do not want to use real estate agent’s services, there are several things that go different when you do everything by yourself. This basic information on how to rent property privately should be enough to get started – both for the owners and for the potential tenants.

Social networks: There are plenty of platforms where you can post and search for info on the available listings. If you want to rent a property out privately, you should definitely start from there.

Exclusive: Is MBA Degree WorthFul In Present Scenario?

In a preswent scenario do you think the MBA degree is worthful? No, etall. Many kept ide, jobless, unemployed, just serving as a primary school teacher, sales executive who sells door to door books, kitchenware, clothes and real estate bookings. This is the value of many MBAs not only in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and other parts of India too. No value to this degree. Just to get it and keep it to add value for your biodata. INNLIVE explores the plight of unemployed MBAs.

Dry Cleaning Beautiful And Historic Hussainsagar In Hyd

Telangana plans to first empty Hyderabad's great lake and then refill it with rainwater. Experts say it is nothing but a harebrained plan.

Call it his farsighted idea to restore the health of a lake or plain blunder, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is determined to clean up the fabled Hussainsagar first by emptying it and then refilling it with rainwater. In February, Rao directed the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to start pumping out the water and clean the 16th century lake before monsoon arrives.

Sobha Developers Offers A Flat At 35 Lakhs In Bangalore

Real estate developer to launch 81-acre township in Bangalore by month-end; expects sales to pick up in FY16.

In a move to bolster its sluggish sales, Sobha Ltd, one of India's largest real estate companies, is set to launch smaller homes starting at Rs 35 lakh in Bangalore. Sobha will launch an 81-acre township project in Balagere, Bangalore, by April-end.  

“We are reducing the apartment size and using pre-cast technology to bring down the cost of the apartment,” said JC Sharma, vice chairman and managing director, Sobha Developers.

What Holiday Planning Teaches About Saving & Investing?

While everyone is interested in making investments with huge returns and saving on big cash, many do not have a clue as to how they must use this money. 

Looking forward to shortcuts, tips and easy ways of minting money have become commonplace and as there are varied options for this, the process of taking saving and investment-related decisions has complicated. From fixed deposits to post office schemes, insurance plans, mutual funds, gold to even investing in real-estate, these choices that further come with multiple options and schemes have aroused confusion and complexity in people’s minds.

Freelance Boom Making Crop Of Creative Working Spaces

Never mind the lacklustre job market in India. Don't worry about the anti-outsourcing outcry in the US. And don't let slowdown and layoffs in the West weigh you down.

For the hungry, talented and skilled Indians looking for work and income, there is a new job market that has opened up, that is booming and also paying well.

There are no cubicles at The Hive, a quaint three-storey mansion on the corner of a cobblestone street in Khar, Mumbai. There are colourful corridors that lead to musicians, endless cups of chai and coffee, and outdoor divans where casually-dressed entrepreneurs can lie down or work.

Sustainable, Sensible Growth In Dubai's Property Market

PRESS RELEASE: The Dubai property market is showing signs of sensible and sustainable growth, with residential property continuing to be the most prominent sector. 

This was the common consensus reached at a panel discussion organised by the Capital Club, Dubai's premier private City Club and member of the ENSHAA group of companies, in collaboration with ENSHAA PSC, the premium quality project developer and leading hospitality service provider.

Moderated by respected business advisor Guy Guillemard, the panel featured Raza Jafar, CEO of ENSHAA PSC, Craig Plumb, Head of Research at JLL MENA, and Andrew Chambers, CEO of GGICO Properties.

Telal Al-Baraka Holding Group Appoints Saudi Kuwait Finance House To Develop, Construct Leading Projects

PRESS RELEASE: Telal Al-Baraka Holding Group has inked a strategic agreement with Saudi Kuwaiti Finance House (SKFH). As per the agreement, the bank will act as a financial advisor for the group to arrange Islamic funding, in addition to executing residential, administrative, industrial, and commercial projects in Mekka, Medina, and Jeddah. 

Chairman of Telal Al-Baraka Holding Group Sheikh Mohammed Fadl and SKFH CEO Tareq Al-Rekheimi inked the deal.Concerning the selection of the bank, Fadl said that this selection was based on financial and technical criteria, which highlighted the bank's name to shoulder such a pivotal role; especially that the bank has experienced, high-caliber employees in the field of corporate funding. 

Focus: What More Baba Ramdev Get In Addition To Cabinet Status And Y-Category Security In Haryana?

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Haryana announced its decision to bestow Ramdev with the status of a cabinet minister. 

Ramdev, who rose to fame over the last decade through television broadcasts of his yoga instructional camps, had expressed support for the BJP’s 2014 election campaign. In January, two months after the BJP came to power in Haryana, the state government appointed him the state's brand ambassador to promote ayurveda and yoga. 

'Satyam Saga': All Murky 'Reality' And The 'Whistleblower'

The original whistleblower in the Rs 14,000 crore Satyam scam, which has now landed the company’s former chairman B Ramalinga Raju in jail, was India’s metro-man E Sreedharan, reveals a letter he had sent to then Planning Commission deputy Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

In the letter, Sreedharan, as Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) chief, had raised the red flag on the functioning and other aspects of Ramalinga Raju’s companies and a charity controlled by him and his family.

Prespective: The Scam That Shook Entire 'Corporate India'

Byrraju Ramalinga Raju, the once poster boy of India's IT sector and Brand Hyderabad, proved to be the proverbial big tree that not only shook the Indian IT sector but also the very foundations of the `so called' stringent corporate laws and accounting standards of the country.

The Satyam saga ­ which offers a good case study on how a government can do crisis management ­ made authorities finally sit up and get cracking on putting in place an `early warning system' through various provisions of the New Companies Act (2013).