Property investment isn’t just about buying – it’s about building! You’ve seen the wins, the losses, and maybe even taken a few hits yourself. But what if you had the ultimate playbook to dodge mistakes and scale your portfolio the right way?
From spotting hidden gems to funding smarter and maximising returns, Iherng lays it all out. No fluff, just real strategies that work. Ready to play the property game like a pro? This is your next move!
Those looking to move beyond buying their first property and start building a real portfolio.
Individuals who want to grow their wealth through property but need smarter, more efficient strategies to scale.
Investors who don’t just want to buy property, but want to maximise returns, manage risks, and leverage expert insights to make every move count.
What you will learn?
Spot undervalued properties, pick prime locations, and sidestep common investor mistakes.
Explore funding options like EPF, partnerships, rent-to-own schemes, and unconventional hacks to kickstart your investments.
Master the game – from flipping and renovations to Airbnb and long-term rentals. Understand the strategies to maximise your returns while growing your portfolio.
Gain essential skills to lead confidently, build team trust, effectively manage time, and balance work-life, ensuring successful and empowered leadership!
Dive into the essentials of digital marketing with insights from industry pros! From mastering the fundamentals, what digital marketing entails to busting myths, this series will take your digital marketing game to the next level.
Dive into the essentials of digital marketing with insights from industry pros! From mastering the fundamentals, what digital marketing entails to busting myths, this series will take your digital marketing game to the next level.
Purchasing property is undeniably exhausting, requiring extensive effort, research, and time to navigate through the abundance of information and locate the perfect spot. So, how can you get the essential property information you need and simplify the process?
Featuring property YouTuber, iherng a.k.a Sean Tan, this exclusive 40-video series, The Property Playbook by iherng is your ultimate guide to success in all things property!
What you will get in this Property Playbook Series:
iherng’s blueprint for property investment
Pro tips for first time homebuyers
Insider knowledge that will help you turn your property dreams into reality
Get To Know iherng
Also known as “the real estate guy,” iherng started out as an architecture graduate, then became a real estate agent. He later gained a lot of experience in Malaysian property. While working in property, iherng noticed a problem. He saw his client buying their 15th property while their neighbors, a family of five, struggled to pay rent. This showed him there was a big difference in knowledge between these groups.
To help bridge this gap, iherng decided to share what he knows and his love for real estate with young Malaysians. His mission is to be the bridge to support young Malaysians on the smartest way to get their first home.Therefore, iherng partnered with OpenAcademy to develop a series centred on real estate, drawing on his years of expertise in the industry. Iherng will be your personal resource for all things connected to purchasing your first home. He has you covered for everything from understanding when to buy and sell to providing a detailed guide on how to spot a trustworthy developer and insights into loans and financing!
Whether you’re a newbie or seasoned pro, this series will elevate your mastery in all things property!
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With the launch of the brand new OpenAcademy app, we speak to the team members behind the curtain. UI/UX designer, Adleena Ali, gives us an insight into her experience designing an app that meets the requirements and requests of the team, solves problems, and ultimately, puts users first.
Tell us about your experience as the the UI/UX Designer of the brand new OpenAcademy app.
Refreshing. I’ve been very keen to design flows that focus on user-generated content. I feel it was a unique design process to tackle compared to what I’m used to designing. I’m grateful that the OpenAcademy team has been very clear and elaborate on the direction from the first brief, and that there was also openness for new suggestions — all that definitely contributed to the final design.
What was the ideation process like when approaching UI/UX design of the app?
Ideas either come from inspiration or problems. Sometimes, I like to explore flows from other apps I find useful first, as a base or “default” interaction. But the end product comes down to what problems we have to solve, so there could be five ideas alone to answer the question “How do we allow users to discover creators with ease and encourage them to follow?” It’s a bonus if we can achieve beyond that goal, where the flow is able to garner positive reaction from users.
What softwares or tools did you use?
I mainly used Figma for collaboration between team members and to produce high-fidelity mockups. Scratch papers for sketches work too for quick ideating.
What challenges did you encounter during development? And how did you overcome them?
There are a lot of stakeholders involved when pushing an app release – tech, business, product and even creatives. That was a challenge for me to address, all while ensuring I did not abandon users. For this project, I made prototypes to show how the flow worked with each change request or idea, screen recorded the, and sent them to stakeholders involved. Stakeholders were able to immediately get a sense of the app experience, so all parties involved get a clearer picture to make decisions and proceed to the next step.
And finally, what tips would you give other UI/UX designers?
Ask questions on business models. You’ll need to know more about the business you’re creating the app for than people think you should. This will help you design the UI/UX better.
Overcommunicate – not just by holding discussions, but by showing your prototypes, sending the PDFs if need be! Get the most out of every discussion.
Find new things to learn and have fun. In every project, there’s going to be something foreign you’ve never done before. Watch tutorial videos, Create, and Test.
Meet KarFei Cheah, a leadership, emotional intelligence (EQ) and talent development coach that works with individuals and organizations to better perform and manage their teams, coaching them to improve their own life, teams and organizations. Starting at 21 years old, KarFei has been coaching and training for the last 12 years and is now the founder of Life Redesigned.
Life Redesigned is a talent development and coaching academy, which helps companies to build leaders and teams to perform better at work through coaching, training, and keynote address. Its coaching academy on the other hand focuses on providing world-class and practical coaching certifications for people to become a great coach in the workplace or to start a career in coaching.
Below are some insights shared by KarFei from a conversation with OpenAcademy.
Q: What makes you different as a coach and trainer?
A: My Unique Selling Proposition is multi-generation leadership. My in-depth understanding about Generation Y or millennials has gained me traction and recognized as a Gen Y expert. I coach on generational differences and how to manage it, as well as how to retain and motivate talent.
Q: What are some tips to manage the Gen Y’s?
A: My expertise is in human psychology, human behaviour, and mindset. I use this to help people to understand themselves so that they can perform better in their lives and work. In the end, the core of a human is the same, which is having a purpose in life. For baby boomers, as they survive post war when job opportunities are scarce, their purpose in raising kids up is to make sure there is food on the table. For the younger generation, there is a “paradox of choice”- they simply have too many choices to choose from for their life decisions. Humans as a whole need to have a purpose in life, my job is to help young people to see purpose in everything they do in their roles, life and company. In order for talent to perform, companies should invest in understanding, caring, and supporting what their talents are doing outside of work. It is the era of organisations being invested in their employees’ dreams and goals.
Q: How can companies attract a multi-generation workforce?
A: There are 3 important points to how you can do this. Firstly, the salary has to be competitive. Two, Benefits cannot be one-size-fit-all, they should be targeted at different groups, for example for young people they want more flexibility. Lastly, it is important to showcase what they do for the multi-generation workforce, sell themselves as a company with purpose and value as well as having a stand. SMEs have to change how they operate so they can attract talent by positioning themselves a bit better, and start selling their companies a bit better.
Q: What are some of the challenges you had to overcome to get to where you are now?
A: One of the challenges I had to overcome is being seen as too young when I started my business at 21. I have no corporate experience and did not graduate from a famous school. I overcame it through perseverance and talked to more people, getting more yes instead of no. I had a coach at 19 years old who encouraged me to try new things. I got certified when I was 20 years old and launched my business as a coach at 21. Since then, I have accumulated a lot of experience coaching Gen Y and have been invited to speak in many Gen Y conferences in and out of Malaysia.
Q: You’ve mentioned the difficulties in getting to where you are today, why do you continue doing this?
A: The biggest satisfaction when it comes to my work is the PEOPLE. When I am able to see their life transformed, and people sharing with me that what I teach really helps them at work, this is why I continue to do what I do. Additionally, I am also able to listen to thousands of stories in terms of their life and work, which also helps me to understand more about myself.
Q: Who are the types of people that can benefit most from your help?
A: Any organization who wants to develop future proof leaders, who believes leadership is important and is interested in growing their leaders. Also, young professionals who want to become better in their life through coaching or becoming a coach.
Q: What are your future goals?
A: As for the future, I hope to continue scaling my business, to coach, train more, and build people to do training. I also want to expand geographically to the Middle East (or any other parts of the world).
Q: What advice do you have for the community?
A: It is a given that technology is definitely growing faster and faster each day, but as human beings, we also have to remind ourselves to grow every day. Digitalization is not a choice, it will come whether you like it or not, but people may forget to grow themselves. So it’s important to remember to continue improving ourselves, not just the technology.
What amazing insights from KarFei! For more insights from KarFei, you can follow him on Instagram or LinkedIn or reach out to him directly via the Digital Space group for advice!
