Condormitel Business by Major Homes

YES I am that crazy to get 3 units of Camella houses in Cagayan de Oro!!! And believe me, I scratch my head many times because these houses don’t produce income. Instead, I just close my eyes whenever I pay my mortgage. I am only comforted by the thought that I have a house to retire to when I am old enough and not able to work anymore. So, how about a property that will give you income in a practical way? Properties that will not cause head scratching anymore because you know you are investing into something without risk at all?

Introducing… 

ConDormiTel = Condominium + Dormitory + Hotel. 

Whoa!!! What is that??? Like coffee+creamer+sugar = CofCreameGar? "Noice!"

MAJOR is a premiere property developer with extensive construction experience that spans over 30 years. MAJOR has been involved in the development of iconic landmarks such as: Tagaytay Highlands, Sta. Elena Golf & Country Club, Mountain Ridge Tagaytay, Tagaytay South Ridge Estates, Caylabne Bay, Carmelray, & La finca. MAJOR is dedicated to providing its clients with affordable, world class, investment grade housing options.

Ate Anna Liza and Ate Brenda from Major Homes visit Yangon
to promote the ONLY ConDormiTel product existing from the Philippines
in the whole world. 

I was intrigued when I first hear about this through kuya Alex. It’s a real estate investment similar to Camella Homes or any other real estate in the Philippines. However, there’s a humongous difference. Unlike Camella Homes and others which are traditional type of “dead investment” (as they say), Major Homes is selling condos which will be rented out to students operated as a dormitory as they are strategically located close to many universities in Manila. The condo/dorm comes fully furnished when it’s ready to be turned over to the owner. The facilities and services included are like of the hotels such as swimming pool, study area, fitness gym, and others. Location wise, the occupancy rate is 100%.

This is what the Tshirt is all about!
MAJOR MAJOR in Myanmar in front of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's house. 

What is it to me and to other OFWs like me? Well, the president of Major Homes gives priority for OFWs to own condormitel units. Most of OFWs income goes to family expenditures. More often than not, we forget to save for ourselves’s future. And so, this type of investment is perfect! Basically, you just have to pay the reservation about 25,000 Php and a monthly payment of about 16,000 Php. When you’re done paying for the equity and done getting a bank to finance your unit or PAG-IBIG, you will have your fully furnished condormitel ready for student occupancy (in other words, "habambuhay na hanap-buhay" - business forever!). Major Homes will handle the business for you - hassle-free! All you need to do is to own a unit (or units), sleep while your condo will pay for itself and after the length of years your condormitel need to get fully paid (5 years or 10 years), you will get the students’ rent as your extra income if you still want to continue renting it out to them. Well, when will we have a scarcity of students in the Philippines anyway? Think about it.

For more information, please visit the website: http://www.majorhomes.com.ph. 

The contact person in Bangkok is ME @ +66950178795. The contact person in Myanmar is Kuya Alex @ +959420123199. Invest now!!! What are you waiting for??? 

Lights of Thomas

Many years passed. Thomas is still in the same area where I found him the first time. Every time I visit Bangkok, I would pass by his lights shop. I didn’t show myself for many years but I have always been checking him out secretly. I was surprised and happy that it didn't take long for him to finally change. He is now successful. His shop grew in number, he opened two more shops in the same area, his cousins and siblings are now working for him, and his lights are even brighter and more colorful. I am back in his life as his friend. I am very proud of him. 

 I arrived in Bangkok in mid - September of 2011 for my first visit/visa run. I have a Friday and a weekend for that short trip. Every after 70 days in Myanmar, I have to leave the country. I checked in at a hotel in Silom walking distance away from the Myanmar Embassy to be sure that I’ll get my visa on the same day I applied for it. I honestly have no clue what’s in Bangkok that time. All I wanted to do that Friday night was to get out of the hotel and walk around the area at night.

I asked the hotel what’s the nearest night life there was in that area of the city. It was quite difficult for me to understand what the receptionist said. So I went out alone with no info where to go.

I hiked to the main road and kept walking to the right. I crossed a wide intersection. I didn’t know what’s ahead. After a few minutes of walking, I found stalls of souvenir shops lined up along the sidewalk. There were clothes of different styles, colors, for different ages and genders. There were also home decors like lotus soaps delicately designed, lamps with religious designs, and Thailand framed photographs. I have also seen many hand-made tin can products they turned into either a tuk tuk or a transformer. But the most shocking of all – the adult toys explicitly displayed. If you are a non-conservative, non-religious, and easy-going like me, you would spend time looking at those toys like ordinary goods. And you might enjoy talking to the vendors selling them. But during that time, I had no interest with those toys. I was particularly interested with one thing – the Christmas lights with some kind of balls that looks like mercerized thread. More interestingly, the vendor was a Myanmar guy.

His name was Thomas, a good-looking, soon-to-be-father, hard-working man. He speaks quite well English and from his accent, I knew he wasn’t Thai. He was selling colorful decorative lights in Patpong – one of the red districts of Bangkok. He was the first friend I have in Thailand. He was very friendly and warm when he learned I can speak a little bit of his language. He was very happy he met me. He introduced me to some of his fellas who also work there in the red district. We had a day we got to know each other. Until I found out that he has drinking issues.

I didn’t judge him for his habits. I understood quite well and I tried to be empathetic about his situation. But there were things that are beyond my control. Something awful happened. It was bad. As a result, I cut him off because I didn’t like what I saw. I walked away, said goodbye, and showed him the attitude of a very disappointed friend hoping that he would realize he needed to help himself and change.

Thomas was not a bad person don’t get me wrong. There are things in our personal lives that people find unpleasant that they don’t agree with how you see things. Often, you are judged. Then they cut you off because they don’t want to understand you. They don’t feel what you feel, they don’t see what you see, and they don’t believe what you believe. 

All photos are from Thomas' FB