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376 LANDBANK Foreclosed Properties in October 28, 2025 Listing (Negotiated Sale)

October 29, 2025 15 Comments

Up To 30% Off – Public Auction of PNB Foreclosed Properties in Rizal slated on October 29, 2025

October 27, 2025 No Comments

780 Metrobank Foreclosed Properties in October 2025 List (PDF)

October 23, 2025 No Comments

381 GSIS Foreclosed Properties in Bacolod/Bago For Bidding on October 30, 2025

October 17, 2025 35 Comments

(Updated) 806 BDO Foreclosed Properties in October 2025 List for Negotiated Sale+Bidding

October 17, 2025 33 Comments

3,959 PDIC Foreclosed Properties in October 2025 List (Negotiated Sale)

October 16, 2025 16 Comments

3,020 BFS Foreclosed Properties in October 2025 Listings for Negotiated Sale

October 11, 2025 147 Comments

3,969 BSP Foreclosed Properties in October 2025 List For Negotiated Sale

October 9, 2025 10 Comments

10,626 Foreclosed Properties in Bank of Commerce Q4-2025 Nationwide Listings

October 7, 2025 16 Comments

Before You Buy Foreclosed Properties: Essential Knowledge

The importance of due diligence in real estate investing

February 28, 2012 26 Comments

How to identify and avoid foreclosed property scams

July 24, 2021 15 Comments

Occupied Foreclosed Properties: The Nightmare Hiding Behind That 40% Discount

September 5, 2025 29 Comments

What does “AS IS WHERE IS” mean in real estate?

May 2, 2012 54 Comments

Video: 31 “Must Ask” Questions Before Buying Foreclosed Properties (As part of due diligence)

September 23, 2025 94 Comments

Step by step: How to get foreclosed property details as part of due diligence

October 2, 2025 13 Comments

Real Estate Investing

The GSIS Lease With Option to Buy or LWOB – What you need to know (w/ video)

March 5, 2024 2 Comments

Top 5 Things to Consider when Buying Foreclosed Properties

January 21, 2009 58 Comments

My Think Rich Pinoy Seminar Experience

May 24, 2011 13 Comments

SSS Foreclosed Property Used To Scam People Online (Video)

April 2, 2025 No Comments

Real Estate Acronyms Every New Real Estate Investor Should Know

March 15, 2009 26 Comments

What To Expect When Buying Foreclosed Properties

March 25, 2009 19 Comments

How to find foreclosed properties with good property values (After Repair Value case study)

September 20, 2020 No Comments

Time To Outsource My Title Transfer

May 14, 2010 104 Comments

3 Things You Need To Know So You Can Start Investing In Real Estate in the Philippines (Video)

September 19, 2025 8 Comments

Real Estate Calculators and Tools

ZIP Codes Philippines (Quick Search and PDF download)

BIR Zonal Values 2025 (And How To Use It Properly)

Top 40 List of Bank Websites with Foreclosed Properties in the Philippines (October 2025) Includes Gov’t Institutions

Registry of Deeds Transfer of Title Fee Calculator (2025)

Simple Amortization Table Calculator (With Principal/Interest and more)

Amortization Factor Rate Calculator (Quickly Compute For Monthly Payments)

Real Estate Taxation

How Safe Is Your Property From Being Repossessed?

Is BIR RR No. 10-2013 Favorable To Violators Of The RESA Law/Colorums?

Tax Planning For Real Estate Using Corporations And BIR RR No. 6-2013

Registry of Deeds Transfer of Title Fee Calculator (2025)

Homeowner’s association dues now subject to income tax and VAT (RMC No. 9-2013)

Donation As An Estate Planning Tool (A Discussion on Donor’s Tax)

Financial Literacy

Is the PERA Law (R.A. 9505) Ready for Implementation?

PERA Law (RA 9505) Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR)

Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) Act of 2008 (RA 9505)

Financial Education for Kids Part 8: Raising Pinoy Boys (and Girls)

Feast Talk Series: Happy, Healthy, Holy Money

Financial Literacy for Kids Part VII: Cha-Ching Money Smart Kids

Laws that Affect Real Estate

RA 11469 “Bayanihan to Heal As One Act”: Provisions related to Real Estate (with full text)

R. A. 9510 [Credit Information System Act (CISA)]

Procedure for Judicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage (Rule 68, Rules of Court)

Procedure in Extra-Judicial Foreclosure of Mortgage (A.M. No. 99-10-05-0)

Home Mortgage Relief Act Of 2014 (Senate Bill No. 2148 full text) Proposes Tax Incentives For First-Time Homebuyers

Republic Act No. 6732 – An Act Allowing Administrative Reconstitution of Original Copies Of Certificates Of Titles Lost Or Destroyed

Foreclosure Prevention

How To Stop Foreclosure in the Philippines – Top 4 Foreclosure Prevention Tips

Updated: Save Your Home From Getting Foreclosed via Pag-IBIG’s Special Housing Loan Restructuring II Program

Worried of facing foreclosure because of the Pandemic? Here’s our advice (Video)

5 Reasons Why You Should Treat Your First Home As A Real Estate Investment

(Part 2) How To Proactively Prevent Foreclosures (and NOT lose everything)

How To Proactively Prevent Foreclosures (and NOT lose everything)