Category: Education

EKSTRA: How OFWs Earn Extra Cash to Send Home

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are well known multi-taskers, performing several duties at the same time. This delicate balancing act requires not just skills but a deep sense of commitment and focus to make life better for their loved ones.

This perhaps is best illustrated in “Europe”, a short film by BDO Kabayan, about a female impersonator who works in Europe. Inspired by true events, “Europe” shows the great lengths a father will go to in order to provide for his family. Continue reading EKSTRA: How OFWs Earn Extra Cash to Send Home

How To Turn Your Empty House or Condo Into A Money Making Machine

The empty house or condo is a situation that many OFWs face. Lured by property agents, some of our OFWs end up acquiring their “dream” homes through big ticket housing loans with the hope that this “investment” will generate regular income for them through long-term rent.

Unfortunately, many of these hopes do not translate into money right away. Leaving the house unoccupied for several months or even years.

Imagine the monthly amortization you are paying plus the other expenses and costs that incurs regularly since purchasing it.

So if you have a tenant who has just moved out and for whatever reason there isn’t a new one moving in, what can you do as a landlord to make money from your empty house? Here are some of my recommendations.

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55% of Filipinos Will Spend More Online in 2018: PayPal Cross-Border Consumer Research 2018

MANILA, Philippines, 27 June 2018 – PayPal, a global leader in digital payments, and Ipsos, today released the PayPal Cross-Border Consumer Research 2018 for Philippines. The report, which investigates the online shopping habits of approximately 34,000 consumers in 31 countries, including 1,006 participants in the Philippines, reveals a healthy e-marketplace with over half of Filipinos looking to increase their online spending in 2018. Coupled with the optimistic e-commerce outlook in the Asia Pacific region, the report presents new opportunities for Filipino merchants to expand their international sales. Continue reading 55% of Filipinos Will Spend More Online in 2018: PayPal Cross-Border Consumer Research 2018