Travel Now, Pulubi Later? Or Invest Now, Travel Later?

We have always dreamt of traveling to other places. Getting to know other people’s culture and history excites us because it broadens our knowledge and experience in life. It makes us happy, even the little things of seeing the clouds in the sky up close from the airplane’s window or getting our passports filled with colorful stamps from the countries we’ve visited. Yes, traveling is fun, but it also costs a lot of money.

Though it is good to travel around from time to time, we need to realize that at the end of the day, we still have to go back to a place we call our home. 

Being in our early 20s and 30s might excite us when we are earning from a stable job and get control of what we want to do with our lives, particularly to explore. But it is said that too much of anything is not good. While we keep on spending for short-term experiences, we might forget to save for our future. We must always think that moments are fleeting and we don’t know what’s going to happen next. 

We got to be prepared for what’s to come, we must consider that we need some long-term investments. We may invest in mutual funds, stock market among others, but there’s one good investment that we must not overlook, and that’s in real estate. One common mistake in life is to think of investment when we already have our own families to provide for and realize too late that our wages are just enough to take care of our daily expenses. 

When we are young we tend to be carefree or maybe we want to see our money grow in the bank without realizing that the less than one percent interest per annum that banks offer is too negligible. Or maybe, many young people are intimidated to invest in real estate because the cost of investing in it runs to millions of pesos, not realizing that the returns are much higher. 

We are not saying here that you must not save money in the bank. Banks are good for safekeeping of your hard-earned money that can be stolen if you keep it in your home. But banks are not meant for hoarding and make your money sleep there. You save money in the bank so you could have something to tap when the need arises like putting it in some lucrative investment.

There is a good way to make your money grow in real estate. If you buy a house and lot, you can rent it out and sell it later when the real estate price appreciates in the area where it is located. Then you invest again. We know of many people who are into this kind of business. While your tenants are paying you for rental, you get an income that you can use for traveling to places you want to visit.

So which do you prefer, travel now and be a pulubi later or invest now and travel later to your heart’s content and for as long as you want?

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