Thanks for visiting my portfolio. This page features a selection of my articles in publications such as Entrepreneur Philippines and Esquire Philippines, as well as my contributions to the book Ready or Not 2020.

By 2022, the Manila Bay Area Will Be the New BGC

According to real estate analyst KMC Savills, the attention being given to BGC and the two other central business districts (CBDs) in Metro Manila—Makati and Ortigas Center—will soon be disrupted by a fourth player. “We think by the time Duterte ends his administration, the Bay Area will be one of the established CBDs, rivaling Makati, BGC, and Ortigas,” said Fredrick Rara, manager for research and consultancy at KMC Savills.

Fired After the 1997 Crisis, PH Stock Broker Turns into Real Estate Agent and Rides the Property Boom

While Eduardo Santos could have made a living by being a franchise owner handling a group of real estate agents as well as being the master franchise holder of RE/MAX in the country, he continued his brokering even after setting up RE/MAX Regent. And it’s paid off, as in 2016 and in 2017, he was ranked second in the Top 100 RE/MAX real estate agents in the world for the residential sector, which ranks brokers based on the commissions they’ve earned from the deals they closed. In other words, Santos was the second best-performing RE/MAX agent in the world in terms of brokering residential properties.