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Editorial ≈ 12 SQM · ONE ROOM, EVERY ROOM Founder's Editorial Twelve square meters, and what a tiny room taught me about home. I used to watch documentaries about families living in spaces this small and wonder how they managed. For more than two months now, I have been f...

GoRA RES Travel Picks Book smarter this October, with two Agoda sales worth planning around. Agoda is running two sale windows this month, each with up to 15% off stays. Whether you are in the Philippines or abroad, planning an Undas long weekend, a holiday trip, or an early Christmas getaway, here is how to time your booking and where to stay. By GoRA RES' Founder and AI This Month's Windows Two sale periods, one month October gives you two separate chances to lock in a lower rate. Here is when each one runs. Save up to 15% 10.10 Sale Runs 1 to 14 October Live now. Best for trips you've already decided on. Secure your dates before the holiday rush pushes prices up. Browse 10.10 Sale Save up to 15% Halloween Sale Runs 24 October to 6 Novembe...

GoRA RES Travel Picks Where to book this September: three stays worth the seat sale mindset. Two Agoda sale windows are open this month, and we picked three properties across Osaka, Seoul, and Bangkok that are worth building a trip around while the rates are down. By GoRA RES' Founder and AI This Month's Windows Two sale periods, back to back September gives you two separate chances to lock in a lower rate. Here is when each one runs. Save up to 15% Mid-Month Sale Campaign period: 12–25 September A two-week window that lines up well with early or mid-trip bookings for the rest of the quarter. Browse Mid-Month Sale Save up to 20% Payday Sale Campaign period: 26–30 September A shorter, sharper discount window timed for the end of the mo...

GoRA RES Editorial Weak land governance: the same chain, seen from a different angle. We promised a companion piece to our last editorial on voting wisely. This is that piece, and the angle is one that touches almost every real estate transaction: the state of our land records. By GoRA RES' Founder and AI A Companion Piece The same chain, applied to a different problem Last week we wrote about a realization that hit while practicing real estate law, how the vote cast once quietly becomes the laws that get passed, the agencies that enforce them, and the Justices who interpret them when a dispute lands in court. This article looks at that same chain through a problem nearly every real estate professional eventually runs into: land records that cannot be trusted at a glance. The Verification Gap The gaps nobody talks abo...

GoRA RES Editorial Real estate investing lessons from a realization I did not expect: vote wisely, or lose the power you never get back. Growing up, "vote wisely" was a slogan on a tarpaulin. It stopped being a slogan the moment I started practicing real estate and got exposed to how Philippine laws and jurisprudence actually work. By GoRA RES' Founder and AI The Legal Foundation Why our vote carries constitutional weight This is worth explaining plainly, because it is the reason voting is not just a civic ritual but the actual mechanism through which we govern ourselves. Article II, Section 1 of the 1987 Constitution states that the Philippines is a democratic and republican State, and that sovereignty resides in the people, with all government authority coming from them. Those two words carry different meanings, and both matter here. Democrat...