SINGAPORE - A couple in their 60s live in a condominium but they have kept their five-room Housing Board flat as an investment property to collect rent.
They can lease the flat for about $2,000 a month, an additional income of about $24,000 a year, but they have to pay taxes as well as maintenance costs for the unit.
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