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Date > 2024 > August
Activity > Learning | Wealth Building

Property Mapping

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Bohol

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August 26, 2024

Property Mapping using Google Sites

Location : Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines

Links: Google Sites | Jotform

TheLoneRider
I've done property mapping for friends using TheLoneRider as the server. I've had no luck selling this service even though it should be compelling to property sellers. Practically across Tagbilaran, I see signs of lots and houses for sale or lease. I really feel this could be a niche market I can explore. With the right handling, I might be able to monetize this skill.

PHP 80M property across future site of SM
View the actual map: https://sites.google.com/view/1666sqm/home

Using External Apps
This time, I am freeing my personal site and using the following external sites to offer this service. This way, I separate the line between personal and business.

Google Sites - Google offers a free website-building service and server
Jotform - Jotform allows customizable forms which can be embedded to a webpage on Google Sites
Google Maps - I custoomize a Google Map for the property and again, embed the code on Google Sites

Marketing
I can send individual text messages to land owners who post their signs along the streets.

Good day sir/madam,

I saw your "LOT FOR LEASE" sign along the road (1246 SQM). I did something for a land seller here in Tagbilaran that helps him sell his land faster - by creating a WEBPAGE that includes all the essential info of the property, plus customized Google Map and form-mail to message the owner. This webpage gives the buyer enough information to make an informed decision - this is so much better than the standard legal documents you show a prospective buyer. All you have to do is send the LINK to the buyer by text, email, or direct message. Or, you can post the link on Facebook or Youtube - that's all.

Here is the link I made for the land seller. This will give you a better idea of what I'm talking about. I can do the same thing for you.

https://sites.google.com/view/1666sqm/home

My rate is PHP XXXX in GCash payable AFTER you receive your link. Let me know if you wish to pursue this.

Thank you,

NAME

Ending Thoughts
People sell land using text - land area, location and price. It's crude but that's how things are still done. What if they simply send a link like this?

https://sites.google.com/view/1666sqm/home

The link opens up to a webpage with all the information of the property including exact shape and size of the land overlaid on Google Maps and a form-mail for buyers to get in touch with you? I hope this new approach works for those who wish to sell land directly to buyers and not through the realtors.

--- Gigit (TheLoneRider)
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Bohol, Philippines

tourist attractions

Danao Adventure Park - zip lining, cable car ride, caving, river rides/trekking, off-road buggy ride, root climbing, rappelling and ultra-glide rides
Alona Beach - hub for tourists with hotels, resorts, restos, bars and dive shops
Chocolate Hills - hills side-by-side shaped like giant Kisses chocolate
Tarsier - pocket-sized marsupia looking like a monkey
Balicasag Island - one of the best dive spots in the Philippines
Loboc River - river cruise on a boat
Anda Beach - fine white sand beach with resorts, restos and cottages, 3 hours by bus from Tagbilaran
Cabagnow Cave Pool - brackish water pool about 5ft deep inside a limestone opening on the ground, 8 feet deep, P50
Lamanok Island - walk on a 100m bamboo bridge on stilts to a resto area to take a boat tour to caves and nearly attractions, P300
Combento Cave Pool - cave pool with underwater cave system, P20
Can-umantad Falls - long narrow drop until it hits a bulbous mound spreading it into a a curtain-like water canopy and down into a splash pool
Canawa Cold Spring - deep refreshing cold spring with developed pool area
Firefly Tour - evening boat ride into the river to watch fireflies

hotel

Fox & The Firefly Cottages - SUP paddle boarding, luxury riverside native cottages, mountain bike tours, SUP yoga
Baranggay Valladolid, Loboc, Bohol
Bohol Tropics Resort - seafront location, manicured surroundings, swimming pool, resto/bar
0133 Graham Avenue, Brgy. Cogon, Tagbilaran, Bohol 6300
Oasis Resort - Alona Beach location, dive center, resto / bar
Alona Beach, Panglao, Bohol

yoga

Jing Yoga - health & well being through yoga
The Courtyard - Airport Road fronting the church
Bohol Meditation and Yoga Center - 2nd Floor Lim Magtajas Bldg. CPG Avenue

Bohol Travel Info/Tips

Bohol FYI / Tips

the tourist area where most of the hotels, restaurants, ticket offices, tour operators are, is located within the Alona Beach area
the tourist attractions in Bohol are far apart and spread-out. It would be difficult to visit them all using public mass transit. Better hire a van (P3500/day) if in a big group, or rent a motorcycle (P400/day + gas)
Bohol relies on its tourism for revenue. As expected, everything they can capitalize on from tourism is extensively used and developed

Tagbilaran Port to Panglao

You can charter any tricycle from the port all the way to Panglao (~P300), but if you want to do it on the cheap,

don't take the tricycles lined-up inside the port. Walk past the port gate and immediately outside, you'll see many tricycles. Take one to the bus terminal in Dao (~P15)
in Dao, take the jeep that plies the Panglao route (~P20)

Tagbilaran (Bohol) to Cebu City by boat

** schedules and rates keep changing, call for latest schedule

Weesam Express - departs 6:15 AM, 11:30 AM, 4:00 PM
one way: Economy (aircon) P500.00, Economy (non-aircon) P400.00, First Class P600.00
round trip promo (at least 2 days advance booking): Economy (aircon) P600, Economy(non-aircon) P500, First Class P1200
round trip promo (1 day or on the day booking): Economy (aircon) P800, Economy (non-aircon) P700, First Class P1200
Ocean Jet - departs 6-7:05-8:20-9:20-10:40-11:40AM, 1-2-3:30-4:20-5:30-6:30PM, 2 hours, arrives Pier 1 in Cebu
Open Air / Tourist Class P800, Business Class P1000
+63(32)255 7560 / +63 (32) 255 0115 / 0917 638 0000
SuperCat (2GO) - departs 5:50-11AM, 3:45-5:25-8:15PM, arrives Pier 1 in Cebu
P 500.00
+63 32 233 7000

Things to do, Places to go in Bohol

Chocolate Hills - this is a clustering of more than 1200 hills within a 50km² area. They range in height from 30-50 meters. What's unusual is their near-perfect conical shape resembling an individual chocolate chip. No one knows how they were formed. Entrance is P50/pax.
Tarsier Conservation Area - located Upper Bonbon, Loboc. The tarsiers are no longer being played at by tourists as circus props, but instead, visitors now view them in cordoned-off areas in their natural 6ha habitat. As they are territorial and nocturnal, they are predictable on where they can be viewed. P50/pax.
Alona Beach (Panglao) - Alona Beach is the tourist hub of Bohol. It has 1.5 kms of white sand beach lined-up by bars, hotels and restos. Alona is also the jump-off point for Balicasag Island, a world class dive destination.
Danao Adventure Park - located in Barangay Magtangtang, 72 kms (2 hours ride) from Tagbilaran. Adventure activities include river trekking, tyrolean traverse, rappelling, bouldering, rock climbing and ziplining.

Blogs

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Anda

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Visiting Cabagnow Cave Pool Of Anda Jun 28, 2017

Exploring Anda, Bohol Jun 25-30, 2017

Candijay

CANDIJAY

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Firefly Tour In Candijay, Bohol Jun 30, 2017

Freediving Canawa Cold Spring Of Candijay, Bohol Jun 30, 2017