I agree, there appears to be more advertising particular societies rather than sharing the pros and cons of the society. People appear to just promote a society and push a person into buying into a particular place, where rather its upto the buyer to make a decision and have options available and its upto them of which one they want to choose.
Investors lobby are strong in Islamabad real estate market and they includes government officials(CDA),dealers and societies who are pushing public to buy plots, by using tactics to rise or drop prices in their favorable time example is DHA Valley where prices were in minus and after 2 years now is 400K to 800K plus.
This forum provides everyone to cross examine each other postings to reach right conclusion which helps new investors or general public to buy/sell plots.
At Zameen.com investor group(explained above) cannot make too much influence just for pushing people to buy plots as everyone going to follow markets trends which are already driven by Investor group.
I think 90 percent contributors are doing there job very well. We are getting a lot of benefit from their advises.
Readers should be able to judge who is guiding them correctly and who is trying to mislead. Like when you go for purchasing other items in the market, bazars etc, there are a lot of shops for same items. You have to judge who is giving you a right deal.
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Most of the discussion going on in this forum is about islamabad real estate, hardly we see any discussion going on about societies in karachi or multan or faislabad or lohare. Most of seniors are expert in their field and they provide good information. We should use own brain to process the information and reach conclusion. If top city is good for investment for shoaib akhter and he promote it, he is doing right but it does not mean top city is good for me too. Since shoaib akhter can hold his investment in top city for 3 years and I can only hold for 1 year, so I might end up quit in loss. But this is my own fault not the fault of shoaib akhter, because I didnt analized the information right.
I found this forum very usefull and this covers almost every single society/town in isb/pindi with enough information for anyone to take the right step.
This forum is doing great and I recommend it to everyone who want to become expert in islamabad real estate.
Anyone can walk with you. But no one will walk for u. (a sufi proverb)
@Triver did shoaib akhtar come into property business? But he was hoping that after cricket he would go for film industry. I think he has made a lot of money from ads and book, if he starts buying in Top city the prices will go through the roof.
Hey I remember reading a recent blog titled “A Humble Request To Forum Contributors” which would be quite fitting in the present scenario. Its from Zameen’s blog. Thanks
Yes Ahsen, you are right, here is the link
A humble request to forum contributors
This is how Zameen.com addresses to its users. Appreciable!
Baloch bahi, Shoaib akhter name was just for example, I could not explain it more simple than that 
Zameen admin,
please have a system where a person who asks question cannot make it the best like Mr Khan, Nasir and sheikh sahib who asks the question then answer and make it best. I think it shows not only the immaturity on part of them but also it misleads the readers about there guys.
Mr. Juma Khan,
This is a good suggestion. Thank you for giving your feedback.
A very health discussion,
ist of all we should clear on one thing that when we will discuss a medical problem then defiantly we will consult with a doctor or when we will discuss about currency we will consult with a currency broker , same case in property when we will discuss about property, we will consult with a property consultant.
2nd thing is that every person has his own likes and dislikes and definitely a person who invested in a society will always give positive comments about that society this is a natural thing.
But on the other hand all of us should try to give neutral comments on any discussion we should share our best info and give neutral opinion about any society.
This is a very useful discussion forum.
It is like a hall, where we all share our opinions, preferences, information, fears, news and hopes about the real estate property world. There is one person trying to show one scheme or brand in a positive light and there others who challenge him.
In this way an an argument is started and then each side gives the positive points of his scheme and negative aspects of the other scheme. An example is the post which compares 4 kanal Gulberg Green with 5 kanal Multi Orchard.
Who benefits from all this debating and fighting ? I think the investor benefits from it because he can see all the pros and cons from many different angles. No wise person invests his life savings based only on one opinion. Potential investors listen to all sides and opinions and then make up their mind.
Now the ranking system. We all know how this ranking system works - it is by the number of messages you have posted. I think this system acts as an incentive for people to give their opinions. Even if the person who uploads a post has little knowledge about a society, this triggers a reaction and a response from someone who has the information. So he corrects any mistake made by the less knowledgeable person.
If we did not have a system where everyone is trying to get a good ranking, then we will not have so many posts. In my view even the stupid posts are helpful because they start a discussion from which the smart investor can get what he needs. And then the investor (after hearing dozens of views) make his move in the real world.
So crore-patti I would suggest that you just chill and enjoy yourself in the chat-room.
Good Suggestion but that does not makes any difference, everybody who comes here is a investor, opportunity grabber and it is very easy to judge a person over here.
Agree with most of the comments of PK1 and others.
In English they say that 'there is no such thing as a free lunch'! Senior members who are sitting here and contributing day in and out over 1000 posts in a year are not doing as a charity, most of them have an agenda. I use the word 'majority' as some of them are posting really impartial and very decent posts.
I have been using Zameen.com for over 3 years and then reading the majority of posts on this forum right from the first day. There are many senior contributors here who are trying to favour one society or another which is absolutely fine if thats what they really feel is the case for whatever reason, including if they have investment over there.
What is not right though is that these so called senior contributors only project the negative points of the societies where they do not have any investment or which can become a competitor society for their investment society. Thats is wrong! I believe instead of negative comments on such societies and misleading the members, they can simply say that they do not have enough knowledge about that society.
Thanks and peace!
So the “City is not sleeping…” Glad to see that
What crore pathi has suggested is reasonable. Often times When I explore on grounds I find striking difference on what I learn here on the forum. I think there is a lot of room for improvement here and I am glad they are willing to listen to the customers( a difference you see in developed and developing nations)
I am not a property dealer but i think information from property dealers on this forum is very usefull. Like i have done my investment in B-17 and CDA sector only. But because of some property delaers and forum members now i have some knowledge of Bahria,DHA,Jinnah Garden,PWD,Top city and Mumtaz city etc. Its all depend on reader how he rely on this forum.I think no body should believe only the discussion of this forum. We have some more resources to check property status like OLX,Newspaper and practical visits. I think this forum give a direction, its never tell to do investment in a particular society.But over all it is a very good online forum to get usefull information free.
I dont think due to no.of post some will get award, Its all about interest.
Crore Patti: Good thinking... Assigning ranks to members is a very good and motivational practice but having the maximum number of posts should not be the criteria for a leading rank. Maximum number of post may show the interest of a member in real estate but it can not be the only criteria to be the best.
In my view, genius people always have a solid, unbiased and precise communication, like Mr. Syed Ibrahim and some other experts on this forum.
Regards
It is very good to see this post, where I am pleased to see the views of different people, but at the same time, I am also very sad to know that, we as a nation always think negative, instead of giving credit to FREE CONTRIBUTERS of this forum, for providing information worth millions of rupees, we are very easily discouraging them to stay away.
I think it is the responsibility of end user to gather information over here, process it, analyze it from different angles, cross question it over here, make ground checks (if possible), and then take decision. We can expect 100% from every person, we might have some intentional directors, but I have not doubt the majority of contributors over here give their neutral views to guide people.
One thing, I would say, at the moment, I am having maximum number of posts, so if some one is having problem with that so I can better opt for not posting any more.
Regards