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Effective Home Staging Tips

Effective Home Staging Tips

There are many marketing techniques employed whilst selling a private residence, one of them being home staging. This is among the most famous techniques that get home buyers to sign a deal as it gives them an opportunity to have personal contact with the property, unlike listings. Home staging involves all preparations made to a property for sale in the real estate marketplace. This article concentrates...

Is Your Property Attracting The Right Buyers?

Is Your Property Attracting The Right Buyers?

The real estate business is saturated with an unlimited number of properties that are either bought or sold every day. Selling one’s property in a market as competitive as the real estate can be difficult for some than others due to contributing factors like the property’s condition, selling price, the agent, and marketing strategies applied. This article, however, focuses on one overlooked factor that...

The advantages of house and land packages

The advantages of house and land packages

The vast majority of people are still finding it extremely hard and prohibitively difficult to afford a home. This is primarily due to the unprecedented property price growth we have experienced in recent years. In addition, slow income growth for the average Zambian has resulted in real estate prices being beyond the means of most. For those in the middle to lower-income bracket that can somehow afford to...

Renting vs. Owning a Home in Tanzania

Renting vs. Owning a Home in Tanzania

It was projected that Tanzania will be the 4th most populous country in Africa by 2019 reaching 55.5 million people. An average of 70% of Tanzanians are renters spending more than 25% of their monthly income to cover for housing expenses especially in major cities of Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza and Dodoma. This is highly caused by market imbalances between the supply and demand for affordable...

Tips to Easily Rent Out Your House

5 Tips to Easily Rent Out Your House

The increase in urbanization has massively increased the need for better housing as one of the basic human needs. However, the supply of good quality and affordable housing does not meet the growing demand making it difficult for most property owners to find suitable tenants. For a house owner to earn a reasonable return on investment, it’s very important to ensure that the house in the market is always...

Choosing the best tenant for your rental property

Choosing the Best Tenant for Your Rental Property

One of the biggest concerns that most landlords or property managers have is finding a good tenant to occupy the property. However, there are several steps you can ensure that you attract and identify the best tenants for your property. Here is my guide to help you in choosing the best tenant for your rental property. This list of strategies will aid you select the perfect people to rent your home. Define...

Diversify your investment property portfolio

Diversify your investment property portfolio

Diversifying your investment property portfolio is one of the best ways to improve your chances of success as well as minimise your risk. Diversification is not just limited to the real estate market, but it is a tool used by investors in all sectors to mitigate risk exposure. With this in mind, it is important for you to balance risk and reward in your investment property portfolio. That said it is still...

The different types of real estate investments

The different types of real estate investments

When it comes to asset classes, real estate is one of the most favored investment opportunities. However, what many property investors do not realize is just how many different types of property investments are their disposal. There are various pros and cons to each of these real estate investments. With this in mind, it is very important to fully understand the various factors at play before you settle on...

How to attract high-quality tenants

How to attract high-quality tenants

The entire premise of owning an investment property is to make money from it. As such it is important to not only find but also to keep high-quality tenants. This is particularly important in order to make the entire exercise as lucrative as possible. However, it is important to know that there is a correlation between the quality of your property and the type of tenants you will attract. In this blog...

Property self-management

Property self-management

Are you a first-time rental property investor? It is understandable for most first-time rental property buyers to be skeptical about engaging the services of a property manager. In fact, at one point or another most property managers have contemplated whether they should self-manage or not. However, property self-management is not for everyone. After all, there are legal obligations that need to be met. In...

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