Land Buying Checklist: Mastering Taxes, Zoning & Location For Smart Investment Introduction Buying land isn’t just about finding a good deal. It’s about making sure your investment is protected from legal roadblocks, future zoning surprises, and unexpected tax burdens. If you’ve found the “perfect” parcel—clean title, no disputes, no encumbrances—your due diligence is just getting [...]
Why Athi River Deserves to Be on Every Investor’s Radar in Kenya Are you searching for a location in Kenya that offers both stability and serious returns on your investment? Athi River, a fast-growing satellite town just 23 kilometers from Nairobi, might just be the golden ticket. Thanks to its strategic location along the Nairobi-Mombasa [...]
The Future of Land Investment: Why Now is the Smart Time to Invest Land remains one of the most resilient and rewarding asset classes available to investors today. But as the economic landscape shifts and challenges become more complex—ranging from market fluctuations to financing hurdles—savvy investors must adapt and strategize. In this article, we explore [...]
Land valuation is the process of determining the value of land. There are many factors that go into land valuations including location, size, zoning, age, condition, and amenities. Land valuations are often done using comparable sales data, income approach, market analysis, cost approach, and/or replacement cost. Land value is the estimated market value of land. […]
Land investing is a great way to build wealth. It’s also a great way to lose money, if you don’t know what you’re doing. There are two main types of land investments,raw land and developed land. The type of investment you choose depends on your goals and what kind of return on investment (ROI) you […]
Like any investment, there comes a time when it makes sense to sell a rental property. Perhaps your portfolio is too heavily invested in real estate and you need to rebalance your asset allocation to diversify your portfolio risk. Or maybe one of your rentals isn’t delivering the returns you’d hoped for. Or it could be a […]
Most rental property investors choose to hire a professional rental property management company. This makes their rental properties passive income, as they are not actively managing their investments. But if you want to take control of your rental property and manage it yourself as an active income enterprise, there are some things you need to keep in […]
When you know what you’re doing and follow a proven strategy, investing in real estate offers an incredible opportunity to grow your wealth and set yourself up for a comfortable financial future. The problem is that most forms of real estate investing require a substantial amount of money. And this often makes it very difficult […]
According to a report by investment firm last year titled Urban Land Rises as Kenya’s Gold Standard, land prices had increased by 535 per cent in Nairobi since 2007. In April this year, the firm released another report saying that land prices were most expensive in Upper Hill, where an acre was going for an average […]
The Kenya Revenue Authority posted mixed fortunes in tax collections from the real estate sector in the first four months of this financial year from July. It surpassed the Sh150 million target in land rent by 34.67 per cent or Sh52 million for the period through October, the latest statistics shows, raking in Sh202 million. […]