Real Estate Articles

A lot of people find it hard to separate their human emotions from making important life decisions. Many escape unhurt, but majority do not. When you are making an investment decision, friendship or family does not matter as much as what the investment itself entails. You need to eliminate all forms of sentiment that may be flashing through your mind, ...

This narrative was first shared on February 2, 2015 at the onset of the Economic recession. It is a story about how a real estate top shot encountered his best real estate deal yet whilst just a mere real estate agent. Without mincing words, I can tell you that it is not everybody that is feeling the cash crunch. Yes, ...

We know a lot about what Warren Buffett thinks about investments and businesses. But we don’t know as much about what he thinks about real estate and homes. And it turns out, his honest opinion will surprise you. One of the more interesting businesses, which now falls into the wide umbrella of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is its real estate arm ...

Over the years, I have met several people who have gone into real estate investment without doing proper DUE DILIGENCE. Today I will be sharing with you the importance of DUE DILIGENCE for a real estate investor I am sure a number of people reading this have had a fair share of real estate investments that did not go well. ...

Urbanisation is an unavoidable global trend that has held sway since time immemorial. The situation is so intimidating that many governments are usually in a fix as to how to tackle its excesses. This article goes down memory lane in an attempt to explain how urbanisation started in Nigeria to the point we are now. Available data on urbanisation in ...

What if I told you one hundred years from now, the human population will be living in underwater cities and in 3D-printed homes? The first thing that comes to mind when we hear real estate is apartment complexes and skyscrapers dotting the skyline, brick and mortar coming together to form a solid building where we can put our heads, whether ...

Advice around property is a minefield, despite the issues inherent in seeking out help no one should feel that they can’t find decent information and assistance if they need it. These days anyone from accountants, financial planners, buyers’ agents, property mentors and even some developers can have a property advice wing that looks to help investors strategise. Here are 10 ...

This is the third and final part of the ‘BUY NOW PAY LATER’. In this final part of the real estate investment series I will be giving answers to frequently asked real estate investment questions. The first thing area I will be looking into is the question of ‘How long it takes for a BUY NOW PAY LATER investment to ...

On Monday Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said he plans to banish the yellow Lagos mini buses popularly called danfo by the end of this year because they are “not acceptable and befitting for a mega-city”. Do you think this is a step in the right direction? There are quite a number of factors that make Lagos the standout state in ...

Do you know you can own a house you still pay rent for whilst still a tenant? Do you think it’s possible to be a tenant on a property and yet be the landlord of that same property? Be a part of the first DEBO ADEJANA REAL ESTATE SEMINAR for 2017 to get answers to these thought-provoking questions The first ...