Real Estate Articles

Owning a home with no property insurance can be likened a bit to driving a car without a seat belt in place. An accident could happen anytime. For most Nigerians, acquiring (or building home) is probably the biggest investment they will ever make. Becoming a landlord is the ultimate Nigerian dream. Everyone wants a piece of property to rightfully call ...

Being a landlord in Nigeria can be a difficult job, especially if you have decided to put up your property for rent. Aside from having to sift through potential tenants, promote and manage your property, you also have to ensure that you can maximize your return on investment without breaking the law or allowing your properties to fall into disrepair. ...

A living room should be a place to entertain guests, as well as a space where you can relax and put your feet up. In this short article, we take a look at 10 of the best living room designs for your home.  Whether you’re relaxing after a long day or entertaining friends and family, the living room is just that ...

The history of cooperative societies in Nigeria started with the art of people coming together to contribute money to meet their immediate or future needs. Before I commence the article of today, which is on the history of cooperative societies, let me digress a bit into the major challenges of an entrepreneur. If you are an entrepreneur, you will agree with ...

Compiling a list of the top 10 most beautiful campuses in Nigeria was never going to be an easy task considering the vast array of universities in the country, albeit we came up with a list anyways. Whether you agree with me on this or not will now be a question of how many people are on my side on ...

Depending on where you live in Nigeria, you may be subject to occasional bouts of heavy rain that could potentially damage or ruin your home if proper precautions aren’t taken. So learn how to prepare your home for the rainy season in order to keep your family safe and also save yourself some repair costs. Here are couple of areas ...

Every day in Nigeria, especially in the metropolitan city of Lagos, people troop out to hunt for a place to call home. You should count yourself among the fortunate ones if it takes you just a day to get a place of your choice. For most persons, it takes at least 2 weeks or more to finally find a place ...

The Real Estate sector has become lucrative and it is contributing in its own way to curbing unemployment in Nigeria. There are different levels of people involved in Real Estate business, but there is a particular set of people in the industry who are not without controversy, as regards who pays them or should pay them. These people are the ...

Majority of Nigerian tenants don’t believe the average Landlord can be nice and dandy or even have the tendency to be nice. This article talks about how landlords can go out of their way to be nice to their tenants. Honestly, I am tired of hearing tenants complain about their landlords. These days no one seems to have something good ...

Buying land in Nigeria isn’t a process that anyone should take with levity at all, lest they be burned. A great deal of investment, both financial and time, goes into buying land anywhere in Nigeria, hence the need to get it right. Although buying land is most times not as capital intensive as buying a house, the process involved however ...