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 ...
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10 Different Types of Nigerian Landlords
Nigerian Landlords are arguably the most interesting characters in the subconscious of the average Nigerian Tenant. In this article, we take a critical look at 10 different types of Nigerian Landlords that besiege us. For Nigerian Landlords, there is the good, the bad and the ugly side to them. Nigerian landlords come in different flavours or would it be fair ...
Read More »Bad Market – Episode 19
Mr. Shina was held spell bound by the new challenges that confronted him in the residential rental property that was placed under his auspices. He tried hard to manage the situation but there was little he could do to stop the ensuing fracas. ::::::::::::::::::Read Previous Episodes here::::::::::::: Asides the two ladies that were at loggerheads over the rights to tenancy ...
Read More »How Tenants Can Maintain a Healthy Relationship With Landlords
Most of us speak ill of our landlords like we do not aspire to be landlords someday. And I want to believe no one wants to remain a tenant for the rest of their lives, or are there exceptions? This article talks about how tenants can build or maintain a cordial relationship with landlords It is so easy to castigate ...
Read More »Why Do Some Lagos Landlords Avoid Igbo Tenants?
Residential segregation by ethnicity has become a common trend with Lagos Landlords, especially if the tenant is from the eastern part of Nigeria. In this article we analyse the circumstances that has led to this seeming bias. In Nigeria, having enough money to pay for the type of apartment you wish to rent for a period of time isn’t enough ...
Read More »Oga Martins & His Kettle of Fishes – Episode 16
Martins had hoped he would come to a compromise with Mr.Okafor when they had a tete a tete at the choice restaurant in Ikeja GRA. However, the outcome of the meeting only proved he had made the right decision when he walked away from his job as caretaker of Mr. Okafor’s residential rental property. Read Previous Episodes here The meeting between ...
Read More »Owning A Rental Property: The Pros and Cons
Pros and cons of owning a rental property in layman’s language simply means the favourable and unfavourable factors of owning a rental property. This article sheds more light on what ordinarily should be a worthy venture When I was an undergraduate schooling in Benin, my first overtures away from the school hostel opened my eyes to the profitability of residential ...
Read More »How To Avoid Bad Tenants
Bad tenants are a major source of worry to a typical Nigerian landlord because they can ruin in few minutes a property investment that took several years to build. This article discloses possible ways of avoiding bad tenants and making them stay clear off your property. Bad tenants are everywhere, but how does a landlord really differentiate who has the ...
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