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Prospecting: The Path to Successful Real Estate Agency and Consultancy

As a real estate agent, you will either be prospecting or working. Prospecting is simply looking for work to do. Working includes consulting, letting, selling and managing real estate. If you do not go out there to look for work,

Stephen Omengo August 23, 2012January 22, 2014 Articles 8 Comments Read more

Capital Gains verses Rent Income: Which way for the investors?

Capital gains or rent income? Commercial real estate rewards investors through periodic rent income and capital gains over time. Rent is realised every time your tenant writes to you a cheque. Capital gains on the other hand is realised when

Stephen Omengo August 13, 2012March 18, 2015 Articles 3 Comments Read more

Marketing Real Estate

Marketing real estate is a very expensive undertaking. Often times, property owners settle for less just to keep their budgets in control. In extreme situations, they withdraw their property from the market altogether. Here is what could be missing in

Stephen Omengo April 27, 2012 Articles 3 Comments Read more

Return on investment ROI: Measure of Profitability and Risk in Real Estate Investment

Return on investment is a measure of profitability of the investment. Return on investment is also a measure of the risk in the investment. Real estate is a low risk investment with modest return on investment. Higher returns are associated

Stephen Omengo February 22, 2012August 7, 2012 Articles 6 Comments Read more

High Interest Rates Hurt Real Estate Investment

High interest rates in Kenya is hurting real estate investment. Interest is a cost to the developer of real estate as it is to the end buyer. Since October 2011 the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has increase the Central

Stephen Omengo February 9, 2012February 10, 2012 Articles 4 Comments Read more

Double Property Titles: A major Real Estate Risk

Double property titles is one of the major risks associated with real estate. Double property titles occur when the registrar or any other authority issues one or more titles for the same real estate. Where the registrar or such authority

Stephen Omengo January 26, 2012January 27, 2012 Articles 8 Comments Read more

Your Property Title is the Foundation of Your Real Estate

A building that is built on sand will sink, develop cracks and eventually collapse. A building on solid rock cannot withstand the might of bulldozers. So how strong is your investment? The real foundation upon which to build your real

Stephen Omengo January 9, 2012 Articles No Comments Read more

Real Estate Education is for You

Real estate is neither a profession nor a trade. No credentials are pre-requisite before venturing into real estate. Indeed many of us take it as a second profession, where we invest our hard earned monies, or where we commit our

Stephen Omengo December 19, 2011December 19, 2011 Articles 8 Comments Read more

You are the CEO of your Real Estate

If you own real estate, you are a CEO and your success will be measured by how profitable you make your business. Your duty as CEO will be to maximise the returns to the shareholders – you. You will have

Stephen Omengo December 12, 2011December 13, 2011 Articles 2 Comments Read more

Investment Value of Real Estate

Investment value of real estate is a term that is confusing to both the professional valuer and the investor, and the reason is simple: the valuer is not the investor and vice versa. The valuer may not agree with your

Stephen Omengo December 5, 2011October 21, 2012 Articles 4 Comments Read more
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