Notes on student accommodation, NSFAS, and getting paid.
Straight talk from 7 years of doing this, for landlords who would rather learn from my mistakes than repeat them.
I hear a version of this every few weeks, from landlords who are certain they've already done the hard part: "I bought the property, so I qualify."
You don't. Owning a property doesn't qualify you to...
Most landlords find out what NSFAS accreditation actually involves at the worst possible time: after they've already bought the property, filled it with beds, and started marketing to students.
I've ...
I cover differences between student accommodation and room rentals as well as the benefits and negatives of each.Ā
Purpose-built student accommodation vs buying a property and housing students - In today's video Retha Van Rooyen goes into detail about purpose-built student accommodation so that we can understand t...
Buying investment property sounds simple however there is a lot of thought that goes into it. Student accommodation investment is no different. You need to understand where students live. Every year a...
When I started in property I didn’t care about a strategy… I thought there were only flipping and renting and even if I knew anything different, I wouldn’t have cared. My sole aim was to make money. ...