In this week’s podcast we talk to Susan Granger who defines herself as a creator. She explains
that all her adventures have to do with what she feels inside her. She creates because she wants
to see something growing.
She is the owner of Nubian Q Urban Farm where she grows her own food organically and teaches others to set up their own sustainable food gardens. She also has a seed bank that she has started creating and is currently sitting at 400 species of seeds.
Her food garden is in an estate - she uses small amounts of land to build sustainable food.
She bought a house after her husband’s passing - she realized she needed to survive, so she
reached out to Dr Miranda for property mentorship. She hired two lawyers just to be safe, an architect and a project manager and started the purchase of a property in Yeoville.
She bought a single 5 bedroom house, a kitchen, one bathroom and one toilet. The house also a had a patio and other outside dwellings including a salon. Next to the salon there were other 2 rooms with a bathroom. The house had not been occupied for 4 years and was run down with dog poo and rodents in the house.
They converted the 5 bedroom property into 9 self contained units - each unit has a bathroom and a kitchenette and is open plan. Every unit is different and they decided to keep the aesthetic of the unit but they had to replace the plumbing and rewire the whole house.
The property cost R820,000 and R380,000 to renovate and is still under renovation (renovation started March 2022). Her focus when she was renovating the property was to create a brand and build a house with dignity so she bought instant water heaters and provided free wifi in the property.
When they were done renovating the house, they received several offers to purchase the house, but she chose to keep the house and rent it out. The lowest monthly rental is R3,000 and she is increasing it to R3,700.
This is another incredible podcast.
Book that inspired Sue:
She doesn’t read but she is obsessed with tiny houses on YouTube
Contact:
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Episode 22: Setting up real estate investment structures
Episode 21: The science of property management
EPISODE 20: Part 2 All about land: Creating 7 income streams from 1 piece of land
Episode 20 Part 1: The connection between land ownership and generational wealth
Episode 19: Lessons from being involved in 600 property transactions
Episode 18: Real estate investment trends in Zambia
Episode 17: Building an investment property portfolio with 600 residential units
New Year Special: property goal setting exercise
Christmas Special: How to go from zero units to multilets in record time
Episode 16: How to negotiate and own 8 properties with no money in 18 months at the age of 24
Episode 15: How to make R35, 000 per month from 1 property in the township
Episode 14: Investing in 16 high cashflow units Ekasi
Episode 13: Building a financial legacy for your children using real estate
Episode 12: From high-school drop out to properties that cashflow at R270, 000/US$18,000 per month by 23
Episode 11: How to go from 1 property to 74 property deals
Episode 10: How to own a profitable commercial building regardless of your income, networth or credit record
Episode 9: Building a property portfolio that makes R105, 000/ $7000 income a month
Episode 8: How to make an extra R18, 000/$1,800 profit per month with 1 property
Episode 7: How to start a properly portfolio for less than R3000/$300 per month
Episode 6: How to become a real estate multi millionaire & influencer with Neale
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