From the team
ESTATE LIVING
Founder / CEO Jaimé-Lee Gardner
COO / Publisher Louise Martin
Editor Jennifer Stern
Golf editor John Cockayne
Senior subeditor Thea Grobbelaar
Creative Peter Batistich
Contributors Janssen Davies Corina Rosca Helen Grange Tessa Buhrmann Martin Hatchuel Mark van Dijk Nia Magoulianiti-McGregor Di Brown
Brand ambassadors Jenelle Oosthuizen Esmeralda Stander Susan Erwee
September was a big month for Estate Living . We were invited to facilitate an informative and enlightening workshop for property developers and estate management around new technologies relevant to community living , such as 5G , IoT and sensors that enable AI . The workshop was part of the FTTX Conference in Durban . We then headed to the Association of Residential Communities ( ARC ) conference at Serengeti Estate in Johannesburg , where 150 community managers , international community managers and key service providers tackled challenges which the community face , and collectively found solutions . The core themes of the conference were communication , collaboration , adaptation and technology to drive efficiency , save time and resources . Estate Living launched the 5th edition of the annual Residential Estate Industry Journal – a best practice guide to the industry for both community management and their boards of directors .
But , while we know residential estates are fantastic places to live , they ' re also great investments . And , as we discovered when we started looking , there is more than one way to package your property investment .
Hotel rooms – or more correctly , hotel apartments – are a great way to add to your portfolio . These stylish , usually fabulously positioned developments offer the option of owning a unit in a wellmanaged medium- to long-term-stay hotel , with all the hard work of marketing , maintenance and hospitality done by the hotel .
Another great , and relatively low-cost way to get a foot on the property investment ladder is to buy a student apartment that you can rent out , or use to house your own offspring when they spread their wings – safely , but without cramping their style . And , at the other end of the lifestyle spectrum , investing in retirement property makes sense at any age – even if you ’ re not going to retire for forty years , you can buy at today ’ s prices and get a good income for a few decades .
But there ’ s a lot more to investment than buying into a development that looks as if it ’ s going to give a good return . It ’ s also about planning and consolidating – and about predicting what the next big idea is going to be . Wow , there is so much new and exciting happening – and we ’ ll be sharing it all on our website and our newly launched official YouTube Channel - a platform for shared expertise , collaboration and learning , and where you can experience our beautiful communities . Subscribe at Estate Living on YouTube for more insightful content
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