Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa November 2013 | Page 3
CONTENTS November 2013
COVER STORIES
8 Master Investor
12 Listed Property?
22 Live The Property Dream
COMMERCIAL
Annual Europe 1%
growth in labor
1.5%
U.S
productivity,
2.8%
2000 to 2008 Africa
Economies of
sub-Saharan
Africa ranked
amongst the
lowest in the
World Bank’s 2010
Ease of Doing
Business report
$1.4 $1.6
trillion
trillion
Africa’s consumer
spending in 2020
20
52 The Greates Real Estate Deal
Africa’s collective GDP
in 2008, roughly equal
to Brazil’s or Russia’s
Africa’s
number
of telecom
subscribers
exceeded
450 million
in 2009, up from
52 million in 2003
40 The Right Information
Will lead you to the right investment
42 Managing Your Maintenance
Compounded annual real GDP growth, 2000-2013
Number of African
companies with at
least $3 billion in
revenue last year
Developed
Is essential to your industrial property
2.0%
Latin America
4.0%
Africa
4.9%
Emerging Asia
40%
62 The Race To Invest In Africa
44 Establish A Turnaround Strategy
8.3%
For your struggling shopping centre
Average African
inflation per year
Revenue growth in African
telecom industry at
compounded annual rate
over the last five years
1900s
22%
48 Your Mind Map
2000s 8%
Pick the best investment for you
Percentage of world’s reserves in Africa
UPFRONT
5 Investor Talk
From the editor and publisher
6 Inbox
Ask The Property Experts
Value your home
8 Master Investor
Helping others: My passion and key to
success
12 Time For New Tactics?
Weigh your options with listed property
18 Guest Expert
Brian Azizollahoff talks about corruption
associated with government leases
50 Despite The Tough Economy
RESIDENTIAL
Oil
Gold
Chromium Platinum
10% 40% 84% 88%
Listed still delivers results
Number of cities with
population over 1 million
52 “The Greatest Real Estate
Deal- Ever”
24 Education Is Priceless
Latin America
Europe
63
52
52
Africa
North America 48
It paves the way for your future
Lessons that put Trump on the map
26 Decrease Your Tenant Risk
OFFSHORE
And increase your success
28 Don’t Let Repairs
56 Important Questions You
Need To Ask
Get your finances down
Before you buy a property overseas
30 Can You Be Fined
For not building in time?
32 Auctions
58 The Successful Four
Dimensional Investment Model
36 Improving 101
62 The Race To Invest In Africa
Make the right decisions
Are they a bargain or a bad idea?
Ready, set, go
Update your home today
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