Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa November 2013 | Page 7

INVESTOR TALK FROM THE EDITOR Times are a changing. Property today is simpler and yet more complex than ever before. Today you can still go out and buy a house, a flat or a building, and the information to do so is right at your fingertips. Gone are the days of looking in the newspaper, now with a click of the button you can search for property and educate yourself on the process involved in buying, renting or selling. But that’s not all, you can now invest in property through the JSE, this gives you greater diversity than before, opening up new investment fields that simply weren’t there 25 years ago. While more complex, this form of investing shouldn’t be discounted, the best thing to do is investigate. Learn about it, about what it can do for you and what it will ask of you, and then decide. In this edition we pull back the curtain on listed property investment. We are also in the very exciting proces ?)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????M?????????????????????Q????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????1??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????e?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????)9%?I5=9()I=4?Q!?AU 1%M!H)M??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????%???????)?????????????????????????????%???????????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????I???????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q?????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????!??????????????????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????????Q??????????????????????????E????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????)]????????????????????????????????????????????)91?AQIM8(+?q?????????????????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????????t?]?????? ???????()Q]%QQH? =559P))??}%???????M}I?????()Q??????????????????$???????????????????????????????????????????()  ==,? =559P)???? ??????????????????????I???????)%?????5?????()????????Q???????????????Q???????????????????9?????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????t()??????????Q????)M}I?????()??????????????()1????????????????()?????????????????????I??????%?????5?????()9??????????M?I????????%?????((?((