Kaya 959 Reporter
As part of Global Entrepreneurship month, Kaya Biz chats to entrepreneur Lazola Nyerere Kubukeli.
Kubukeli is part-owner of the property investment company, JKN Development Consultants.
In 2011, Kubukeli founded a multidisciplinary firm within the property sector that offered architecture, quantity surveying & property management.
Within five years he built a property portfolio worth more than R20 000 000.
He says that the formula to JKN Development Consultants’ success is teamwork.
“You need to know what you are doing.”
“You need to first get the correct education, and get educated in property and property development as a whole.”
“What is very important is that you must work as a team. Work with fellow peers who are architects that are part of the construction team that are part of the property.”
“When the property is ready, get property managers to manage the property, source tenants and manage accounts.”
“It’s not really a one-man property show… you are part of a team that delivers the end product.”
Kubukeli is one of the 12 finalists for the SA Property Investors Network: Investor of The Year Award.
The awards ceremony is an annual event.
It aims to shine a light on those willing to be brave, bold, and tenacious in the face of a swiftly evolving property and finance environment.
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