At these tough economic times in Kenya, you may be thinking of indulging yourself into the real estate business. You may be wondering how much you need to invest or how much you should have to make a move on you first real estate investment in Kenya. Real estate investment requires a lot of persistent since it is a huge investment. Every type of business has its highs and lows and real estate is not an exceptional. When it is your first time in real estate, you may have gathered some much advices out there that may or may not work in this industry. However, real estate investments in Kenya<\/a> are one of the ways of becoming wealthy and the industry is very lucrative if done right and resourcefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Real estate in Kenya covers a wide range including buying property for resell or for occupation, it may involve buying land<\/a> and diving it into sub portions for selling among others. It may be land, residential, commercial or industrial. Whichever part of real investment<\/a> you want to start up, here are some of the few things you need to look at to determine how much you may need to have your first real estate investment in Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As stated above, real estate investments have a wide range; from commercial to industrial to residential and to bare land that adds its value over time. First, you need to decide on why you want to enter into the real estate investment in Kenya<\/a>. Buying a piece of land to subdivide later is cheaper than buying one for comer use or industrial use. When buying a piece of land again depends on your location preferences. Recently, areas that are considered as metropolitan or rather near Nairobi CBD may fetch a lot of value on land than those a little bit far. Such areas include; Juja, Ruiru, Syokimau, Kitengela, Kikuyu, Kiambu and along Kangundo road. Half an acre goes around 1 million to 3 million depending on the amenities.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDeciding on the type of property you want to invest in<\/h2>\n\n\n\n