by Joan Marsh of Meldam Realtors

Have you visited Jamaica, our island home?  So, you had a wonderful experience and you’re contemplating making an investment in this, our beautiful island. Excellent idea!

I’ll be happy to share with you some thoughts which you could bear in mind during your deliberations.

Purpose of Investment

▪Are you planning to use the property as your home, as your little piece of paradise?

▪Are you thinking of investing in strictly a rental unit, that you may only use occasionally?

▪Are you considering a property in which you would live for say, half the year and rent it to vacationers when you are not utilizing it?

▪Are you thinking of a home you would purchase and then rent on a long term basis until you are ready to occupy it in maybe a few years time?

▪ Are you thinking of commercial or farm-land?

Answers to these questions would impact on whether you would purchase an apartment, a townhouse, a stand-alone home etc.

Your Priorities

Consideration should then be given to your priorities, e.g. your priority may be… “a bungalow in the hills with a view of the sea”  so consider some of the following; -

• A two-storey unit or all on one level
• A view of the sparkling Caribbean Sea
• A home in the hills, no sea-view necessary
• Beach-front property
• Sea-front (not necessarily with a beach which is a rare commodity)
• A gated community
• Size of land area preferred
• Size of building – number of bedrooms etc.

Contributed by:

MELDAM  REALTORS

E-mail: meldamrealtors@cwjamaica.com

Website: www.meldamrealty.com

Tel: 876-974-2593 or 974-2239 or 974-4209