Frequently asked question's

You may deactivate the property from the public, from your dashboard or use the live chat functionality in your user dashboard to reach out to us so that that we can deactivate the property for the time being. When the property becomes vacant again and you want it reactivated, just reach out to us also so that we can do the needful.

You may reject booking on the property, on the platform if for any reason your property could not be available to rent to our users.

PSR stand for property share rates and it’s the cost per unit, of shares on any property on the Gidavest platform.

CPS stands for Cumulative property shares and it’s the total available units of investible shares on any property on the Gidavest platform.

No. All payment for rentals on our platform is automatic, you can only rent an accommodation using your card.

Yes. We are a property management company and we have the expertise to manage your rental properties using our advanced technology and remitting your money automatically to your account as the tenants pays. We take care of repairs, correspond with the tenant and take care of your apartment in a very transparent manner. All payment receipts for repairs will be made available every time a repair is done on your property.

You cannot know this because you are not giving us your money to invest for you. You are buying a property and the annual returns on your real estate property investment as you know, is normally dependent on market forces. It does not matter whether you buy the whole property or a part of it.
At the end of the day, what we do at Gidavest is facilitate your investment in real estate. The amount this investment generates per year we don't know, but we are highly convinced it will yield returns for you, because that is the nature of real estate we believe in.

No. You would rather loose money reselling your shares earlier than the property value appreciates. This is because you will still be charged a processing fee of 1.5% which is the amount our payment processing partner ( PAYSTACK) charges for transactions.

Yes. You can check through our available investment properties and acquire any number of shares you want on any property. You can even make it an objective to always use the money paid by your tenants on the platform to acquire stakes in more properties and this enable you to expand your investment portfolio and make more money in the long run.

Yes. At the time of listing the property, you may decide and choose your preferred rental payment mode. Tick the box for yearly mode only and enter the corresponding rates if you only want to collect yearly payment.

Note that we reserve the right to duplicate your listing and deactivate the one you made, to enable us pay you the rent and manage it, if we intend to pay the yearly rent to you and make the property open to the public for monthly rental payment. We may decide to just edit your listing to include the monthly and even the daily rate, while we pay the yearly rental to your wallet. And in this case, you might be receiving alerts monthly while the tenant pays but you cannot withdraw the money as we've already made the yearly payment to you.

You may use the live chat functionality in your user dashboard to reach out to us so that that we can deactivate the property for the time being. When the property becomes vacant again and you want it reactivated, just reach out to us also so that we can do the needful.

You may reject booking on the property, on the platform if for any reason your property could not be available to rent to our users.

No. You can go ahead and list it. We charge you only when a tenant has booked your apartment (5% of the rental amount, as the service charge).

Definitely. We make it easy for you to list your property and manage your property efficiently, with our technology. Just create an account as a landlord on the gidavest platform, list your property to begin to accept bookings. Look through the profiles of the prospective tenants and approve the person you are comfortable with.

Set your inspection rate while listing the property that prospective tenants might pay to come see the apartment physically. Note that we take 30% of whatever rate you set for the property inspection. You must list real and genuine properties only, and the property must be in good health.

Our system will notify you of the failed deduction with instruction on how to update your card details for the payment to go through when it’s time for payment, our team may also give you a call on this.

You can reach out to us to do this. Make sure you explain why you want the change.

Our system will notify you of the failed deduction with instruction on how to update your card details for the payment to go through, our team may also give you a call, And in case our system cannot charge your account 48hours after the due date your booking will be canceled and our ejection team will visit to do their job. If you are living in an apartment in which our technology has been fully integrated, we won't tell you anything, but our doors will shut until you pay the rent.

Our system will notify you days before your rent expiration and our team will also give you a call, please endeavor to fund your account for your rental deduction. In case our system cannot charge your account 48hours after the due date your booking will be canceled and our ejection team will visit to do their job. If you are living in an apartment in which our technology has been fully integrated, we won't tell you anything, but our doors will shut until you pay the rent.

You may leave the apartment, and note that there's no refund after you've lived in our apartment.

We need you ID to know who's coming into our home and also to keep record of our tenant. It’s a means of security for us also.

If you don't like the house after you've booked immediately, the money could be refunded, less a management fee not exceeding 10% of the amount you paid. If you want to cancel booking after you've lived in the apartment for some time, then there's no refund. Thats why we've provided the inspection option on the platform so that you can see the property and tick all your boxes before you pay.

Yes. You can schedule inspection on the property of your choice and we'll reach out to you. Note that will pay a token for the inspection depending on the property and the owner.

Create an account as a tenant on the gidavest platform, fill all the information in your account section including your ID, BVN etc. Then you can search and explore the available rental properties and book the one you like.

You can do this by buying all the units available on a property on the Gidavest platform, or you can contact our customer support if you are not able to find any property whose units is still 100% available. You can also contact us if you find interest in any estate property that you'll want to invest in through us, and we'll work with you to achieve your objective.

No. Gidavest is not housing or storing your money in the first place so there's no way we can refund your money. Your money has wholly been used to pay for the property you co-own. The ONLY way to get your money back is to resell your stake to other interested investors on the Gidavest platform.

Yes, by buying more share units from other co-owners when they list up theirs for resale, gradually until you acquire all the shares of that property, then the property can be fully transferred to you.

You can resell your stake to other investors at any time at a rate higher than you bought it, especially when the property has appreciated.

You can benefit from rental payments in form of yearly dividends if the property you co-own has been put up for rent, especially if all the co-owners including you voted to have it as a long term investment.

You'll benefit from your investment also when every one of the co-owners finally vote and decide to liquidate it, when the value have appreciated.

When you buy share units on any property on Gidavest, and after the whole units is acquired by other micro-investors like you, and the property is fully paid for, a branded copy of the property document is mailed to you alongside the list of other co-owners of that property, as evidence of your part ownership.

Its possible with Gidavest because we split that high cost of the regular real estate property into investible units and with that everyone can buy any number of units and Share ownership of that property with the other co-investors.

Co-invest means you are contributing money together with other people to buy an investment property(s) through Gidavest. You are entitled to all rights and privileges as though you are the sole owner of the property.

If you are not comfortable paying with card, our payment partner Paystack allows you to pay using bank USSD or with transfer. That way, you don't need to enter your card details to pay. Just follow the prompt and select your preferred payment option with Paystack. Everything will work out just fine.

Very safe. Gidavest integrate with Paystack, a PCDI compliant payment processor and one of Africa's largest financial technology company. All your data is fully encrypted to prevent any cyber attack.

No. Gidavest does not store your money or invest your money for you in anywhere. We are only facilitating your investment in real estate and so whatever you pay to buy a stake in any property of your choice on Gidavest is only passing through us to the developer of that property. Your part ownership of the property is as though you are the full owner, you have all the rights and privileges just like every other co-owners, and you can resell your stake at any time.

No, in the sense of Gidavest collecting your money to invest for you.

Yes, in the sense of Gidavest facilitating and managing your investment in real estate.

No, Gidavest does not develop or own any real estate property. We only partner with other estate developers to facilitate the sales of their properties as well as making it easy for the regular people to have a stake.

1. Transparency; we want you to put your money where you can monitor it both physically and virtually on our user dashboard. You are in the know of whatever that happens to the property you co-own on Gidavest.

Security; A branded copy of the property document is sent to your mail for record purpose while the original is banked. No investment is as safe as buying real estate because its physical, you can see the property anytime.

Ability to liquidate to recover your fund anytime; You don't even need to commit your money on the property for the long term, you can sell off your stake at anytime for any reason and get paid by other investors.

Democratic; Gidavest allows you and other co-owners to vote in deciding the fate of the property at all time. You vote to decide whether you want a long term investment or short term, whether the property should be on rent or not, whether to liquidate the property or not etc.

Gidavest is a property technology platform that makes investment in real estate open to everyone irrespective of their financial situation, as well as making it possible for people to rent accommodation and pay their rent as they earn and as its convenient for them - yearly, monthly and even daily.