Case Studies
Real acquisitions, in full.
The case studies below are written in the first person by our founder, Nilza Miranda, drawn from her personal investment portfolio on São Vicente. Every figure, mistake and timeline is documented as it happened. The rest of Invest São Vicente is written in the third person and reflects editorial research, not personal experience.
These real examples show how investments on São Vicente work out in practice: purchase, costs, income and net result. Useful to test your own assumptions.
July 1, 2026 · 8 min read
Water and electricity are not details
After delivery, the apartment looked ready. It was not yet rental ready. A first-person account of what I learned about ramal, water tanks and operational start.
June 22, 2026 · 12 min read
How I bought my first apartment on São Vicente
A first-person account of one transaction: the search, the diligence, the renovation overrun and what I would do differently. One data point, not a market average.
June 15, 2026 · 11 min read
My 2026 net yield, with the methodology
Twelve months of bookings, costs, repairs and taxes for one Mindelo two-bedroom. Why my net came in well below the gross headline. And how I track it.
May 30, 2026 · 9 min read
My biggest mistakes
Five decisions I would unmake. Including a verbal contractor quote that taught me to never accept one again.
April 18, 2026 · 7 min read
How long the permit really took
From dossier submission to stamp on one renovation, the actual elapsed time was meaningfully longer than the developer's guidance. Here is what sped it up and what slowed it down.
Editorial note. Case studies are personal accounts. They are not investment advice and they do not represent typical outcomes. Where figures appear, they have been reproduced from source documents in the founder's archive.