Practice
Personal field notes. What worked, what didn't, what it cost.
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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.
12 min read · By Nilza Miranda
My biggest mistakes
Five decisions I would unmake. Including a verbal contractor quote that taught me to never accept one again.
9 min read · By Nilza Miranda
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.
11 min read · By Nilza Miranda
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.
7 min read · By Nilza Miranda
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.
8 min read · By Nilza Miranda
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