Land is one of the most valuable assets you can ever own. There are various reasons and advantages to owning land.
- Supply is limited. They are not making more land and yet the population keeps growing. All these people will need to build somewhere.
- Little capital needed. You can acquire an acre of farm land for less than ushs 3 million. You can buy a residential plot for ushs 3.5 million.
- Land does not depreciate. Land rarely loses value. In fact land is one of the most unique assets whose value seems to always go up.
- No hustle. Owning land is largely hustle free. If you buy a plot and fence it off you can forget about it for years. There are no tenants or customers to deal with.
- Land can be used in a million ways. You can grow things on it. You can build on it, you can lease it, etc.
- Land is the foundation for all real estate. If you plan on investing in real estate you need land.
- Price is fairly stable. Unlike crypto currencies and other crazy assets the price of land is fairly stable over the long term.
- Land can be used as collateral for debt financing.
- Land can easily be passed on as inheritance for generations.
- Low risk. If you deal with the right people land is fairly a low risk asset compared to other assets like businesses.
- Pride of ownership. Land is one of those assets you can be proud to own. Unlike other assets it retains its value.