Rachael Salehu, Real Estate Guru Par Excellence

Over the years, she has managed and nurtured her passion for excellence to the admiration of all. The University of Lagos graduate of Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography has collaborated with innovative teams in content marketing, content creation; executing, measuring and optimizing, engaging marketing campaigns, developing a strong rapport with sales teams, and delivering on marketing Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and company financial targets.

As a strong advocate of business orientation for young and aspiring entrepreneurs and a solution finder, she has made some efforts to solve some of the unregulated real estate sector issues in Nigeria.

It is a fact that the real estate sector is faced with a constant hike in rents, aiding deficiency in low-cost housing and the inability of the common man to be able to pay rent or own an affordable house.

As a result, she recently launched her new Arc Homes real estate Website. Salehu, with her friend Caroline Adejube, the Chief Operating Officer, started Arc Homes, a leading real estate solution finder, with decades of experience in management, development, leasing and selling of properties.

They have both set out to create an atmosphere where players and clients in the real estate sector can complement each other. Those who can’t afford to pay their rents at a go have negotiated with various landlords across Lagos to allow tenants to pay-as-you-earn every month, thereby easing tenants’ burdens, letting them plan their monthly income.

“With results from our feasibility studies, the numbers of those who can’t pay their rents at once are quite enormous. To curb the issues, we came up with a platform that will provide solutions and complement the government’s efforts in regulating and providing affordable housing and maintaining good synergy between landlords and tenants,” they said.