Understand the marketbefore you enter it.
This page is here to teach, not to sell. If you finish it and decide not to invest, it has done its job.
Where to start
Which kind of investment?
- Furnished rental
Higher rent, more wear, more involvement.
- Long-term rental
One tenant, a long lease, least of your time.
- Ready property
Earning from the day you take the keys.
- Off-plan
Paid in instalments, delivered later.
Stayza does not publish projected returns, guaranteed yields or forecasts of what property will be worth later. Nobody can know those things. Anyone who promises you a guaranteed return is selling you something.
What can be assessed is demand — whether people want to live in a specific place, why, and how reliably. That is the work worth doing, and it is the work we will do with you.
Three ways to let a property, three different lives
The right choice depends far more on how involved you can realistically be than on which produces the biggest number on paper.
- 01
Long-term unfurnished
Lowest effort
One tenant, a long lease, minimal involvement. The most predictable option and the least demanding of your time.
Watch: Lowest monthly income of the three.
- 02
Long-term furnished
Moderate effort
Higher monthly rent in exchange for the cost of furnishing and more wear on the property.
Watch: Furniture is a real, recurring cost — budget for replacing it.
- 03
Short-term letting
Highest effort
The highest potential income, but only with active management, fast responses and consistent standards.
Watch: Seasonal, and unforgiving of poor management. Empty months hurt.
What we look at with you
We do not pick winners or forecast prices. We help you ask the questions that decide whether a particular property makes sense for you.
The area, through a tenant's eyes
Before the building, the tenant. We start with who would actually live there and what draws them — work, study, a hospital, a school — then whether that demand lasts all year and how much new supply is going up nearby. Our area guides say who each district suits, and our developer research covers who is building there.
The risks, before the paperwork
Off-plan delivery, currency, oversupply, empty months and the upkeep of a property you are not there to see: tell us what you are considering and we will tell you which of these we would check first if it were our money. If you will own from abroad, property management is part of what we do.
The reasoning behind all of this — choosing a strategy, reading demand, the risks and the arithmetic — is set out in full in our guide, investing in Egyptian property: the honest version.
Do the arithmetic yourself
Our calculator uses only the numbers you enter. It contains no assumptions of ours, no market averages and no forecasts — just the maths, shown openly.
Stayza is not a licensed financial or investment adviser. See our terms.
The reading behind this page
Where the thinking above comes from, in more depth.
Want a straight answer about your plan?
Tell us what you're considering. We'll tell you what we'd check if it were our money.