Your story is inspiring. My father left us 6 acres of land, it’s not close to a beach or anything desirable by some standards but we are happy to have it. We fenced the entire thing to prevent squatters and we have finally received approved plans to sub-divide and build 3 homes, one for each of us. My brother took the existing house and is currently extending it. The challenges you talked about is no joke and living abroad while trying to get things done in Jamaica cannot be explained.
Building in Jamaica 🇯🇲 is not for the faint hearted, those of us who are building of to stick it out, the work men are dishonest, some of them, take the time to go down and see how your project and money is being spent, I am proud of you and your husband, enjoy Jamaica 🇯🇲 ❤
Can you tell me about it. I’m going through the same as I text. Today self I’m screaming at the work men who had me buying 60 bags of cement since Monday and they just sit there in a shed from Monday the damn man find excuses every day not to go
Amazing 🤩! So true, sometimes we share our stories and people think we’re bragging but we are not, we just want to encourage others to do the same. Thank you for sharing your story, my husband and I are doing the same, we’re on our 6 rental property.
@@Davianealeforrest2thank you! Congratulations to you too, I love your story. All our properties are in Florida, so my husband and I decided we want to move back home, so we are looking into buying a Airbnb in Jamaica and move there. Please let me know if it’s easier to go through the back or nht 🙏.
Congratulation for hanging in there i enjoyed listening, i am overseas and want so desperately to have a home there to come back to,but all hope is not lost.
You’re building wealth for your family.You and your husband are full of faith strong, unified and loving and that’s why it worked so well for the both of you.If couples aren’t like you two it will not work. I’m so happy for you both, that even though you were robbed by the lawyer and others , God gave you both the strength to move on into a better direction. I know it hurts when people take from you what doesn’t belong to them . God blessed you good and they will not prosper. Your story help other tremendously!
Good job, so inspiring, boy I hope I find a wife with your mindset and caliber. Big up hussy him hit the jackpot! I gained some knowledge from your video so please keep them coming if you have more stories. I myself will be staring my real estate journey at the age of 28, I have my downpayment but haven't seen any properties that would give me a positive cash flow.
When you say real estate im assuming your thinking about investment.... please don't wait and wait otherwise everything gets expensive and your down payment willl be stagnant or decrease in value.... great luck to you
@@Cleo1John I agree, as this notification came in i am actively looking at listings. I see some that might not cashflow now but with inflation and time it will. I will find something before the year ends. Thank you for your advice 🙏🏾
The only excellent thing about it was that we had a good and transparent mortgage Officer who helped us to arrange our finances together so we could get a mortgage. Thanks to you Mrs Forrest. I pray that God continue to enlarge your borders👍👍🙏
Thanks much for sharing. I'm learning a lot from this............. I'm 40 now id like to know what to do, whether to build or buy a house. This is something to think about.
My house is soooo mess up. Lots of demolishing have done on my house. Because the contractor mess the house design up. I’m very stress out. Now I’m trying to fit it slowly. I’m living in the UK and it’s very difficult to build out of my pocket. Thanks for your story❤✨👍🏽
Oh no. I'm sorry to hear. Unfortunately building while you are not here is even worse. Try to get someone trustworthy to oversee the process. It may cost you but it's worth it
My land title takes roughly 5 years. Then I finally get my land title through the Jamaica national land agency, I think that’s the agency. Just last year. It was very stressful.
I live overseas but I'm so nervous because these lawyers and contractors are so scary the way they rob ppl of their hard earned money... thank you for this it really inspired me to keep going
Try the bank. Most banks have their agents and the agents have their lawyers that they use. Most of the time you can’t go wrong with the banks. Keyword (most) not all
You have to be there, tricky situation. Do not just use lawyer, get a property lawyer to do the background paperwork. You will end up paying more than you expected. Sometimes back payment, back paperwork, other people attached land agreement. Be wise!
At what age did you meet your husband? I have a piece of land myself.. it’s capture land that I bought how do I go about starting the process.. I did this when I was a little younger and wouldn’t want to loose it. I have so many questions… this is so inspiring for me !!
Met him when I was 23. Don't thinknu can buy capture land as who u bought it from cannot legally sell u but if u r in possession for 12 years uninterrupted and paying taxes, you may be able to apply for a title. Talk to a lawyer though or LAMP
@@Davianealeforrest2 wish i could speak to you JLRA has been processing a tittle before my grandfather died. Its over 15 years and no sight of no tittle. When i go there to get update they were not very helpful.
@@Davianealeforrest2 I don't think you are as the banks who have given you money would have stressed tested you... they wouldn't just give away money.... it's always to their advantage whilst ensuring it's affordable to you... one positive is that you have more than one property, you have land and two incomes... youre almost as clever as the bank .. your absolutely fine 👆
Congratulations again to you and your husband 🎉 I'm always wondering if it's cheaper to buy a house or build it from scratch. Respect to you both with all those loans because I remember some time ago all my salary for a month went towards a credit card payment and I was literally stressed 😅. As I said before elsewhere that, it's time now for you to reap from those 2 other properties. It actually takes true dedication for all this hard work.
Hello Davia , Praying all is well with you and family. We too are looking to buy a house with fruit trees. We would really appreciate if you know of any House's selling to let me know. We don't want any house in Kingston areas. We mostly looking in St Ann areas. Even if it is half finished. We can talk. Im looking forward hearing from you.thanks.
Girl you and your husband are troopers.Every man needs positive and productive ambitious wife in their life. God bless you and your family.
Thank you so much
Your story is inspiring. My father left us 6 acres of land, it’s not close to a beach or anything desirable by some standards but we are happy to have it. We fenced the entire thing to prevent squatters and we have finally received approved plans to sub-divide and build 3 homes, one for each of us. My brother took the existing house and is currently extending it. The challenges you talked about is no joke and living abroad while trying to get things done in Jamaica cannot be explained.
Every time you tell a story your just showing me not to give up because obstacles will come it's just how you deal with it thank you.
Building in Jamaica 🇯🇲 is not for the faint hearted, those of us who are building of to stick it out, the work men are dishonest, some of them, take the time to go down and see how your project and money is being spent, I am proud of you and your husband, enjoy Jamaica 🇯🇲 ❤
Nobody knows the story but everybody sees the glory I built a home in Jamaica and boy my sister it’s not easy if you finish give God the glory
I always say this. Ppl see the results but not the struggles
Can you tell me about it. I’m going through the same as I text. Today self I’m screaming at the work men who had me buying 60 bags of cement since Monday and they just sit there in a shed from Monday the damn man find excuses every day not to go
@@ladybislandgirltv8930 I'm so sorry. Get someone trustworthy. Don't be afraid to change the workmen if if it's not working out
Beautiful home and strong faith . Gods blessings
Congratulations you and your husband hard work paid off
Keep smiling girl you did great you are so courageous with god all things are possible.keep going god is good
You are a wise young lady.
inspiring story! would love to see a feature on your solar setup
I have learned alot just listening to u story. I am a Jamaican getting ready to build a retirement home in Trinidad where my wife is from
Your home is beautiful, keep buying.
This is very inspiring. Thanks for sharing. Determination, intentionality, and perseverance are key traits to possess in life.
Thanks for your positivity and showing how God's grace and mercy kept you 🙏🙏
Amazing 🤩! So true, sometimes we share our stories and people think we’re bragging but we are not, we just want to encourage others to do the same. Thank you for sharing your story, my husband and I are doing the same, we’re on our 6 rental property.
Congratulations 🎊
@@Davianealeforrest2thank you! Congratulations to you too, I love your story. All our properties are in Florida, so my husband and I decided we want to move back home, so we are looking into buying a Airbnb in Jamaica and move there. Please let me know if it’s easier to go through the back or nht 🙏.
@@LashusJourney you can only go through the bank these days but you can access your nht benefit through the bank
@@Davianealeforrest2thank you ❤🙏
What a beautiful home and surrounding!! It's my dream to be neastled somewhere in the Jamaican countryside 😍
I pray your dream will become a reality
I'm here from tiktok, very inspiring 🙏
Welcome!!
The house is lovely
What an inspiring story! U have a beautiful house. God has blessed u abundantly for all the stress u went through
Wow what an inspiration. You and your husband is the definition of team work and trusting God
I was inspired by watching this video and listening! Congratulations 🎊🎈🍾🎉
Thank you
INTRESTING...each one teach one.
Congratulation for hanging in there i enjoyed listening, i am overseas and want so desperately to have a home there to come back to,but all hope is not lost.
You can do it!
45 seconds in the video. Thank you so much for this!
Great encouragement because am building now and I really need this
All the best
Beautiful house❤
Thank you
This has motivated me so much. Thanks for sharing!
You are most welcome
You’re building wealth for your family.You and your husband are full of faith strong, unified and loving and that’s why it worked so well for the both of you.If couples aren’t like you two it will not work. I’m so happy for you both, that even though you were robbed by the lawyer and others , God gave you both the strength to move on into a better direction. I know it hurts when people take from you what doesn’t belong to them . God blessed you good and they will not prosper. Your story help other tremendously!
You gave me hope thanks for your encourageing words ,keep doing what you are doing with faith
You are so welcome
Continued blessings. I am alone/single building at home from the US.
Wishing u all the very best
Your story is the epitome of perseverance and trusting in God.
To God be the glory!
Good job, so inspiring, boy I hope I find a wife with your mindset and caliber. Big up hussy him hit the jackpot!
I gained some knowledge from your video so please keep them coming if you have more stories. I myself will be staring my real estate journey at the age of 28, I have my downpayment but haven't seen any properties that would give me a positive cash flow.
When you say real estate im assuming your thinking about investment.... please don't wait and wait otherwise everything gets expensive and your down payment willl be stagnant or decrease in value.... great luck to you
@@Cleo1John I agree, as this notification came in i am actively looking at listings. I see some that might not cashflow now but with inflation and time it will. I will find something before the year ends. Thank you for your advice 🙏🏾
@@jamzempireplease don’t rush to buy something that doesn’t cash flow or break even. Keep looking 🙏🏾
Very informative I found myself in a similar situation and with God and ambition I was able to own my property
Happy for you
Good morning just watching your blog, I learn a lot from you , girl with god every thing is possible, thx you .👍
You are so welcome
Very helpful I appreciate it alot
I am afraid of debt I could not do that you are strong. I put a hold on my construction to focus on certain things that are priority.
I came across this video, and this put a smile on my face 😊
Happy to hear that
Very interesting story, love your perseverance on getting your dreams. Beautiful home.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
Thanks so much for sharing. Very informative video...
may God keep your family intact people only see the finished product they didn't feel both of you pain love that man and husband you have a good woman
Thank you for sharing. This is very inspiring. P.s this Jerona.
I'm so much inspired by your story. I also admire your grit, determination and tenacity.
The only excellent thing about it was that we had a good and transparent mortgage Officer who helped us to arrange our finances together so we could get a mortgage. Thanks to you Mrs Forrest. I pray that God continue to enlarge your borders👍👍🙏
It was my pleasure🙏
Yes always use your nht benefits first! Loved this video,l. Im hoping to start my home ownership journey soon 🙏🏾
You got this! All the best!
I have to save this video. Thanks
Thanks much for sharing. I'm learning a lot from this............. I'm 40 now id like to know what to do, whether to build or buy a house. This is something to think about.
Choose quickly. The quicker you start the better for you
Just what I wanted to know. Thank you very much for this video.
You are most welcome
Thanks for sharing, I needed to hear this
congratulations thanks for sharing
Good to hear all of this
I am so inspired Davia! Congratulations! To God be the glory!!!❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
BLESSING GIRL NICE HOUSE
Inspiring love this
I love u soooo much ur not a gate keeper ... may God continue to bless and keep u and ur family
Just trying to help others learn from my experience
Very inspiring!
Glad you think so!
With God all things are possible
Indeed
God is good
I'm glad I saw it page, you've definitely gotten a follower because I've learnt a Lot and my dream is to own multiple properties as well.
So happy to have you. All the best on this journey
It’s my first time watching your video. I’m so proud of you and your husband. May God continue to bless you with health and strength.👏🏾❤️
Thank you for your kind words
Wow ambitious plus tax.. I bought one in St Ann. I would love to buy another one, but i see no way through 🇨🇭💚🇯🇲🇯🇲💚🇨🇭
God is able
So proud of you and the family Davia
Thank for sharing .
I really hope airbnb work out for you.
I hope so too!
Congratulations 🎉you are a winner
This is so Inspiring. Blessings Davia
Thank you, very informative
What a stress, but working together u got through.❤
Thks again for yr Chit Chat 🤘🏿
Didn't know this was your house..God bless you.both.
Lol. It's not mine. It's God's
Such an inspiration! ❤
This house is soooo lovely
So so true, hard to find good workers thank God my husband does building and neat with it as well, just paper works holding us up now
That's good that u have him
It’s a beautiful house I love it enjoy your home 🎉🎉 congratulations 🎊🎈🍾🎉
Thanks
Congratulations on your achievement so far 🎉
Very proud of you. God reward risks.
Thank u
Hi you are an inspiration to so many I'm a self taught contractor but trust me it would be so nice working for you guys if I was in ja.
Where are you located?
@@msymister6776 in florida USA
Keep going forward God is in control of your family 🙏
Thank u
Great story love that
Thanks for your feedback
Beautiful
Thanks for sharing
Happy you appreciate it
I love your story so much Davia!❤ Happy everything worked out.
Bwoyy! Some attorneys are really dishonest give a bad name to the mu profession
Thank u. GOD IS ALWAYSS IN CONTROL
🎉🎉🎉🎉from the Bronx
Wow, thank you, thank you
You're welcome
Well done❤
Beautiful house
Thanks
I wish we were advised before getting involved with purchasing a property in Jamaica.
Thanks for the advice
You are most welcome
My house is soooo mess up. Lots of demolishing have done on my house. Because the contractor mess the house design up. I’m very stress out. Now I’m trying to fit it slowly. I’m living in the UK and it’s very difficult to build out of my pocket. Thanks for your story❤✨👍🏽
Oh no. I'm sorry to hear. Unfortunately building while you are not here is even worse. Try to get someone trustworthy to oversee the process. It may cost you but it's worth it
@@Davianealeforrest2 thanks for your advice m. God bless
Really nice hun .gm
My land title takes roughly 5 years. Then I finally get my land title through the Jamaica national land agency, I think that’s the agency. Just last year. It was very stressful.
I didn’t know you could do HELOC in Jamaica, good to know.
You get a percentage of the equity in your home as a loan but not as a line of credit really.
Congratulations- beautiful house
Me top, June always seems to be when I buy a car and I bought my property in June.
I live overseas but I'm so nervous because these lawyers and contractors are so scary the way they rob ppl of their hard earned money... thank you for this it really inspired me to keep going
Try the bank. Most banks have their agents and the agents have their lawyers that they use. Most of the time you can’t go wrong with the banks. Keyword (most) not all
Big up yu self girl
You have to be there, tricky situation. Do not just use lawyer, get a property lawyer to do the background paperwork. You will end up paying more than you expected. Sometimes back payment, back paperwork, other people attached land agreement. Be wise!
At what age did you meet your husband?
I have a piece of land myself.. it’s capture land that I bought how do I go about starting the process.. I did this when I was a little younger and wouldn’t want to loose it. I have so many questions… this is so inspiring for me !!
Met him when I was 23.
Don't thinknu can buy capture land as who u bought it from cannot legally sell u but if u r in possession for 12 years uninterrupted and paying taxes, you may be able to apply for a title. Talk to a lawyer though or LAMP
@@Davianealeforrest2 wish i could speak to you JLRA has been processing a tittle before my grandfather died. Its over 15 years and no sight of no tittle. When i go there to get update they were not very helpful.
@jennyeverbless3211 try speaking with an attorney to help resolve it
😂you sound over leverage...be careful....hope you have an emergency fund. Great story on having fortitude to push through to your dreams.👍🏾👊🏽👏🏽👏🏽
If I am overleveraged, now would be the best time to be.
@@Davianealeforrest2 I don't think you are as the banks who have given you money would have stressed tested you... they wouldn't just give away money.... it's always to their advantage whilst ensuring it's affordable to you... one positive is that you have more than one property, you have land and two incomes... youre almost as clever as the bank .. your absolutely fine 👆
@Cleo1John thanks
Wow wow this is very sad story
It is but we keep moving forward and trusting God for favor. He hasn't failed us
Congratulations again to you and your husband 🎉 I'm always wondering if it's cheaper to buy a house or build it from scratch. Respect to you both with all those loans because I remember some time ago all my salary for a month went towards a credit card payment and I was literally stressed 😅. As I said before elsewhere that, it's time now for you to reap from those 2 other properties. It actually takes true dedication for all this hard work.
It may be cheaper to build but definitely more stressful
Please share if u know of any land selling at the moment
I don't know of any but you could contact a realtor or search online
Wish you were showing the surroundings, while walking.
That may pose security risks
OUnno,build fast bra😂
Hello Davia ,
Praying all is well with you and family.
We too are looking to buy a house with fruit trees.
We would really appreciate if you know of any House's selling to let me know.
We don't want any house in Kingston areas.
We mostly looking in St Ann areas.
Even if it is half finished.
We can talk.
Im looking forward hearing from you.thanks.
Hi. It's best to reach out to a realtor. You can try nichole Chattoo at 8763226553
@@Davianealeforrest2
Thanks very much for your reply.
I appreciate your help!