Tribe living

Meet Nicola

Nicola Dryden

Founder, Tribe Living 

 

Core Strengths:

  • Identifying key acquisitions
  • In-depth due diligence
  • Strategic negotiations
  • Portfolio construction
  • Development planning
  • Asset management

Tribe Living was established in 2018 by its founder Nicola Dryden to fuel her passion for property whilst creating  homes for others and an income for herself and her family.

Nicola is a seasoned investor and developer who is passionate about property and creating investment opportunities with a conscience. She is an entrepreneur and investor with a track record of successfully creating income generating investment portfolios with exceptional rates of return.

Q4 2017 Nicola committed to building a self-funded portfolio for her family to create passive income and formed Dryden Estates trading as Tribe Living.  Fast forward to Q4 2023 Nicola has created a portfolio of 50 Co-Living rooms, 7 luxury bedsits, 2 commercial units and a variety of residential BTL properties consisting of 1 and 3 bedrooms.  The current portfolio has a value of over £7m with a gross annual income of over £628k, averaging a ROI of > 23%.

Nicola began her career in the Isle of Man with a firm of advocates specialising in the formation of offshore companies.  In the early 1990’s a move to Dubai saw her handling several blue-chip accounts that included Pepsi, HSBC and Mars in the role of  Account Manager.

2004 her career in real estate began.  Initially she took the role of Investment Consultant selling residential and commercial assets in the fast-growing Dubai markets.  After 12 months, a move to General Manager of a medium sized agency saw her spearheading the development of both the business, client relations and management of a large sales teams.

2006-2008 as Commercial Investment Consultant to a local firm she was involved in strategic planning with HNWI to build and diversify their portfolios.  She successfully and continually met and exceeded targets.

2007-2017 Nicola became Co-Founder of a real estate investment fund, designing and implementing business strategies, co-led fundraising, acquisitions and management of a portfolio with a market value of $31m.

Would you like to connect with Nicola to talk about how your investments could best work for you?