How One Housing Agent Built a Six-City Network on Remse

When Adaeze took her first Remse client — a graduate student flying into Lagos with two suitcases and zero local contacts — she was running her housing business out of a notebook and a WhatsApp group. Eighteen months later, she has a verified profile with over 140 completed placements, a team of two, and clients waiting on her in four countries. Here's how it happened, in her words.

"I almost didn't take the first job"

"Honestly, I nearly said no. I'd been burned before — a client who disappeared after I'd already shown them six apartments, no payment, nothing. When I saw Remse had escrow built in, that the money was already secured before I did the work, that's what actually convinced me to try it. Not the app design. The money being safe."

From one client to a network

Adaeze's first placement went well enough that the client referred a colleague. Then that colleague's cousin needed housing in Accra, somewhere Adaeze had never worked. Rather than turn the job down, she partnered with a local contact she trusted, listed the collaboration transparently through her Remse profile, and split the milestone. That partnership model is now how she operates across all four cities.

• Lagos — her home base, where she personally handles every viewing
• Accra — run with a trusted local partner she vetted herself
• Nairobi — a newer market she's building slowly, one client at a time
• Kigali — added after a single glowing review spread within a relocation community

What actually moved the needle

1. Responding fast. "The agents who reply within the hour get the client. It's that simple."
2. Documenting everything. Photos and notes at every milestone, so clients approving remotely never feel in the dark.
3. Being honest about what she doesn't know. "If a client asks about a neighborhood I haven't worked in, I say so, and I bring in someone who has. Guessing wrong costs you the relationship."

Adaeze's plan for the next year? Two more cities, and finally hiring someone to handle admin so she can go back to what she actually loves — walking new arrivals through the door of a place that's about to become home.