But why do you assume I do not understand how real estate moves over time and haven't studied countless books and taken courses in uni with kizungu mingi on the subject, baba ? If I start telling you storos about my adventures in the industry even hapo papo in the country you are currently in we will be here all day . Kenya is ground zero of a long term RE superboom the likes of which Hong Kong will envy well past 2030 due to various factors beyond the scope of this post. Ukizubaa shauri yako, even those bedsitters in Kirinyaga rd will be out of your reach!

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Good luck with that part of town though.

A certain old lady told me that a 1/4 plot in Rongai-Ngong areas was selling at ksh. 8600 in 1986. She told me her chama members(mostly mama mbogas) used to pay installments in ving'otore(10 cents) every Saturdays. However, what caught my attention is that most of these women and men sold their lands just before the boom due to their problems e.g., School fees, Medical etc.The old lady endured the hash economic times of Nyayo-error and even managed to purchase more plots and as they say...she is smiling all the way to the bank

Moral of the story is that when you make an investment be it in land, stocks, bonds, bitcoin, cars, designer cloths, you better be clear with the end game. My strategy is to buy chickens first, then sell them and buy goats. Rear the goats and then sell them to buy herds of cattle, donkeys and camels. Furthermore, investments don't make money overnight. You better be in for the long haul and the younger you are the better(time is on your side).

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I think one can get a good deal mashinani. With devolution and universities spreading everywhere, i think one can buy some land and put housing for the county or university staff and students eg huko rongo, kebabii, kilifi, kabianga etc. Most of the small towns are deficient in good housing. You can get an acre or 2 at a good price and build a "residential estate" pole pole instead of buying some bush in kajiado hinterland.

Our real estate is still at its infancy when you compare to other countries. Nairobi is not even built up lots of empty spaces, low rise apartments. Check out Shanghai on google earth and compare to Nairobi you will see that we have not even scratched the surface.

Instead of buying land in konza buy a studio apartment. It will earn you some income as you build up your portfolio. The mortgage payments will not break you. There is some new project coming up in Ngara 11 floors of studios and 1 bedroom. My friend bought some studios on Kirinyaga road and he is doing quite well. Real estate is all about location. Don't buy idle land in some bush land hoping to make it big.

Dear Wukan..Thank you for being a real estate genius!I have been following you silently in wazua and really appreciate your input.Ngara is a GREAT investment....where are these bedsitters...who is the developer so that I can explore investing?And lastly;what are your thoughts about the upcoming Edermann Chinese who are also breaking ground to build massive units in ngara?They are the same greatwall Chinese.