1. One thing I have learnt about government projects... The move slowly but surely. If GOK says it will build a pipeline, be sure it will.

2. One thing I have learnt about projects generally... Infrastructure follows the people, not the other way around. GOK will not build a road, connect power, water and wifi to a remote place to encourage settlement. However, if you build your settlement in a remote place, GOK will build a road, connect power, water and wifi to your remote Kibanda. Same thing with Konza. Once investors who are allocated parcels start constructing, Project will move at un-imaginable speed.

3. A good example is upperhill. 15 years ago, upperhill was just KASNEB, Rahimtulla and a few residential buildings (some converted into restaurants) with just one street through to KNG. Right now Upperhill is a highrise city within a city with an excellent road power and water network.

Roads are good, traffic is bad.

Thank you all for your replies. I've had mixed messages from family and people here as well. I'm thinking of long term investment, to build at a later stage. I'll do my research, join a sacco and start from there. Slowly but surely, I'll start my real estate portfolio. I want something that I can rely on its income when I am too old to work. Real estate feels like a best investment for me.

Do you think real estate prices will go down soon? Will the bubble burst?

I now see why you are so against very good land investments in dustbowl You actually BORROW money at 18% interest to buy a bedsitter on Kirinyaga road? What a strategy. I thought with all your "expertise" on matters real estate you would tell us of better options jameni kumbe ni mabedsitter tu on Kirinyaga road Nothing against those investments papo hapo though. To each their own.

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Was just intrigued by where all your bile for dustbowl has been coming from. Kumbe ulikuwa Kirinyaga rd tu. In fact that is DUST and uncollected garbage CENTRAL



Thankfully MP Jaguar and Sonko are doing something about it pole pole to upgrade it to habitable standards.

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.