About The Author - Samson Itoje Lagos Nigeria Real Estate Advisor
 My name is Samson Itoje. I am a Lagos Nigeria real estate advisor and the author of this web site.
I relocated to Lagos Nigeria in July 1997 when I secured a management job with a beverage manufacturing company in Lagos. I looked at my calendar as I
write this and, hey, it's September 12 2009. That means I have been living in Lagos for 12 years.
How time flies!
How I Built My Own House
I spent the first eleven months of my stay in Lagos with my aunt and her family. As a newly employed graduate that just got his first job, I did not have
enough money to secure my own apartment. So I stayed with my aunt.
All was rosy after I secured my own apartment. There was nothing to worry about. I had a good job, a well-paying job. I had everything I wanted.
Some years later, I met a wonderful, sweet, and lovely woman. Within a couple of years we got married. And before long, the kids started to come. God's
blessing has continued to flow my way. And I give thanks to him daily for his goodness to me and my family.
One day I had a nasty experience that drove home the need to make building my own home a necessity . . . a must do.
My landlord's daughter who had been in Holland for years returned home to Lagos and was hosted by her father in his section of the building. As the daughter
of the landlord, she wanted to stamp down her authority.
One day she screamed, "Anybody who does not like the way I do things should go stay in his father's house! This is my father's house!"
How I Got Into
Real Estate Investing
The words of the landlord's daughter had always been insulting. She was the epitome of rude behaviour.
For months I tried to cope with her domineering behaviour and did so successfully. I had my own flat to myself and we virtually had nothing in common
except the common areas of the building.
To make matters worse, the landlord sent me a letter through his lawyer informing us that our rent has been doubled commencing with the next payment.
That was the last straw!
There and then, I decided I would move out of the apartment as soon as my rent expired.
My wife and I went in search of a new apartment some six months before the expiration of our rent. I already knew it took quite a while to get the apartment
you desire. So I started early.
After viewing several apartments, we decided to put together the cost of relocating vis a vis the rental prices that we had seen. Then out of the blues,
my wife popped the million dollar question.
"Why don't we just buy a land and build our own home considering the high rental price?"
That was a soul searching question.
Why spend so much to rent an apartment when we could as well just use the money to buy our own land and start the building process?
That question led us to jettison the idea of renting another apartment. Instead we focused on searching for a piece of land we can buy and then start
building our own house.
Finally we got a land.
I sold all of my shares in the stock market and pumped everything including my savings into building our dream home. Everything I had was pulled together
to ensure we finish building the house before our rent expired.
Lo and behold, in less than six months, the building was completed and I moved into the apartment with my family. We actually moved from the rented
apartment about one month before expiration of our rent.
The landlord's family were surprised when I told them I was moving out of the apartment and moving to my own building. I actually told them the very
morning we were to pack out.
They stood there staring at me, mouths wide open.
It was a sweet victory! No more landlord to insult my intelligence!
Why I Built This Web Site
Moving into my own house was liberating. There was this feeling of freedom I cannot explain.
It is simply exhilarating.
I wish the same thing for you. I want you to become a proud landlord. I want you to build your own home. You don't necessarily have to build a house. You
can buy an already built house, if you so desire.
The bottom line is . . . become a landlord and be set free from the insult and domineering attitude of arrogant landlords.
I did it in less than six months. You can do it for less or more. The important thing is . . . just do it.
After my personal experience of the liberating and exhilarating feelings of owning a home, I decided to share this information and my experience with
all Nigerians and people everywhere in the world.
The quickest and simplest way to reach millions of people was to build a Nigeria real estate web site and share my experience.
People are able to access this web site any time of the day or night. And this web site is 100 percent available 24/7 . . . everyday, every night, every year.
Many have written back to express their appreciation for the straightforward way I present information about Nigeria property for sale, apartment for
rent, building construction tips, and real estate investing advice.
Thousands of first-time visitors to Lagos have also found the Lagos guide section, facts about Nigeria section, and Nigeria forum section enlightening.
Many of these people have gone ahead to build their own home or purchase Lagos Nigeria property based on the information on this web site.
My goal for building this web site is to provide an easily accesible platform for people to obtain real estate investment information about Lagos Nigeria
and invest right for high return on investment.
This web site has achieved that. And that makes me very happy.
How I Built This Web Site
People often ask me, "How did you build your web site?"
The answer is simple.
I built this web site using a software called
Site Build It! (SBI!).
It is an easy to use software that makes building a web site look like child's play.
Everything about it is copy and paste. No need to study any computer programming language. You don't have to know anything about the internet to use this
software. It provides all the tools plus the education you need to build a profitable web site.
In my case, my web site was up and running in just a few days.
The beauty of it all is that I didn't have to buy anything extra or pay a webmaster to do it for me. And you know, webmasters can be pretty expensive to
engage.
I just did it myself and that makes me really happy.
Helping People Succeed Is
My Goal!
My goal is to help people make the most of their financial resources and build a home . . . their dream home.
It's wonderful to live in a big rented apartment especially if your company is paying for it. It's great to have a beautiful car . . . a car that matches
your class, position, and status.
But please remember that cars, no matter how beautiful they look, depreciate with age. And with the bad roads in Lagos Nigeria, the depreciation in
value occurs even faster.
So, whatever it is you do, please
build your own home.
A house appreciates in value, year in year out.
Real estate investing
is something you will never regret.
This web site teaches you how to invest in Lagos Nigeria real estate for maximum profitability.
So, go ahead and explore this web site. Read it, study it . . . succeed.
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