Can You Buy A 3 Bedroom Home For $10,000 In Ghana

Can You Buy A 3 Bedroom Home For $10,000 In Ghana?

Nearly a couple weeks ago I posted a sneak peak of one of the homes that Migrating Culture Crossing will be building in our newly planned sustainable that will be built in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The original post can be found at https://web.facebook.com/ericmcnealisfree/posts/10218296157461881.

We received lots of great comments and, as always, I'm appreciative. However, you always have that one person who needs to be heard. Well let's hear what he had to say.

"Americans who build in ghana often over price the homes to African Americans who dont know the culture. A average three bedroom cost $7-10k. Simple. Land would cost same depending on where you are building. It could also be cheaper. So many African Americans are over here cheating people. I have been here since 1995 and do not deal with the dishonest black Americans. Ask yourself how much a medical doctor makes here. They make about $1,000 a month which is a lot of money. If they can build a decent house with that salary then you can too. You must know the culture. Don't be fooled or tricked."

I then responded as follows:

Interesting, but it's not that simple. Sounds like you may be comparing oranges to apples. The average black repat moving here does not want to live in a $7 - $10K home that you're speaking of. You will not find a 3 bedroom home here for $10K built to Western standards. If you're simply looking for a roof over your head then perhaps you'll find a suitable container, but if you want a quality home in a gated community with exceptional amenities and no land disputes then not going to happen for $10k. Go price quality homes from the larger more reputable Ghanaian builders here such as Rehoboth, Devtraco, and Signum who are now building to Western standards and see what their prices are. If one of these builders has even a studio apartment for $10K then I'll buy several of them and even give you one for giving me the tip.

However, instead of taking me up on my offer and getting a free home he decides to go off on a tangent with a reply that began like this...."Bro you just got to Ghana. I've watched you complain about traditional issues like a disgruntled Black American. Even your use of language referring to African Americans as "repats" make me question your intent and tells me alot about your demeanor."

So here we go again. The ever so popular "strong, but wrong" attitude and deflecting that I see so often in our community. I won't bore you with the rest of our exact exchange, but it does get quite interesting. You can find it in the comments section of the link I posted above.

Now to be honest, it actually appears that the commenter has a problem with me because he believes that I think I know everything according to the rest of his comments. And he probably just took that post as an opportunity to express his frustration with me in an indirect way. I believe "passive aggressive" would be an appropriate phrase.

Just for the record, I don't think I know everything, but I'm not shy about what I do know. I believe we all have some unique talents and gifts that allow us to know some things better than others. And we should utilize them. That's why we have them. But me utilizing my talents and gifts do not take away from anyone else's talents and gifts. The same way I can write a post or grab a smartphone and begin recording to YouTube is the same way anyone else can do it. As I always say, "Be FREE!"

But spreading and posting such extreme misinformation is why we often fail as a people. Just think how many people may read that and then be lead to Ghana thinking they can build a 3 bedroom home here for $7 - $10,000. My goodness!

The proverbial "strong but wrong" attitude does not help any of us. Instead, it holds us back. I look forward to the day where our people can have an opinion, but be mature enough to accept that we may actually be wrong. I look forward to a day where we can support one another even when our worldviews may not necessarily align in every regard. I look forward to a day when we begin uplifting one another instead of pulling one another down. I may prefer black tea and you may prefer green tea. It doesn't necessarily make me right or you wrong. We may just cross our T's a little differently.

In my video at I actually show you what the average price of a home is in Ghana and I go on two popular websites in Ghana, Meqasa and Jiji, to search for a 3 bedroom home in Ghana costing $7 - $10,000. I came up with no results on Meqasa, and Jiji only returned uncompleted homes. Go figure.

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