It's like the little girl from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" who says "I want it NOW!" 

...continuedMy late father grew up in the rural areas where that traditional hut is usually found.We would visit grandma usually on Easter, Christmas.The homestead usually has four-five huts spaced twenty metres apart in a homestead setup.One hut is a big Kitchen where the family gathers at meal time, the other huts are bedrooms for the parents, boys, girls etc...then one other could be a guestroom as space should a visitor comeThe huts are made from logs for the walls, with mud for plastering, then thatch for roofing supported by some poles.Usually fifty metres away is cattle kraal and goat pen.Milking of cows or goats sometimes would happen early morningThese rural areas also know as reserves unfortunately most were in poor /marginal agricultural areas hence a rural to urban migration has occurred.In Urban areas the land would be most owned by the council.Some former farms where annexed as the city grew.So the the Urban Council which is the local government owns a lot of land and residents register on the housing waiting list.Over time the council flights a tender for a developer to service some of its lands for the provision of houses for those on the waiting listBy service that is add roads, water connection, drainage and sewer pipeline and connect to electrical grid.The house lots are most divided into lots 200 -300square metres or whatever ideal size.The aim is to provide affordable housing for those on the register.The house built will be inspected and approved by council at foundation, roof level and finally the council issues a certificate of occupancy when house is complete and inspected as safe and up to standardNow specifically to your questions1) Yes there are some developers who not only service the land but also build some of the houses.I don't know if they rent these out but i know they sell them, sometimes with terms.Affordable houses have a going rate of USD20/room/month at the minimum.Brick wall with asbestos roofing2) The renter/buyers of these type of house could sometimes be a civil servant (i.e teachers, nurses, policemen etc), self-employed tradespeople, diaspora (those working outside the country desirous to invest back home)3)Anything of value is their salary, profits of their small business4) Hard to build?

There's an interlude, the girl finishes the education she needs to start making reasonable money and then it seems the girl has found The Right Man.

I rent to one "working girl".

I mostly drank beer and chased girls. 

So I have to constantly find ones who want 9 to 12m.Even if I settle for 3m lease, then I have to start advertising again in couple months.My manager has one girl who does ad on the side who charges $50 to find tenant per room.

@Wayne Brooks yes Massachusetts is tenant friendly but this girl is easily intimidated. 

Needless to say, the girls renting it found the gun, had a random guy banging on the door and freaked out.

They are told that they can only occupy it to pack unless their power is restored. 2 days later, they are there, no power, so I called and his girl was escorted out.

I was told 5 - 10 days by one guy and 2 - 4 weeks by a girl.