Someone once said that if we get distracted by the stars we may miss the moon - I am.not sure if I got that correctly but I think you get the point.😀
You covered a lot in your piece here, there is only little for me to add.

I also told him that there are many people that do not even have land, talk more of building, but here he is, complaining about what he should be thankful of.

My Pastor thought deeply one day and said - and you can tell your friend - most land owners/sellers, in our society, do.not have a house of their own. They'd live and die in the family house that was built by some 2 generations ago. And somehow we the buyers would buy and build magnificent houses or establishment on it - aint that enough to be happy about..lets talk true abeg @samminator