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This is one of the questions that I get asked the most, especially from young investors or people looking to dip their toes in real estate investing for the first time. Well to answer this, first figure out quantitatively what you consider as little money. ‘Little money’ is a relative term. $50,000 might be ‘little money’ for a millionaire but a lot of money for someone who is starting out. And by the way, don’t worry if you are just starting out. There is a strategy for everyone.   Remember that it isn’t terribly difficult to achieve 20x – 30x returns over a period of 30 years. You can easily grow your wealth from, lets say, $10,000 to $0.3M in 30 years when you invest in properties that return 12% per annum (inclusive of rental yield and capital appreciation) or from $50,000 to $1M with 10.5% return per annum. And finding such properties is possible with a bit of due diligence. And with certain clever strategies you can even increase that return by a few more percentage points. I wi