No guessing here. It’s ‘Realty’ or should I say the reality of Realty. I have been watching the trends in Indian property market particularly in the NCR region as it has proved to be the most happening place in all the property segments – commercial, residential, institutional and industrial. There are hundreds of opportunities available in the real estate market both at the micro-level and at the macro-level. The consumers can legitimately hope to double their investments in three to four years particularly if they invest in properties from the very start. I mean to say that you will be a guaranteed beneficiary of real estate windfall if you invest from the very beginning of the launch of the project. But, for this to happen, you have to be well aware of the builders and promoters that are reliable and are soon going to launch their projects. An investor gets many benefits by investing in a project that has just been launched. The completion time required for construction depends upon the number of floors that a building has. A 7-floor building takes around 12 to 18 months to complete while a 27-floor high rise may take 3-4 years. Believe me, investing in a high rise building would be the better choice. Firstly, you will get longer period to pay the full cost pending the construction period, and secondly, the chances are that the moment the construction will be over the market price of your investment will almost double. By investing in an under-construction property at initial stages, you can actually aim at churning more profit than in a property that is fully ready for occupation. In the later case, you lose out on the first big jump in prices that is usually witnessed before completion. As far as keeping yourself abreast of the opportunities in real estate sector is concerned, I bet that it is now within your full reach with the kind of websites that are live and kicking on the Internet. Apart from the established websites like 99acres.com, makaan.com and magicbricks.com, there are some upcoming websites that are creating quite a ripple in the online real estate market – paisawaisa.com is just one of them.