The problem with many investors when they want to build wealth is they have unrealistic expectations and lose.

To build wealth you need to balance the risk reward and aim for the highest reward, with low downside risk.

Lets look at this concept and how you can us put it into practice to build wealth for you quickly and with low downside risk.

What type of investment would you rather have?

One that has the potential to make 200% and a high risk you lose all your money, or one that can return 50 100% with a downside risk thats low, say 20%?

Most people will want the smaller gain and lower risk.

Look at it this way if you have $50,000 and you compounded 50% per annum you would have a huge amount of money in just 10 years do it on a calculator and see.

The trick is to let money your money make more money through compounding an ever higher amount to accelerate your gains and that means not losing it along the way if you can help it!

So whats a good way of doing this?

Well, an investment that can do this is land. If you have never considered land as an investment for you here are some reasons you should:

1. Good growth potential to risk

Land in the right location tends appreciate at a strong upward rate, with very low downside risk and tends to have far better risk reward for example than mutual funds.

2. Land is cheap and easy to invest in

Land is cheaper than property and is easy to invest in and can be sold quickly for profit in prime locations.

3. Land investing tends to be common sense

All that is required to invest in land is to pick locations where there is a high probability of development so it can be sold at a profit to developers.

The real key to land investing and aiming for potential 50 100% per annum gains is of course to pick the right location and this is a lot simpler than many people think.

A good solid location for many years has been Costa Rica, where savvy investors have been making great annual gains with low risk in many cases annual gains have been triple digit gains.

So why is Costa Rica a good location for building wealth?

The answer lies in the fact that property is up to 70% cheaper than in the Southern USA and this fact is bringing in an influx of buyers.

Its only a 3 hour flight from Miami for example, so it is the area of choice to buy second and retirement homes for many Americans and these homes need to be built on land.

Add in the fact that land investment is tax efficient, you get the same rights as residents, the demand for prime land should remain strong and you have the perfect low risk way, to build significant capital gains over time.

Land investing is a lot simpler and cheaper than many investors think, but is one of the best investments to build long term wealth.

Take a look at land investment in Costa Rica as a way to build wealth with low risk and great upside potential and you may be glad you did.