It is no secret that real estate is all about buying, selling and renting out. Today renting out the real estate brings more income than its sale. Real Estate as an investment is always an integral part of an investor’s portfolio, especially the benefits of owing rental properties are as vast as your goals and desires. A majority of demand for homes in India is in the affordable segment. There is a huge unsold inventory that it would take at least five years in the NCR and three years in other cities to sell them off. Thus return comes in two ways, capital gains from the appreciation in the home prices or rental income. In India, the cities which currently offer a higher rental yield are Mumbai, Pune, NCR-Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad. All these cities offer a rental yield of 2 per cent and above, and you can be assured that the average is not going down anytime soon. Investing in these cities will offer maximum returns on investment in properties bought for