Real estate is such an interesting and such a profitable business, but just like you have said it requires a reasonable capital for a startup. But I think one can always start from buying one or two plot of land, and after two years you can make a good profit which you can invest into the mainstream real estate business.Do you like to invest in Real Estate? or do you like to do other type of business? This will also require a lot of money to buy and sell properties. I used to thought once upon a time to open such a real estate site, but later went off as things passed on.