It is not like you buy real estate today and selling it in 6 months or so. You will not find a drastic change in the price. There are a lot more expenditure property tax, stamp duty, register tax, registration charges, legal charges, etc.

• At least you should have a goal of 5-6 years,when you are investing in real estate
• When you are investing you should be very clear, why you are investing in a particular instrument in real estate.
• If you are thinking of passive income in 5-6 year then you should think to buy commercial property
• If you are buying land, you should expect a capital appreciation over the year 5-6 years depends on government plans how they are going ahead
• If you are buying a flat that should be a purpose of self-use.

Whenever you invest in real estate think of a long term goal attached to real estate