Don't just go around buying up the first available property that meets your budget, instead become choosy and invest after plenty of deliberation. The property must be a successful investment, you need to make sure the market value is going to appreciate and not depreciate. If you are investing in a constructed building make sure the building is solid and has some value, if it does not renegotiate and ask for only the land value. The trend in Colombo today is to invest in high-end property projects. Apartment projects in Sri Lanka are very popular at the moment with people seeking the uber-chic lifestyle apartment living promises. Property investors too are finding that putting down their money on quality projects offers long term benefits of appreciating property values. Most projects by reputed realtors like John Keells Properties are quickly snapped up by savvy investors.