Wealth building through real estate investment is not new but the saying ‘safe as houses’ is still regarded as true today as 100 years ago. The Australian real estate market, particularly the Darwin, Northern Territory market, is not over heated or exaggerated because finance has always been difficult to acquire. Banks, the traditional lenders, are based on the conservative English system but now financial brokers have entered the market providing many additional finance opportunities. The Darwin Real Estate market was not affected by the Global Financial Crisis, (GFC.) We believe this was, because it is so well structured.