My son is a very successful real estate developer.  I always thought that he was going to probably go into the same line of work as my husband, which is a branch of law that focuses primarily on environmental engineering and industrial related issues.  My son kind of stumbled into real estate, as he took a job answering phones for a real estate office after school when he was just 16.  He fell in love with it and made it his career.  He told me that he recommends Property in Portugal right now.  He said that you can get great deals.