Did you know that a slowdown in the real estate market is an opportunity for making money on real estate? This is no joke. Bust times are as much an opportunity to make money as boom times, say experts. It only requires structured market analysis to get your returns right. Take the case of investors who have purchased at a frenzied pace during boom times. With the property market churn slowing down, many investors are exiting the market at cost price or even less. For instance, an investor who put in Rs 70 lakh (30-40% of the total cost of the property) in a premium project in Gurgaon, recently sold at a profit of a mere 7-8 lakh. And that too because he was able to purchase on the first day of the booking. For those who purchased 15 days after the booking began, the rates were higher. Those buyers have no option but to hang on or sell at a loss.