By Robin Bowman

Mark Twain was a fan, with his famous advice, 'Buy land, they're not making it anymore". But the perception remains that investing in land is very much a rich man's game.

Besides, if property markets are on the downturn in so many developed economies, surely the fate of land for development is linked?

We asked Ailse MacFarlane, Marketing Director of Landcorp International, some beginner's questions about the whole concept of investing in land.

"Undeveloped land can be gold dust," says Ailse.