150 Types of Unusual Investments – The List

147. Water Rights – everyone needs water, but getting it from the ground or a stream to your faucet is complicated.

Savvy investors that gain control of land with water rights can sometimes achieve a huge return on investment when they sell the water to a major or emerging city or municipality that needs to keep up with its citizens huge demand for water.

Understanding water rights requires some degree of knowledge of the state and federal laws involved.