More and more people are beginning to understand that property investment, when approached in the correct manner, can offer short, medium and longer-term returns that far exceed any other form of investment vehicle or asset class. Pensions as a means of retirement planning have come under much scrutiny over recent years due to their poor returns and high level fees which has meant that even those who have invested over the most recent 20 years have on many occasions, received back less than they have invested over the term. When you compare that to property investment over the decades, there is of course no comparison.