If you want to make money fast and become a millionaire and you're an average investor, you either have to be lucky (don't count on it) or know the golden rule of building wealth and find a way to put it to work for you.

Let's find out what it is and how to apply it to make money fast.

The golden rule is use compound growth which lets your capital build at an ever quicker rate.

An old fable

An old story will illustrate the point. The Tsar of Russia asked a farmer and the inventor of the game of Chess what he wanted for his magnificent game.

The farmer replied, one grain of corn on the first square 2 on the second, 4 on the third, doubling the number each time for all squares. Is that all replied the Tsar? Put it in a calculator and see how much it adds up to and you will see your calculator runs out of space.

Is the story true? Maybe, regardless it shows you what compounding can do so what if you did the same with $50,000 how long would it take you to make a million?

Not as long as you may think - just 5 years, as you build your money it works for you and grows exponentially

To make money fast you need to increase it consistently and do it with low downside risk, but is this possible?

The potential is there for all and all you need is the right investment.

The practice of aiming for a million and the vehicle

It all sounds good in theory but how do you have the opportunity to make money fast in practice?

Howard Hughes knew it, Donald Trump knows it, and even funny man Bob Hope made millions from it, as have most of the world's wealthiest investors.

The investment is land.

If you have never considered it a way of making money fast you should.

Land is cheap, in short supply (they don't make it anymore!) and if you buy it in the right location you can make incredible gains with low downside risk.

In central America and Costa Rica in particular, savvy investors are investing in prime land locations selling to developers and then moving to the next lot to buy and sell for profit.

In 10 years in Costa Rica gains on prime land have been increasing by up to 100% per annum or more, with low downside volatility and the boom continues.

Now were not saying that you will become as rich as Howard Hughes or Donald Trump or make a million but the opportunity is open to you and anyone prepared to look and act upon it.

If you want an investment with high growth potential low risk and the ability to put compounding to work for you to make money fastConsider land and consider it in Costa Rica.

You need to get the location of your land right and this requires some homework but the opportunity is open to all.

There is not enough room here to describe all the benefits but if you want a low risk high return vehicle look at land before stocks, currencies, futures and real estate and you may be glad you did.