diff --git a/src/app.module.ts b/src/app.module.ts
index d2ea22ea..c17b1b73 100644
--- a/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app.module.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ import { APP_FILTER } from '@nestjs/core';
     PropertyComparisonModule,
     OpenHouseModule,
     MortgageCalculatorModule,
+    InvestmentsModule,
     SupportTicketsModule,
     AuditModule,
     MetricsModule,
diff --git a/src/investments/dto/create-investment.dto.ts b/src/investments/dto/create-investment.dto.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aff82835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/investments/dto/create-investment.dto.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { IsNumber, IsPositive, IsString } from 'class-validator';
+
+export class CreateInvestmentDto {
+  @ApiProperty({ example: 'property-123', description: 'ID of the property being invested in' })
+  @IsString()
+  propertyId: string;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ example: 5000, description: 'Investment amount' })
+  @IsNumber()
+  @IsPositive()
+  amount: number;
+}
+
+export class InvestmentResponseDto {
+  @ApiProperty({ example: 'a1b2c3' })
+  id: string;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ example: 'property-123' })
+  propertyId: string;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ example: 5000 })
+  amount: number;
+
+  @ApiProperty({ example: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z' })
+  createdAt: string;
+}
diff --git a/src/investments/investment-rate-limit.guard.ts b/src/investments/investment-rate-limit.guard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51d32ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/investments/investment-rate-limit.guard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { CanActivate, ExecutionContext, HttpException, HttpStatus, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+
+export const INVESTMENT_RATE_LIMIT = { windowMs: 60_000, max: 30 };
+
+/** Simple in-memory, per-IP fixed-window rate limiter for the Investment API. */
+@Injectable()
+export class InvestmentRateLimitGuard implements CanActivate {
+  private readonly hits = new Map<string, { count: number; resetAt: number }>();
+
+  canActivate(context: ExecutionContext): boolean {
+    const req = context.switchToHttp().getRequest();
+    const key = req.ip || 'unknown';
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const entry = this.hits.get(key);
+
+    if (!entry || entry.resetAt <= now) {
+      this.hits.set(key, { count: 1, resetAt: now + INVESTMENT_RATE_LIMIT.windowMs });
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    entry.count++;
+    if (entry.count > INVESTMENT_RATE_LIMIT.max) {
+      throw new HttpException('Too many requests, please try again later', HttpStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS);
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/investments-controller.integration.spec.ts b/test/e2e/investments-controller.integration.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa6b2f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/investments-controller.integration.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Integration tests: InvestmentsController over HTTP with a mocked CacheService.
+ */
+
+import { INestApplication, ValidationPipe } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import * as request from 'supertest';
+import { InvestmentsController } from '../../src/investments/investments.controller';
+import { InvestmentsService } from '../../src/investments/investments.service';
+import {
+  InvestmentRateLimitGuard,
+  INVESTMENT_RATE_LIMIT,
+} from '../../src/investments/investment-rate-limit.guard';
+import { CacheService } from '../../src/cache/cache.service';
+
+describe('InvestmentsController (integration)', () => {
+  let app: INestApplication;
+  const cacheService = {
+    getOrSetLegacy: jest.fn((_key: string, factory: () => Promise<unknown>) => factory()),
+    invalidateByTag: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ success: true }),
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      controllers: [InvestmentsController],
+      providers: [
+        InvestmentsService,
+        InvestmentRateLimitGuard,
+        { provide: CacheService, useValue: cacheService },
+      ],
+    }).compile();
+
+    app = moduleRef.createNestApplication();
+    app.useGlobalPipes(new ValidationPipe({ whitelist: true, transform: true }));
+    await app.init();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('creates and fetches an investment', async () => {
+    const created = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+      .post('/investments')
+      .send({ propertyId: 'property-1', amount: 1000 })
+      .expect(201);
+
+    expect(cacheService.invalidateByTag).toHaveBeenCalledWith('investments');
+
+    const fetched = await request(app.getHttpServer())
+      .get(`/investments/${created.body.id}`)
+      .expect(200);
+    expect(fetched.body.amount).toBe(1000);
+
+    const list = await request(app.getHttpServer()).get('/investments').expect(200);
+    expect(list.body).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it('returns 400 for invalid payload', async () => {
+    await request(app.getHttpServer())
+      .post('/investments')
+      .send({ propertyId: 'p', amount: -5 })
+      .expect(400);
+  });
+
+  it('returns 404 for unknown investment', async () => {
+    await request(app.getHttpServer()).get('/investments/missing').expect(404);
+  });
+
+  it('returns 429 when the rate limit is exceeded', async () => {
+    for (let i = 0; i < INVESTMENT_RATE_LIMIT.max; i++) {
+      await request(app.getHttpServer()).get('/investments').expect(200);
+    }
+    await request(app.getHttpServer()).get('/investments').expect(429);
+  });
+});