Twice disheartened, about to start making a little money (8)
I believe the answer is:
twopence
'a little money' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to property as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'twice disheartened about to start' is the wordplay.
'disheartened' suggests removing the centre (the middle or heart is removed).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'to start' becomes 'open' (opening is a kind of starting).
'twice' with its centre removed is 'twce'.
'twce' placed around 'open' is 'TWOPENCE'.
'making' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for twopence that I've seen before include "very little bread" , "bit of history" , "Fiftieth of a pound" , "Penny plain, - coloured" , "Low-value coin" .)