David Draiman Quotes

Floyd has showed me that he's set up with real estate, businesses, and investments.

At 25, I made many companies. I was thinking more like a businessman or entrepreneur than a CEO. I created many companies, small companies, medium companies. I tried to be involved in many kinds of activities, in finance, in real estate, in mining.

I believe that the Chinese people as a whole love to make investments in real estate.

As professional athletes, we get pitched business or investment opportunities all the time, wherever we are.

You have to invest the money in a certain thing, because, you know, at 40, I want to enjoy my life. So I do a lot of investments. Apartments back in Russia and New York. It's a good thing to do.

I don't think you should put all your money in one place. It must be invested in different investments.

I made a tremendous amount of money on real estate. I'll take real estate rather than go to Wall Street and get 2.8 percent. Forget about it.

I've made money in real estate, hotel, and restaurant investments.

Leave no stone unturned to help your clients realize maximum profits from their investment.

I was into real estate. I was always an entrepreneur.

Yes, prudently invested contributions to the Social Security fund may bring greater dividends, but those contributions would also face a greater risk. It would be like gambling. We should not gamble with the investments and the future of the citizens of this land.

I'm invested in about 13 private companies. I've advised probably another 50 private companies.

It's always weird when people approach me to make an investment. I tell them, 'I don't need any more money. I'm good.' Then I wait for their expression. That part is entertaining, because people look at you like you're crazy when you say you don't need any more money. Who says that?

Commercial real estate is really a black box: its super opaque, and it's hard to get the information.

I do a lot of media work, I've been investing and I'm involved with real estate. It's totally different from what I had been doing but I find it challenging and fun. To be honest, I really don't miss the track. I pretty well accomplished what I set out to do and it was time to move on.

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.

At the end of the day, the Irvine Co. is slowly being transformed. Our long-term goal is to transform what was once an agricultural company to a development company, and to that, the next, final step is to create a large real estate investment company.

Most of the money I make now comes from investments from CrunchFund. And the vast majority of that is what's called carried interest.

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

I've been fortunate enough to experience financial success on a large scale through both my music career and my many business ventures. With this type of financial success comes financial responsibility.

The best investments are the easiest ones to approve.

I'm a businesswoman. You know, I have other investments too, real estate. A long time ago, I would buy a house and flip it. But now everybody does that, so I don't do that anymore because there's no houses out there to buy.

I thought I would spend the rest of my life being a good tax lawyer. The interesting thing about being a tax lawyer is, none of your clients are poor. I had clients come to me and say, 'Can you help us make investments?' That led to me getting into the real estate business.

Eventually, my W-2 income will wind down, and my investments can actually make that up.

An active investor is someone who actually lives off their investments as opposed to wages from a job.