Sean Pertwee Quotes

A home is still the biggest asset that most Americans own.

I still think buying a home is the best investment any individual can make.

It's tangible, it's solid, it's beautiful. It's artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate.

Fifty years ago or a hundred years ago, generally, most people would buy a house the way you buy a car. When you buy a car, do you think, 'I better buy this year rather than next year because car prices might go up?'

I still think, from an individual perspective, the best deal investment you can make is to buy a primary residence that you're the owner-occupier of.

For example, if I make money, I put it in real estate. I always did very well. Location, location, location.

For most, the largest asset is their home. This becomes a sentimental issue, I know, but if you're holding on to a home that you can no longer afford - or you need the liquidity - you need to think about solutions. One might be to bring in a tenant or roommate; a more drastic measure is to sell the home and downsize.

My bank account has let me know that I'm a homeowner. Trust me.

So in my mind I own a lot of house records still.

I always felt very secure and very safe with real estate. Real estate always appreciates.

You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house was not only a place to live, but it was a good investment, because it was going to keep up with inflation or get ahead of inflation, and it was just - that was America.

When I began to make some money, I really wanted to have a home.

Land will continue to rise in value, being yet capable of Improvement; And as the Demand increases, for the Quantity will be the same

I've been buying real estate because it's an asset I can control, that I could finance extremely cheaply if I chose to. I do not choose to; I buy my real estate in cash. I'm not interested in making money on it. I just want to keep my money safe.

I'm really sensible with my money. So I would like to own my own house rather than rent.

I have a house in Saratoga Springs.

Our Sheffield and London homes are worth well over a million but the bank owns most of them - we are mortgaged up to the gills.

Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.

I've never been the type of guy that's ever needed a lot of things or any fancy things, but my lifelong goal has always been to have a piece of land and a house.

An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it is an instrument and tool of gain.

Well, real estate is always good, as far as I'm concerned.

I've just got a new house in Pacific Palisades. It's really cute.

I'm going to retain a lot of Microsoft's stock.

I like to save my money for buying houses.

Housing wealth - the net equity held by households, consisting of the value of their homes minus their mortgage debt - is the most important source of wealth for all but those at the very top.