Dan Gilbert Quotes

Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house.

Buying a home wouldn't make much sense if house prices were likely to decline further; no one wants to catch a falling knife.

I got a family house for everybody to live in - my mom, my sisters and I. And I made sure that it has a separate apartment downstairs for myself. Family is more important than anything. We don't come from any money. So once I get them settled in, in a nice house, then I'll branch out and see if I can get something else.

The Federal Government is achieving its stated goal of helping more minorities go from being renters to being owners.

The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.

I think that real estate consumers are stuffy; I think they're scared. They don't buy a house every day. It's a very infrequent purchase.

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

I think the American Dream is kind of a myth, especially for millennials.

One of the biggest challenges is that once somebody realizes that they're ready to buy a home, then they realize that they haven't prepared properly, and it takes a while.

In a way, I've made a career out of sweat equity, and I've enjoyed sharing what I've learned in the process. It's a great feeling to educate people on how to get into their first or fifth home in the most economical way possible.

We can help families buy their homes and invest in their educations.

I need to be able to save some money, so I can buy a house.

The only thing I've ever bought with the money I've made is my house.

People feel a great deal of their wealth or lack thereof in their home value. Despite the fact they're living there and not going to sell it per se, it does have a big psychological effect.

When you're further along in your career, you probably have more money and more means; you have to stop yourself from giving your child too much. Whereas, if you're in twenties, you might just get by.

Hard work pays off. But it doesn't stop now. I know I'm generational wealthy, as you can say, but still got business to handle.

I have three lovely children. They are beautiful, talented, and kind-hearted. I'm most proud of them. I love them so much that I will never want to burden them with a large amount of inherited wealth.

For resident stability, I fully agree with the government's stance that stabilizing the housing market should be the first and foremost step.

What I'm doing with the NWO is for me, for my family, so I can leave a legacy for my kids.

Most of the other soldiers were older than me and sent money back to their families, so they were more prudent.

One thing I wanted to do from when I was young was buy my parents a house. I have done that in Ivory Coast.

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.

I've been able to pay the bills. I've been able to pay off my student loans. I was a homeowner before anything happened in the larger public eye.

My great-great-grandfather, who made his money in the jute trade, had at one time 600 houses in London, and within three generations, the money was gone.

If I can't afford a house, or afford to keep it, I don't want to have it.