Andy Murray Quotes

Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.

Everyone wants a piece of land. It's the only sure investment. It can never depreciate like a car or a washing machine. Land will double its value in ten years. In less than that. Land is going up every day.

Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.

The London property market has excellent investment opportunities.

New York as an industry is the best city for real estate. You're in a very transparent market. If you need to liquidate, you make three phone calls and you could sell something, even in the worst market. It is also less forgiving; if you make a mistake you can lose money.

I've got four houses in my street. I live in two, and the others are empty. I'll buy more as they come up, because I think it would be great to have the entire street.

There's a difference between buying a few places yourself and getting into the property game.

When I started making money, I immediately began buying property and fixing it up. I was always searching for the next neighborhood. The first place I bought when I was 19. I found a huge loft on the Lower East Side, almost 3,500 square feet. I did it up, turned it over, and sold it.

With housing it's something even more dramatic than that, because most people aspire to own their own home.If you really think that houses prices are going to go up next year and the year after, you feel if I don't buy it this year, I'm going to have to buy it next year.That's not true of an Internet stock. But it's true of a home.

I know about investment. It's really obvious - you buy property, let it sit for a couple of years and then sell it and reinvest.

Buy land, they're not making it anymore.

We were using the record as a tool to invest money into real estate all through the South, because we were living in an era where the South was changing.

Mr. Breton didn't know about location, location, location.

To me, I love real estate because you can feel it.

In real estate, you make 10% of your money because you're a genius and 90% because you catch a great wave.

I always felt uncomfortable with real estate because buildings don't move, and neighborhoods change.

I never buy a house thinking that I'm going to sell it.

I'm happy to make returns of 4% to 6% a year on my real estate portfolio. If inflation comes along I'll be able to increase rent and have capital appreciation roughly in line with inflation.

I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.

I think that every homeowner has a fascination with real estate. You can't deny that it's such a huge player in our finances. It's probably the most expensive thing you'll ever purchase, so you're forced to pay attention.

I think a lot of people try to time the market when it comes to buying or selling a property or investing in real estate, but the real secret to real estate is not timing the market, but time in the market.

Trial and error does not work in real estate. It's way too expensive to learn from your own mistakes, you need to learn from others' mistakes.

I bought a flat in Camden when I was 26, which I was extremely lucky to do. I think it's an Irish thing about owning land, giving you a bit of security.

Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.

Jonathan and I love flipping homes. We've been renovating and flipping houses since the '90s.