Mark Spitz Quotes

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

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.

I think homes are a palpable form of investment, and I understand them.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Our industry is full of all sorts of eccentricities and one of them is owning property.

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

In my first home that I actually purchased, I built this nice little basement apartment, I moved into it, and I rented out the whole house upstairs. That allowed me to live there for free - because that's all I could afford.

I think I'm pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don't have a new car, I drive my old car that I've had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago.

There is something permanent, and something extremely profound, in owning a home.

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.

The London property market has excellent investment opportunities.

I want to be a successful landlord. I like real estate.

I don't go to record stores to look at my albums, but it's always a thrill to see them.

The American dream is still to own your home.

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.

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

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

The prime element of the value of property is the knowledge that its peaceful use will be defended by government.