Solomon Burke Quotes

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

I began playing Monopoly for real when I was 26 years old. Today, my wife and I have approximately 1,400 little green houses - each paying us monthly. You do not have to be a rocket scientist or have a Harvard degree to play Monopoly for real.

I put all my eggs in one basket and invested in property. I didn't do anything internationally - it was all in Ireland.

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.

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

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

I put my money in property and I love merchandise; such as Muhammad Ali boxing gloves. It's about stability for the future.

I'm hoping to earn enough to buy a few properties, that way I can make money that way and I want to do social work.

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.

We started out as actors. When we were coming out of high school, we didn't want to be struggling actors, and - I remember the conversation - we were like, 'Let's invest in real estate!'

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.

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

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 was pretty young when I bought my first place, and at that time didn't really view it as an investment. After living there for a few years I decided to move out of London, so I decided to rent it out for a few years. Then, as the property market continued to rise, I made the decision to sell.

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

My biggest extravagances are also investments. I have several houses in California, a house in Nashville, an office complex, and I bought the old home place in Tennessee. They are different places for me to write, but I can turn right around and sell them.

I have said repeatedly I do want to take longer to eliminate the deficit than the other parties. Because I want to see us have the ability to invest more in our economy, in our public services, and in lifting people out of poverty.

When we raised the first Foundry Group fund in 2007, we took over 100 first meetings. We told our story several hundred times. As part of it was a slide called 'Strategy.' I still repeat the elements of that slide regularly, a decade later, as our core strategy has not changed.

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

If there's one thing I wish I'd done differently it would be to have invested money in property.

I made some money, some real money on my first real estate transaction.

I came to music and knowing a little bit about life, and I came to music knowing a lot about business - and that's a real advantage. By the time I came to music, I had purchased real estate, opened restaurants, and been in the business world, so the music business didn't blindside me.

You don't have to be too bright to get into real estate.

Don't go and invest across the country somewhere that you don't know. Invest in a market that you know, because there are great areas in every city.

The business side of real estate investing is fraught with risk. Unlike purchasing mutual funds or savings bonds, with real estate, you can lose money; this is one of the reasons that seasoned real estate investors caution neophytes never to get too emotional about a property and always be willing to walk away.