Property Portfolio Quotes

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 a few properties, some in the U.K., some in the States, some in Kosovo. It's a nice little empire - I'm trying to create something so my family can be all right.

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.

In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America.

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.

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

I like to repaint rooms, to redecorate. My dream would be to have pieds-à-terre in various places.