James B. Stewart Quotes

My properties are very good income-producing buildings, so I will have a very good stream of profit even if I can't sell.

When 'Ice Ice Baby' was selling a million records a day, I bought several properties: a home next to Michael J. Fox in L.A., a palace in Miami and a mountain cabin in Utah. Then, a few years later, I took a break from touring, saw that my properties had cobwebs, so I sold them, and - to my surprise - I made a huge profit!

I always felt very secure and very safe with real estate. Real estate always appreciates.

Now, one thing I tell everyone is learn about real estate. Repeat after me: real estate provides the highest returns, the greatest values and the least risk.

Housing traditionally is not viewed as a great investment. It takes maintenance; it depreciates. It goes out of style. All of those are problems. And there's technical progress in housing. So, new ones are better. So, why was it considered an investment? That was a fad.

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.

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

I have some assets that over time will be worth something. I've been in the process of selling others.

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.

You can't look at the intrinsic value of gold as you can a business. Gold doesn't give you cash flow, and, at the end of the day, cash flow is what is important. Gold doesn't give you dividends.

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

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.

I used to be in the real estate business, and I have three areas of interest: Chickamauga Lock, Chickamauga Lock, and Chickamauga Lock.

Many novice real estate investors soon quit the profession and invest in a well-diversified portfolio of bonds. That's because, when you invest in real estate, you often see a side of humanity that stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and saving money shelter you from.

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

I ran my own business when I was 19, buying condos and renovating apartment buildings.

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

The average middle-income homeowner is the big winner in inflation. His labor income keeps up with prices, his home appreciates in real terms, and his home mortgage payment does not increase at all .... The wealthy have no safe and profitable store of value in times of inflation.

I'm not a tycoon or anything like that. Does my property amount to several million dollars? Of course it does.

A vacation home is a wonderful 'extra' as you start building wealth. Remember, though, it's still basically a very large, very expensive toy.

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.

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.

Second homes are an investment.