Quotes of the Day

About 85 to 90 percent of all residential real estate in most areas is sold through agents. It's important to pick agents at the onset whom you believe are good negotiators, not just friendly faces. [2006] - Robert Irwin

My real estate strategy is to start small and keep trading the properties up for bigger properties and, therefore, delaying paying taxes on the gain. This allows the value to increase dramatically. I generally hold real estate less than seven years. [1998] - Robert T. Kiyosaki

Have a networking plan that includes about 10 hours a week. It can be a business group. It can be a trade association meeting. It can be a ball game. It can be the theater. It can be an exercise group. It can be a gallery crawl. It can also be a charity event. [2005] - Jeffrey Gitomer

The Rule of 5: Every day, we do five specific things that will move our goal toward completion. [2005] - Jack Canfield

if you find only a few vacant houses, it shows that the neighborhood is desirable. A shortage of For Sale signs indicates a stable neighborhood. Ideal properties for beginning investors are ones that need attention, like the ones in the risky neighborhoods, but are scattered throughout desirable communities. [2004] - Mike Summey