“Realtors are the gatekeepers of community.” — Trent Williamson

“Vet your realtor upfront – make sure they are qualified upfront before you sign.”— Egypt Sherrod

“Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.”— Warren Buffet

"Markets always change, and as soon as there's downturn, cleanliness becomes a major value." - Donald Trump

"Before you start trying to work out which direction the property market is headed, you should be aware that there are markets within markets." — Paul Clitheroe

“Make a customer, not a sale.”— Katherine Barchetti

“Good intentions and a desire to help people alone will at best lead you to a mediocre career in real estate.”— Sean Moudry

“Buy real estate in areas where the path exists…and buy more real estate where there is no path, but you can create your own.”— David Waronker

“Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.”— Warren Buffet

“The house you looked at today and wanted to think about until tomorrow may be the same house someone looked at yesterday and will buy today.”— Koki Adasi

“Real estate practice is not about selling or buying a home. It’s about representing your client’s greatest asset to your clients greatest benefit.”— Alex Delgado

“But land is land, and it’s safer than the stocks and bonds of Wall Street swindlers.” — Eugene O’neill

“The problem with real estate is that it’s local. You have to understand the local market.” — Robert Kiyosaki, founder of the Rich Dad Company

“The best time to buy a house is always five years ago.”— Ray Brown

“Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they’re interested in buying it.”— Barbara Corcoran

“I will forever believe that buying a home is a great investment. Why? Because you can’t live in a stock certificate. You can’t live in a mutual fund.” — Oprah Winfrey, TV personality

“A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.” — Barbara Corcoran, investor

“The smallest patch of green to arrest the monotony of asphalt and concrete is as important to the value of real estate as streets, sewers, and convenient shopping.”— James Felt, New York Times

“Buy on the fringe and wait. Buy land near a growing city! Buy real estate when other people want to sell. Hold what you buy!” — John Jacob Astor

“I would give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.”— Shakespeare