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Quotable 2005-10-01 Staff Writer “Be a property millionaire? In this market?’ We're not joking. You just need the Inside Track. The specialists in property seminars and generating wealth through property.”<br /> <br /> - Advertisement in <italic>Metro</italic>, a free London newspap

“Be a property millionaire? In this market?’ We’re not joking. You just need the Inside Track. The specialists in property seminars and generating wealth through property.”

– Advertisement in Metro, a free London newspaper

“The whole secret is real estate. It’s all about real estate. You can’t be a city that produces good garage bands when garage space is $850 a month to rent.”

Jim DeRogatis, pop music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, as heard on WNYC’s Soundcheck, referring to CBGB’s, a legendary NYC punk club that is facing eviction because of high rent

“I’m all for diversification, but an investor doesn’t have to concede to stocks and gilts to achieve this. Just balance your portfolio with assets from all the property sectors and try to buy as much commercial as you can.”

– Dolf de Roos, Kiwi investment guru and founder of Property Ventures, in Property Week

“A leveraged buyout of a company is the same as a rehab. You buy an asset, spiff it up, then turn it out to another owner.”

– Luke Stronach, professional house rehabber, in Alabama’s Montgomery Advertiser