Property Acquisition Gifts

"Someday, son, all this will be yours. It'll be under water, but still ..."

"I can't believe how great my life is now: We used to live in an apartment, but now, I have my own garden..."

"What's wrong with swallowing up other companies?"

"Our detractors call it suburban sprawl, but I prefer thinking of our plan as 'sustainable over-development!'"

Sign: 'Welcome to Fernbanks. Beneath our quaint Norman Rockwell-ish exterior beats a big-box chain store heart, ready to sell out at the drop of a hat.'

"You called me, boss?" "Yes, I overheard you talking to patrons about all the new planets we’ve found." "I want you to stop doing that." "At least until I’m done buying up as much of that real estate as I can. I don’t need any competitors driving up the prices." "Very bad man." "When the hipsters run out of cities to gentrify here, my properties on Gliese 581c are going to make a killing."

'What kind of alteration did you have in mind?'

'Unforeseeable future site of Hainesmore Industries.'

"Oh, no! We've inadvertently gobbled up our own parent company."

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

"It's strictly business. Please don't take your financial ruin personally."

"This is Mr. Harrington, our mortgage nerd."

Cafe investors: I'd like your support in acquiring the lemonade stand down the street. By cutting redundant labor, marketing and technology. I place our annual savings at $17 billion. The phone company investors bought it. Can monkey lick your head?

Somewhere in France: "I thought I was buying goat cheese. I endedup with a chateau in the Loire."

'There's a gentleman out here with $643 million. He would like to discuss a takeover.'

'For Sale by Neighbor'

"Great for worship then! Great for retail now!"

'I think this is deep enough for the foundations!'

"A little baking soda will get rid of the smell.

Realtors: 'We make house calls'.

An exaggeration of estate agents

"It's not so much a fixer upper as a tear it downer."

'Could you be more specific than a king's ransom or an arm and a leg.'

"I'm a real estate developer and I'm just looking over this area."

No - None sense, take-charge, inc. - Formerly: Happy-go-lucky, inc.'

Mouse real estate!

"Hello, and welcome to 'Homes Under the Hammer. . .'"

"I've just bought five acres of prime oceanfront. Want to help me build on it?"

'It's only four acres but we're glad we bought it - he's always wanted to be an expert in his own field.'

'We did have one property in your price range, but I'm afraid we sold it in 1943.'

'It will cost more, but I suggest building from scratch instead of a gingerbread mix.'

'On the face of it, it sounds great that she left me her house, but it has gone stale and what Hansel and Gretel didn't eat the birds have had a go at.'

'Now, it does require some modernisation. . . .'