Real Estate Maverick Gifts

'This town ain't big enough for the two of us, so I'm proposing 1,000 new homes with a commitment to affordable housing plus adjacent retail park and leisure destination.'

"Our hobby is finding old, run-down Victorian houses and levelling them."

We divided it up and turned it into a rental.

What's your question for "Ask Sadie"? I'm trying to buy a house, but my lender is dragging its feet. Lender? Lender?! Stop begging for handouts! Do what we did in the old days … scrimp and save and buy a house for cash. And if you can't then you move somewhere cheaper. And if there is nowhere cheaper, start a rumor of a nearby toxic waste dump and MAKE IT cheaper. Yes, ma'am.

Businessmen trying to prop up a line-chart with sticks

'And if you look to your left between the condos and the ABD store, you can see the ocean.'

At first I thought it was just coincidence, but then I realized it corresponded directly to your shift.

Employee won't think about work outside of box

"Delegating authority is good. Delegating blame is better."

"When you say the meek will inherit the earth, does that include the mineral rights?"

It's okay Mom! As a broker, I'm under supervision of the SEC!

'At Tesmer holdings, we don't break the rules! We change them!'

"But there's no way in hell I could afford Jupiter today."

"For details on the bear market, here's a bear..."

We need to put more money into Lithuanian sardine futures...I think that warrants bonuses all around!

Dow Jones drop

Travellers with a developer: 'I see ski slopes.'

The stages of gentrification: a guide

"The only good news this year, gentlemen, is our massive bonuses."

His temperature appears to rise and fall with the FT index

"A home recently sold in my neighborhood."

"Apparently over 50% of people never look at their pension plans!"

Of course, the rent on the fourth floor is considerably higher.

'Excellent job, Fenwick, especially the part where you employ Magic Realism to fudge third-quarter earnings!'

Once again overbudget and past dealine, the predatory boa constractor adroitly squeezes the life from its victim's wallet.

'The market shifted on me.'

'Hmmph. Here's an ad for affordable housing five minutes from downtown. By what means? Learjet?'

"A hole half this size sold for 340,000 acorns last week! No inspection!"

"May I recommend THIS property? It's ideal for first-time haunters..."

Vulture sitting over a plummeting graph.

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

'For Sale by Neighbor'

"Which way up do you want it?"

The Contrarian funds

The two faces of capitalism.