Many novice real estate investors soon quit the profession and invest in a well-diversified portfolio of bonds. That's because, when you invest in real estate, you often see a side of humanity that stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and saving money shelter you from.

So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes.

If you want to be a rich person... don't let the poor person inside of you do your talking.

So many people operate in a world of right and wrong [that] they become polarized. You're conservative or you're liberal; and if you're one or the other, you can't be both. I just think that this idea of right and wrong is kind of a damaging idea.

In school, you are given the lesson first. On the street, you're given the mistake first and then it's up to you to find the lesson, if you ever find it.

The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.

If you're not working to get your business or investing operation to operate without you, you're thinking too small. Think team and systems.