“Today the strategies of many companies in the real estate industry are premised on low interest rates.”

an assumption that has resulted in the rapid expansion of the real estate securitization business.

We must continually reinvent ourselves, responding to changing times with innovative new business models.

In my experience, in the real-estate business past success stories are generally not applicable to new situations.

We intend to conduct our business in a way that not only meets but exceeds the expectations of our customers, business partners, shareholders, and creditors, as well as the communities in which we operate and society at large.

This trend could be regarded as a risk factor, as it exposes the real estate sector to at least three potential problems: first, interest rate hikes; second, revisions to securitization business accounting standards; and third, overheating in the real estate market.

A boat can’t have two captains.

In my family, there were Kei and Minoru and then there were the rest. Everyone in my family is very opinionated and everyone tried to join the debate. But by the time my turn came, there was nothing left to say.

I couldn’t keep pace, so I looked to do my own things.

Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.

Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.

The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate.

Goodness is beauty in the best estate.

The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own.

The difference between religions and cults is determined by how much real estate is owned.

Contented poverty is an honorable estate.

I don’t like the repeal of the estate tax.