“Especially if you’re over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.”

Become better at firing than hiring – it’s crucial for building a business.

Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.

Take some time to sit down and figure out how your big rival is promoting their brand and plan something smarter and more creative for yours!

Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.

I’ve never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.

Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.

If someone doesn’t fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you’re holding them back from excelling elsewhere.

So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.

In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.

I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.

The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.

When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.

A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.

You can’t study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.

Failure is my specialty.

I love myself. Anything that has my name I’m tickled to death.

If I get married I get a tax break, if I have a kid I get a tax break, if I get a mortgage I get a tax break. I don’t have any kids and I drive a hybrid, I think I should get a tax break.

Jealousy is invariably a symptom. Just like right now with the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.

I love business. I love helping urban communities grow. I love putting people to work of color. I love making sure – like right now the whole mortgage crisis, I want to help people get back into their homes.

American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage.

Some countries, like Saudi Arabia, where the population growth is very high, whereby you don’t have the mortgage low yet. Still the demand outstrips supply by much.

The crash of 2008 was driven in no small part by unfair practices in the mortgage industry which led to many consumers being trapped in loans they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford.

Poverty is not a mortgage on the labor of others-misfortune.