Jan Somers Quotes
101 Jan Somers Quotes
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Wealth earned is wealth learned…
Jan Somers
The ultimate goal should be to accumulate a bunch of properties and retire upon the rent.
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By far the biggest problem facing accidental landlords is how to manage the immense wealth acquired by means other than your own efforts.
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Most people live up to their expectations: so if you expect nothing, you’ll more than likely get nothing.
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Too many investors buy with their heart rather than a calculator.
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Human nature drives us to do what everyone else is doing when everyone else is doing it. Those who want to achieve financial success must learn to fight against this basic instinct.
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Learning what not to do is just as important as learning what to do.
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Learning to manage large sums of money while you are building wealth is part of the process of learning to handle large sums effectively when you retire wealthy.
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If you wait for the right time to buy, you’ll never buy anything at all. And if you sell when everyone says sell, you’ll never have anything at all.
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Buying investment properties is a business, and needs to be treated as one.
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Since the age of fourteen, I have always worked.
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[On her first investment property] We purchase it for $12,500, using a 30 percent deposit. It was just 7.4 squares with three small bedrooms. There was no carpet, no curtains and no concrete beneath the house. We still own that house today and it’s a solid performer.
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I recall purchasing up to four properties in a single day. Ian [her husband] was working and I had three children who used to come with me to look at property, much to the agent’s disgust.
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When I do something, I like to be the best I can be at it, and property investing is the same.
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It’s a misguided perception that people who have money throw it around.
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I refuse to pay top dollar for anything… I won’t buy a leg of pork unless it’s on special.
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I have never done anything for the purpose of making money. I did them because that is the sort of person that I am.
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My only luxury is running shoes.
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I will do the best I possibly can. If you have that goal in mind in whatever you do, eventually you will be successful.
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I am a perfectionist.
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Most people should set goals, especially when they are starting out.
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[Thirty-three years after her wedding] I have been the same weight and size since I was married. I can still fit into my wedding dress.
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Less than seven percent of Australians own an investment property. This is an amazing figure because around 70 percent own their own home.
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The moment you decide that you want to buy a tin shed, you will see ads for tin sheds everywhere. The same goes for property investment.
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Property is a bit like kids and dogs – they are not perfect. We do not live in a perfect world, so to go out and expect to find the perfect property is simply not reality. There is no such thing as a property that has the best growth, the best yield, the perfect aspect and the most desirable location. You are not going to find all of those attributes in a property all at once, it simply doesn’t exist.
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There are a million and one ways to profit from property.
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Property has given us the freedom to do whatever I want…
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Old habits die hard and people are afraid to try new things. The concept of borrowing large amounts of money to build up an asset base is scary for a lot of people.
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We never set out to make money out of people and we are not about to do so.
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It is never too late to start investing.
Being wealthy may not guarantee you happiness, but… money comes in pretty handy at times.
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Wealth gives you the freedom to choose just when you retire…
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Perhaps patience is a lost virtue, but it’s patience you need to build real wealth.
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People who succeed financially are those who are able to delay gratification, and patiently follow the surer, slower paths to riches.
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The only thing worse than running out of money first is the worry of running out of money first.
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Retirement should be an exciting and enjoyable time – not just an enduring time between the end of work and the end of life.
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You can easily and safely build one million dollars in net worth by borrowing to invest in residential property.
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No matter how much you learn from others, I believe that you are the best person to help yourself! Self education is the key…
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Why is it that only 5% of the population ever become wealthy, while the remaining 95% are content to dream? Patience is the real key and lack of it is why most people fail.
Jan Somers
Wealthy people are not gamblers, but simply ordinary people who understand the wealth building principles necessary to succeed.
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