Property Wisdom

I have been in the property industry for over 30 years. My late Father Nick, who lived to the ripe old age of 93, was a property developer and landlord and passed on these wise words below when I was a young man in my 20’s. These words have resonated with me every day since and every time I help someone break into the investment property market.

Mark Panos

Who Am I?

• I am the basis of all wealth, the heritage of the wise, the thrifty and prudent.
• I am the poor person’s joy and comfort, the rich person’s prize, the right hand of capital, the silent partner of thousands of successful people.
• I am solace of the widow, the comfort of old age, the cornerstone of security against misfortune and want. I am handed down through generations, as a possession of great value.
• I am the choicest fruit of labour, the safest collateral and yet I am humble. I stand before every person bidding them to know me for what I am and asking them to possess me.
• I am quietly growing in value through countless days. Though I might seem dormant, my worth increases, never falling, never ceasing. Time is my aid, and the ever-increasing population adds to my gain. I defy fire and the elements, for they cannot destroy me.
• My possessors learn to believe in me and invariably they become envied by those that have passed me by. While all other things wither and decay, I alone survive. The centuries find me younger, always increasing in strength. All oil and minerals come from me. I am the producer of food, building materials and the home to every living thing. I serve as the foundation for homes, factories, banks and stores.
• I have not been produced for millions of years yet, I am so common that thousands, unthinking and unknowingly, pass me by.

Who Am I? – I Am Land.

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