Mark Bouris Quotes

100 Mark Bouris Quotes (Yellow Brick Road Quotes)

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Debt is not a burden – it is a tool.
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Property never goes to zero.
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You’re fired.
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They’re high on inspiration. But where’s the perspiration?
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When others were putting away for a rainy day, they were pretending the rain would never come.
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There are people out there retiring on $2 million, but their health is so bad they can’t enjoy it.
Mark Bouris

I’m not a motivational guru.
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Most of my success has come down to basic concepts and good preparation.
Mark Bouris

[On the question he asked personally to the Dalai Llama] The question was ‘How do you get rid of bad karma?’… His response to me was ‘The way you get rid of bad karma, is you create just good karma.’ So you inherit bad karma from perhaps a past life or something you’re done that’s been bad over a long period of time. But you can negate or neutralise it just by you can creating good things around you by doing good deeds and thinking good thoughts.
Mark Bouris

You’ve got to give yourself an uppercut every now and then…
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You make all your profit when you buy.
Mark Bouris

I believe in changing the way you see things rather than just changing your goal for the next week.
Mark Bouris

Money is a commodity like coal or wool, and understanding this is the key to mastering debt.
Mark Bouris

All borrowers are now part of the capital markets, but benefiting from this new system depends on your understanding of it.
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Lenders need you to borrow their money.
Mark Bouris

The definition of wealth is what you have minus what you spend and owe.
Mark Bouris

You must know your total cost of funds, not just the interest rate.
Mark Bouris

Never finance long-term investment with short-term facilities.
Mark Bouris

Realistically, the only way you make quick returns in property is through luck or in a boom.
Mark Bouris

Get… the right mortgage, at the right price, with the right features.
Mark Bouris



Don’t accept myths you hear at the pub.
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Never borrow money from someone unless you know how and when you’re going to wipe the debt.
Mark Bouris

Don’t choose a loan solely on interest rate. It’s the one thing that is guaranteed to change.
Mark Bouris

Respect fear but don’t fear it.
Mark Bouris

When the repayment is slow, the lender always wins.
Mark Bouris

Assets minus liabilities = equity.
Mark Bouris

It doesn’t matter what kind of loan it is, you get it cheapest by either using the equity in your home or backing the loan with the property as security.
Mark Bouris

Income is your greatest asset.
Mark Bouris

Financial success is not the most important thing in life. Real success is personal happiness, which means something different to each of us.
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One of the big lessons I learned from my parents is that the hardest things to achieve are often the simplest.
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I just can’t stop making improvements to the house.
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While I am a harder worker who has enjoyed some luck over the years, my success has been basically funded by debt.
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I see many Australians buying money books or going to seminars but then never really changing their habits. It’s like dieting – you’re not going to change your body shape in a weekend.
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Financially successful people are not that different from others – they have simply decided to think about their financial circumstances in a different fashion to most Australians.
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Money doesn’t start – it flows.
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One thing I did learn from my Mum and Dad and their families was this piece of advice: A good way to get ahead is to own a property that someone else wants to buy or rent.
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I just hate to watch people borrow large amounts of money to invest in shares they don’t fully understand.
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I personally wouldn’t recommend borrowing to rescue a business, only to boost or build a new one.
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Credit cards are not evil – they are merely pieces of plastic that represent a line of credit.
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The people who make the finance system work for them are, in my experience, disciplined people.
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