Who's the greatest Real Estate Investor of all times?

My vote would be Job from the bible. He not only was the richest man in his time, but after losing everything through no fault of his own, he gained it all back!

The original rags to riches story - twice!

Mike

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Jason Hanson

Real Estate Coach · Oakton, Virginia

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Icon_minipost Aug 17 '08, 01:24 AM

John Jacob Astor

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Dave Kennedy

Real Estate Investor · Georgetown, MA

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Icon_minipost Aug 18 '08, 01:47 AM

How about within the last 75 years?

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Spencer B

Real Estate Investor · San Francisco, California

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Icon_minipost Aug 18 '08, 07:07 AM

Donald Trump of course.... :lol:

What other investor has his own vodka, TV show, and beauty pageant... lol!

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Tim W.

Real Estate Investor · Indiana, Indiana

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Icon_minipost Aug 19 '08, 08:17 AM

Technically Mike, his wealth was in livestock and at the end of the book right before he rebuilt his livestock wealth again - gold rings. So Job was the greatest commodities investor of all time. :lol:

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Tom C

Real Estate Investor · Ohio

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Icon_minipost Aug 19 '08, 11:08 PM

Ray Kroc..

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Steve Nicewarner

Residential Real Estate Broker · Durham, North Carolina

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Icon_minipost Aug 20 '08, 02:40 AM

All good answers, but I'd have to go with the folks who bought Manhattan from the Indians

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Matthew Gil

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Icon_minipost Aug 20 '08, 03:13 AM

Prince Al-Walid bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

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Tim W.

Real Estate Investor · Indiana, Indiana

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Icon_minipost Sep 12 '08, 10:03 AM

Matt,
I have to say my first response was to grab a flag and gun...lol...then I wikipedia'd him. He's certainly not what you'd expect from a typical member of the saudi royal family (he's not even saudi). Nothing like being the guy who bought Trump's yacht when he went bankrupt, then sold it back to him when he made his money back....lol I bet if more people in the middle east followed his example there would be a lot more East and West commerce and a lot less East and West conflict....

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Ned Carey

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Icon_minipost Sep 15 '08, 08:53 AM

Originally posted by Tom C

Ray Kroc..

Yea most people think he was in the hamburger business. Years ago I read a book about Mcdonald's and it was fascinating.

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Rummin Carter

· Alabama

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Icon_minipost Sep 15 '08, 01:04 PM

Real estate investor who find good time, get more profit and run away at perfect strategy , little bit of luck for success in business so that is greatest real estate investor......
Thanks for read me.

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Icon_minipost Sep 15 '08, 05:47 PM

Originally posted by Tom C

Ray Kroc..

I agree, Ray Kroc until Walmart came along.

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Bob Wa

Real Estate Investor · California

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Icon_minipost Sep 16 '08, 02:29 AM

Me. Atlantic City, New Jersey. I owned everything, including the railroads. Hotels everywhere. All commercial at the end. Numerous bank errors resulted in enormous windfalls. Crushed the competition. I was 5 years old.

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Matthew Gil

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Icon_minipost Sep 16 '08, 03:17 AM

Originally posted by Matthew Gil

Prince Al-Walid bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

Looks like the good Prince is telling Wall Street to F-Themselves...

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1841548,00.html?xid=site-cnn-partner

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