Quotes by John Beal

“Tony was always the engine that could.”

“He fought for this community, ... And whether he succeeded or not, whether each task he took on was successful or not, it was the fight that was important — that By God, I stood up for my community and fought for em, and Ill do it next time too.”

“You can do three things with a fixer-upper: You can buy it to live in it. You can fix it and flip it. Or you can fix it and rent it out. Ive done all three, and all three have worked for me.”

“A lot of people dont understand what it takes to actually do an entire deal. Ive seen people get involved with renovation projects that cost more than they initially thought. A lot try to do their own general contracting to decrease the cost. Then they find they cant put in the new granite countertops because the cabinet guys havent installed the cabinets yet. Ive seen people underestimate what it takes to sell a property. They underestimate the holding costs, the mortgage, insurance, selling expenses, taxes. They think, If I sell it for $500,000 and buy it for $350,000, Ill make $150,000. Its not like that.”

“This is a Wal-Mart of drug paraphernalia and other hardware,”

“They (the handguns) were loaded and pretty much laying around the house,”

“We wrote out 100 property tags,”

“A lot of this stuff was used to barter for drugs,”

“The saddest thing to me is closing after all this time.”

“We brought her in to housebreak her and the customers fell in love with her.”