"My opinion of the Hearthfire brand: there aren't lots of bells and whistles or sales pitches, but the results seem to consistently outperform expectations. It's not what you normally experience in the investing world - instead of a fancy sales pitch and overhyped value proposition, you receive plainspoken projections that the company typically exceeds, and you sometimes wish you had invested more in the first place."

"I guess that was eight or nine years ago, that first property. It was easy and a wonderful return. I just saw from there the company grow and turn into Hearthfire. I have been fortunate that I got to know [Hearthfire] from the get-go and been invited to participate in all the initial offerings and have done quite well."