It’s rumored that doing well in real estate is to be able to close a deal. I did not find that to be the case for myself, I was probably the worst closer out there and I didn’t find that was true of my top super stars either.
BARBARA CORCORANIf a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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When you’re in business, if you have some sort of gimmick it’s a huge advantage.
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If someone doesn’t fit in your company, you have an obligation to get rid of them, because you’re holding them back from excelling elsewhere.
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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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A good organization is like a box of crayons. You need different colors of the spectrum, but all the crayons should fit in the box.
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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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If your house has been on the market for more than four months, take it off the market and re-list it in two months as ‘new.’
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I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
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All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.
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The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don’t build ‘wiggle room’ into the asking price. There’s a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.
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If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately…it’s everything.
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I’ve never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.
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I’m never in control of my time during the workday.
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