I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn’t want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn’t want a boss.
BARBARA CORCORANMy husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There’s no way I can control him. I wouldn’t stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you’ll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!
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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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Great sales people [don’t] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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My mother’s genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.
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Refinancing doesn’t reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.
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The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
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Confidence is overrated. It’s when we’re uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you’re moving out. But it’s demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don’t have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.
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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
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My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.
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You steal the limelight, you steal the market share
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The most effective way to build a brand is not by spending millions in advertising, but by finding a clever way to keep your name in the press.
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In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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