The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
BARBARA CORCORANIf you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of ‘curb appeal.’
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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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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When you’re building a business, you’re either all in, or you’re not.
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Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.
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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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My 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.
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Innovation and creativity are the juiciest parts of running a business.
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The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
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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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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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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.
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I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% – still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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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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Insecurity is a wonderful motivator.
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No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate.
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In business, you’re the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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The worst that could happen is I lose my company and go back to being a waitress. I don’t think money’s a great aspiration for a lot of people that succeed. They they have other motivations that turn them on. And money was not one of mine.
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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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People imitate their leader. Lead by example.
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I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.
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I hadn’t learned to read by third grade, which wasn’t unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn’t see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn’t the least bit bothered – until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
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Finding opportunity is a matter of believing it’s there.
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