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.
BARBARA CORCORANThe difference between the real winners is how long they take to feel sorry for themselves. My winners feel it… but they come back up and say ‘hit me again.’
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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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.
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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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Confidence is overrated. It’s when we’re uncomfortable and looking for answers that we learn and grow the most.
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.
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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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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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If I could set a world record, it would be that I have 150 business partners, all with thriving businesses of their own that started with nothing and I made the difference to make them all billionaires.
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I don’t invest anymore in entrepreneurs who don’t have charisma.
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Always choose attitude over experience. Always.
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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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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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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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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