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Barbara Corcoran

Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can’t get.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Book People Smart
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 CORCORAN

Able Real Stars
Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Building Marketing Mom
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Company Fit Obligation
I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Believe Thinking Weakness
Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Flavor Leadership Team Two
Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even?
BARBARA CORCORAN

Break Even Long Two
The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Advertising Important Publicity
A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of ‘curb appeal.’
BARBARA CORCORAN

Eight Home Winning
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Home Husband Strong
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 CORCORAN

Boss Business Jobs Two
In New York City, the meek don’t inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
BARBARA CORCORAN

City Country Earth Mouth
Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Home House Today
I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn’t like that very much.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Boss Dog Jobs
People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they’re going to want to do business with you. And if they don’t you’re going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Motivational Overcome People
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.
BARBARA CORCORAN

Cost Interest Loan

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