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 CORCORANI’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.
More Barbara Corcoran Quotes
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Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it’s a necessity in selling a house.
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The wheels of justice – they’re square wheels.
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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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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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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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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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Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they’re interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.
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I’ve seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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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?
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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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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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Don’t get cocky just because you’ve had a good run. You can lose your business as fast as you’ve earned it.
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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.
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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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