Barbara Corcoran Quotes

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Barbara Corcoran

Profession : Businesswoman

Birth : March 10, 1949

The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.

Barbara Corcoran

Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.

Barbara Corcoran

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

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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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.

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People stayed with me and worked extra hard for me because I could see the potential in them - I'm not so sure they could see the potential in me.

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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 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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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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I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.

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What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.

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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.

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No one tells salesmen what they can and can't do.

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I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death.

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Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They're almost like tangent lines - those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.

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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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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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Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.

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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.

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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.

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