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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.'

Barbara Corcoran

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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Journalist
Television Producer
Edgewater
New Jersey
Barbara Ann Corcoran
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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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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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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.
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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 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.
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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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If you want to have a creative culture, you can't get it by reading books. You get it by example.
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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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The power of publicity is more important than advertising.
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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head
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Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.
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Money is not the only thing that motivates employees. It's about making them happy.
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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The 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.'
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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The difference between successful people and others is how long they spend time feeling sorry for themselves.
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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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