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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.
Barbara Corcoran
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Barbara Corcoran
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: March 10
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Edgewater
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Barbara Ann Corcoran
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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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If you've got the money, you need people to make money with your money. And if you have the talent, you can always merchandise your talent to someone who's got the money and make money. There's two pieces to it: talent and money.
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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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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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I like to wake up and just feel gratitude. Gratitude for waking up, for my health, for my kids, for my family. A lot of times in the evening, I'll write down what my goals are for the next day When I wake up, I look at that list again. I meditate.
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Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.
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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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Good salesmanship is nothing more than maximizing the positive and minimizing the negative.
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If you have an idea, immediately move on it. To start that fire and get it burning immediately...it's everything.
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Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!
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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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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.'
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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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I have found, whether you have a tiny business or a big business, if you don't jump on something right away, it's like a bird flying by-it flies off.
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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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The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head
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The joy is in the getting there. The beginning years of starting your business, the camaraderie when you're in the pit together, are the best years of your life. So rather than being so focused on when you get big and powerful, if you can just get the juice out of that... don't miss it.
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If you stand back and analyze the best way to do something, you'll be standing there forever. Follow your gut and jump right in!
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My best successes came on the heels of failures.
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