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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.

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
Idea
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Ideas
Immediately
Everything
Burning
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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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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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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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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 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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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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If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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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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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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When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.
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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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I've seen innovation come from something as simple as a resourceful multibillionaire who wanted to make even more money.
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Everybody thinks that they're going to time the market, they're going to sharpshoot the market, and buy right at the bottom. The truth of the matter is that nobody is good at it.
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Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings.
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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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In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.
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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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Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
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Your business is a part of yourself. Should it be? Who knows, but it sure feels that way. You can never really leave it.
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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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