Barbara Corcoran Quotes - Page 3

Home staging is no longer optional in this real estate market, it is a must!

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.

A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.

Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.

All the best things that happened to me happened after I was rejected. I knew the power of getting past no.

Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.

I hate entrepreneurs with beautiful business plans.

When you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee.

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.

Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.

You can't study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.

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.

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.

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

If you want to have a creative culture, you can't get it by reading books. You get it by example.

I'm never in control of my time during the workday.

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.

Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.

In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.

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

Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.

A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.

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.

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.

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.