A biography for Barbara Corcoranhasn’t been written yet.
“A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.”
“Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.”
“I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.”
“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.”
“I became a larger than life figure for one reason only. When you're quoted in the 'Wall Street Journal', the 'New York Times', constantly as the expert in the business people assume you're a lot bigger than you are. And then I had to run like hell to catch up with my own image.”
“If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.”
“In New York City, the meek don't inherit the earth. The big mouth does.”
“I'm never in control of my time during the workday.”
“A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.”
“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.'”
“The biggest challenge in business isn’t your competition, it's what goes on inside your own head.”
“The best mistake I ever made was believing that I was stupid. It was a childhood thing, but it played out big-time as an adult. It scorned me the rest of my life - in a good way.”
“The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.”
“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.”
“No one tells salesmen what they can and can't do.”
“When you're a big money earner and your husband isn't, it makes you question how feminine you are. I felt I was less feminine than if I was a supporting wife, or a second fiddle, or 'Mrs. Higgins.'”
“My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.”
“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.”
“Refinancing doesn't reduce your debt, it just restructures it, so be clear about what you want to achieve with a refi.”
“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.”