Barbara Corcoran
Barbara Corcoran
Barbara Ann Corcoranis an American businesswoman, investor, speaker, consultant, syndicated columnist, author, and television personality. As a television personality, she is a "Shark" investor on ABC's Shark Tank...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth10 March 1949
CityEdgewater, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
men house hobbies
The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
two house four
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.'
home house today
Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house.
thinking people house
What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.
house ifs amount
If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.
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Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
estate good life market near trying
I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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I built the business exactly the way my mother built and ran her family. I wanted a replication of the big, happy family I grew up in. I wanted happy people having fun.
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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.
greatest hours kid life practice realize seven space strength
My greatest strength as a child, I realize now, was my imagination. While every other kid was reading and writing, I had seven whole hours a day to practice my imagination. When do you get that space in your life, ever?
tells
No one tells salesmen what they can and can't do.
hard people stayed worked
People stayed with me and worked extra hard for me because I could see the potential in them - I'm not so sure they could see the potential in me.
stories dollars billions
The story of my billion-dollar business starts like this. I borrowed $1,000 from a friend.
cost loan interest
No loan is free. The costs are in your loan somewhere, maybe rolled into the amount to be refinanced or even coming at a higher interest rate.