Barbara Corcoran Quotes

A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
Barbara Corcoran

Attitude, Great, Death

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

Funny, Real, Happens

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.
Barbara Corcoran

Beauty, Good, Great

Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
Barbara Corcoran

Power, Dare, Instinct

I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
Barbara Corcoran

Time, Real, Seven

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.
Barbara Corcoran

Business, Nothing, Made

In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
Barbara Corcoran

Business, Waiting, Sense

Buy with your heart, not your head. You can look at all the aspects that make a purchase practical, but that kind of thinking makes it an investment rather than a home.
Barbara Corcoran

Home, Heart, Thinking

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

Big, Earth, City

Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they're interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.
Barbara Corcoran

Home, Car, Walk

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.
Barbara Corcoran

Amazing, Mother, Woman

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.
Barbara Corcoran

Life, Business, Hell

I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.
Barbara Corcoran

Power, Care, Job

If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
Barbara Corcoran

Enjoy, Winner, Might

My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
Barbara Corcoran

Life, God, Home

Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even?
Barbara Corcoran

Yourself, Important, Long

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

Off, Pay, Retirement

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.
Barbara Corcoran

Great, Business, Mom

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.
Barbara Corcoran

Time, Good, Truth

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.
Barbara Corcoran

Family, Business, Happy

I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
Barbara Corcoran

Life, Balance, Actually

I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
Barbara Corcoran

Job, Loved, Along

I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.
Barbara Corcoran

School, Help, Words

I have a theory and I really believe it. I think your worst weakness can become your greatest single strength.
Barbara Corcoran

Strength, Greatest, Single

I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death.
Barbara Corcoran

Love, Death, Name

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businesswoman

Born: March 10, 1949

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