Quotes By Barbara Corcoran

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.

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

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.'

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.

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

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.

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

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'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.

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

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.

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

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.

The most influential factor in selling a home is always price. Don't build 'wiggle room' into the asking price. There's a price war out there and you have to win it from the get-go.

Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They're almost like tangent lines - those lines that seem to go nowhere. Nothing connects them, until they get out in the real world. Then they connect just fine.

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.

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

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