Quotes by Barbara Corcoran

“The biggest challenge in business isnt your competition, it's what goes on inside your own head.”

“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.”

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

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

“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 clut...”

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

“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 spa...”

“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.”

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

“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 bi...”

“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 ...”

“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.”

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

“The biggest challenge in business isn’t your competition, it's what goes on inside your own head.”

“If you’re older and you’re letting that get in your way, simply look your best and put [your age] to the side,”

“I hire many people that are older … and they have so much more wisdom. Corcoran said. There’s no circumstance that they run into that they haven’t seen before and have a solution for. So you take a...”

“Just make sure you really dress up and look the part of somebody energized, she said. That’s the way you should be conducting your interview — from a place of energy.”

“The concept of being too old to revamp your professional life is increasingly outdated. She advises her clients over 40 to emphasize the value of their accumulated experience and the importance of ...”

“I looked at the average interest rate of the last 50 years in America and it was almost 8%. And yet people relatively are seeing our current interest rates as a lot of money, They’re really not. [I...”

“They have peaked. Most people believe that, Corcoran said. But everyone is expecting the prices on mortgages to come down to 6% and maybe even lower than that.”