Barbara Corcoran Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.'”

“Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.”

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

“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.”

“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.”