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☆ Barbara Corcoran says to forget about interest rates, 'get out there' and buy a home
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Barbara Corcoran wants homebuyers to stop thinking so much about mortgage rates and enter the housing market. Corcoran is also widely known as one of the original sharks on ABC's "Shark Tank," having appeared in all 15 seasons of the show. In an August interview with Bloomberg Television, Corcoran spoke candidly about the housing market and why she thinks potential homebuyers are wasting time waiting for interest rates to come down. "Wait until you see what happens with prices when interest rates come down another percentage point," she added. Corcoran's advice follows news that mortgage rates are starting to drop.

Persons: Barbara Corcoran, homebuyers, Corcoran Organizations: Bloomberg Television, Mortgage News

☆ 'Forget about Florida' and 6 other key pieces of real estate advice from Barbara Corcoran
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Barbara Corcoran has been in the real estate industry for over 40 years. Barbara Corcoran has made quite a name for herself with more than 50 years in the real estate business. Over the years, Corcoran has shared key pieces of real estate advice on various topics, including the best places to buy a home, why young people should invest in real estate early, and more. Finally, "you want to make sure you make the key improvements in your kitchen," Corcoran said. "Ask them if they have any special discounts for good customers who have been banking with them for a while," Corcoran recommends.

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☆ Luxury developer Michael Shvo has big plans. Bitter disputes and a soft real estate market threaten to thwart them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Daniel Geiger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Amid the whirlwind of activity, the 51-year old, Israel-born executive has presented himself as a real estate visionary with a personal preference for all-black attire and a taste for luxury brands. BVK recently hired the residential brokerage firm Corcoran Group to complete a market study of the Fifth Avenue project, a person who viewed the report said. Miller noted he did not have direct knowledge of the situation at 685 Fifth Avenue. At 685 Fifth Avenue, he recently marked down prices for some of the units. In contrast, the Shore Club, which is being built by the New York real estate developer Steve Witkoff just a few hundred yards away from the Raleigh has pre-sold briskly.

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☆ Luxury developer Michael Shvo has big plans. Bitter disputes and a soft real estate market threatens to thwart them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Daniel Geiger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

☆ Barbara Corcoran's No. 1 piece of advice for people in their 20s: 'Always choose the best boss' over the best-looking job
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As you weigh job prospects and potential roles, "always choose the best boss," Corcoran, a millionaire real estate entrepreneur and investor, said in a TikTok video last week. "Don't take any job based on how much it pays," she said. "I've never met anyone who worked for a bad boss and enjoyed their job. "If you have a bad boss for a long time, it can [damage] your ego," Corcoran added. "I've had bad bosses, I know what that feels like.

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☆ Barbara Corcoran: I wish I'd been 'easier on myself' in my 20s—especially about money
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

But I wish I had been a little bit easier on myself," Corcoran said. One way to deal with it, executive coach Christina Helena wrote for CNBC Make It last year: Use the people around you for support. "Sometimes people see potential in us that we ourselves are not yet able to recognize," wrote Helena. Twenty-eight years after launching her business, Corcoran sold it for $66 million. Disclosure: CNBC owns the exclusive off-network cable rights to "Shark Tank," which features Barbara Corcoran as a panelist.

Persons: Barbara Corcoran, Corcoran, Christina Helena, Helena, Esther Kaplan Organizations: CNBC, The Corcoran Locations: New Jersey

☆ Barbara Corcoran shares the No. 1 trait her best employees have: 'They drove me crazy, but I admired my superstars so much'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The key to a "good life" is the ability to learn from your mistakes, according to Barbara Corcoran. "Recovering from failure, in my book, is 95% of life," Corcoran said. "If you're going to have a good life, you'd better be really good at getting back up, like a jack-in-the-box, boom, boom, boom. "They drove me crazy too, but I admired my superstars so much because of that ability ... You could punch them around. "Unfortunately, the only way to really learn is ... by tripping up and making many, many mistakes," said Corcoran.

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☆ 'Shark Tank' star Barbara Corcoran once made $1.2 million offloading 88 'dumpy' apartments in under 3 hours by treating them like puppies for sale
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Barbara Corcoran once made over $1.2 million by selling 88 apartments in less than three hours. The "Shark Tank" star modeled her strategy on a puppy sale she watched as a child. AdvertisementBarbara Corcoran once sold 88 lousy apartments within three hours, making her $1.2 million, by cribbing from a puppy sale she witnessed as a child. Advertisement"All these fancy city people have come to buy the puppies," Corcoran recalled her mother saying. "I had almost 180 people waiting for me, the morning of the puppy sale, the morning of the one-price sale," she recalled.

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☆ Barbara Corcoran swears by this 2-step strategy for organizing and achieving goals: It's 'essential'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-03 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

That may seem counterintuitive, given the plethora of online scheduling websites and mobile apps available today. I, myself, prefer to write a calendar," she recently said in a free, live Q&A with her Patreon community. What's going to come first?" The next step, which Corcoran called her "secret," is figuring out which goals you want to assign to which days, and group related tasks together. "Declare a specific day for getting done" what you need to accomplish on a specific project, she said.

Persons: Barbara Corcoran's, Gail Matthews, Corcoran, she's Organizations: Dominican University

☆ Barbara Corcoran almost rejected her best hire because she was introverted: I had ‘no intention of calling her’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Barbara Corcoran almost missed out on "the best hire" she ever made — all because the prospective employee seemed too introverted. In walked Esther Kaplan, who would eventually become Corcoran's business partner and longtime president of The Corcoran Group. But at the time, Kaplan didn't seem like the right fit for the sales position she'd applied for, Corcoran said. Corcoran recalled watching Kaplan take the card and place it within a meticulously organized purse, complete with labeled partitions. "With a mind like that, I knew I wanted my business in her purse," said Corcoran.

Persons: Barbara Corcoran, Esther Kaplan, Kaplan didn't, Corcoran, Esther my, Kaplan Organizations: The Corcoran

☆ Barbara Corcoran says she prefers her trailer in LA over her penthouse in New York City
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Corcoran says she convinced the previous owner to sell the trailer by saying she'll still let her "use it whenever." AdvertisementAdvertisementIn an attempt to convince the previous owner to let go of the trailer, Corcoran ended up making her an offer she couldn't resist. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe TikTok video has since amassed over 3,000 comments, with many users expressing surprise at Corcoran's home. "I love that she could EASILY afford a seaside mansion, but opts for a trailer with a view," one TikTok user commented. AdvertisementAdvertisement"love the home, but million dollar beachfront trailer park is something that can only exist in LA," a TikTok user commented.

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☆ Barbara Corcoran: A $320 coat was the 'best investment I ever made' at age 23—'it changed my life'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

When Barbara Corcoran started her real estate firm at age 23, she quickly noticed a difference between herself and her competitors. Corcoran bought a wool coat with a brown and white print, high collar and a $320 price tag before tax, she said. Despite its hefty price, Corcoran says the coat gave her the one thing she "desperately" needed at the time: confidence. "I wore my coat for the next four years, and it was the best investment I ever made. Nearly three decades after founding her firm, Corcoran sold it to brokerage firm NRT for $66 million.

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☆ Barbara Corcoran: This is the No. 1 quality that all ‘worthwhile employees’ share
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Barbara Corcoran knows what it takes to catapult your career to the next level. In her 20s, the multi-millionaire worked as a receptionist for the Giffuni Brothers' real estate company in New York City. She later founded her own residential real estate company, The Corcoran Group, with just $1,000 — and later sold it for $66 million. Corcoran says trying harder, working harder and going the extra mile when she was an employee helped her become successful, and she advises others to do the same. The only worthwhile employee is the employee who takes the most stuff off the boss' desk."

Persons: Barbara Corcoran, Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Randall Kaplan Organizations: The Corcoran, CNBC Locations: New York City, U.S

☆ 'It's gonna be tough, but it's gonna be worth it': Barbara Corcoran on what she would tell her 23-year-old self
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Isabel Engel | In Isabel--Engel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Today, Barbara Corcoran is the picture of success: a star on ABC's "Shark Tank" and a successful real estate entrepreneur. As a 23-year-old struggling to get by, however, Corcoran's life looked vastly different. She implored past Barbara to follow her mother's advice and "embrace her imagination," writing, "That imagination will make us rich! So keep getting back up even when your back's against the wall." She added, "If you listen to Dad more, all you'll have to focus on while building a business is having a damn good time.

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But his defense team is still evolving after at least three key members left in recent weeks. Trump has also sought to add a Florida-based criminal defense lawyer to his team in the days since his indictment, according to sources familiar with the conversations. Kise, a former Florida solicitor general who has primarily handled civil cases, was brought on to Trump’s team last year after the FBI seized classified documents kept at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Trump has struggled in recent weeks to bolster his defense team as the documents investigation intensified. The day the indictment was unsealed, the pair abruptly announced their resignation from Trump’s legal team.

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[1/2] Evan Corcoran, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, departs after testifying before a federal grand jury investigating Trump's handling of classified documents, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., March 24, 2023. The shift from lawyer to potential witness in the case is a sharp turn for Corcoran. Trump asked, according to an account by "Trump Attorney 1" detailed in the indictment. The indictment does not identify Corcoran by name, but a source familiar with the situation told Reuters that he is the lawyer listed as "Trump Attorney 1" in the document. Corcoran helped Trump respond to a May 2022 subpoena for all remaining classified documents in his possession.

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☆ All-cash homebuyers are becoming 'disruptive' to the housing market
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Al Yoon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As for the cash buyers who can pay in full without taking out a mortgage, their power has only increased. In April, cash buyers represented 33.4% of transactions, far above levels hovering around 25% for most of the past decade. The data is the latest sign that cash buyers are clashing with borrowers more than ever. "Cash offers used to be an occasional nuisance and now they're becoming disruptive" to the market, said Debra Shultz, a vice president of mortgage lending at CrossCountry Mortgage. At each turn, he lost them either because he'd been outbid, or because the seller went with a cash offer, she said.

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☆ Barbara Corcoran's essential morning habits for a productive day
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Renée Onque | Anthony Cortez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBarbara Corcoran's essential morning habits for a productive dayThis is the morning routine that entrepreneur and "Shark Tank" investor Barbara Corcoran's does each and every day. "On an important day, my routine is no different than unimportant days," Corcoran tells CNBC Make It.

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☆ Barbara Corcoran: ‘I’ve never saved a dime my whole life’—here’s why it made her richer
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Millionaires often stress the importance of saving money along your journey to financial freedom. "I'm just not a believer in saving money," Corcoran tells CNBC Make It. Now, whenever Corcoran obtains money, she thinks about the best potential ways to use it, she says. "I gave half of it away to family, friends, education funds, charities, because I really believe if you spend, money comes back to you." "And I don't believe in hoarding money, saving money, everything like that.

☆ A DeSantis-appointed board made this college ground zero for his education agenda. In less than 6 months, the college eliminated its diversity board and will now accept a Christian-focused SAT-alterna
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In January, DeSantis made new appointments to the New College of Florida's board of trustees. His target: New College of Florida, a liberal arts school with less than 700 students, outside of Sarasota, Florida. In January, DeSantis appointed six conservative education leaders to the school's board of 13 total trustees. New College of Florida is the first public school in Florida to accept the CLT as an alternative to other standardized tests. Representatives for Governor DeSantis and New College of Florida did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ Barbara Corcoran's $16 million 'Shark Tank' strategy: 'I'm always looking for the same No. 1 trait'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Barbara Corcoran is often wowed by pitches on ABC's "Shark Tank, but impressive products or services aren't enough to get her to invest. Corcoran has offered "Shark Tank" contestants a lot of money using this approach: more than $16 million, according to one online estimate from November. Roughly one in 10 of Corcoran's investments on the show actually earn a profit, she said. "You make 10 investments, you get two to three huge hits, and it pays for the other seven [failed investments]," Corcoran's "Shark Tank" co-star Kevin O'Leary told CNBC Make It last year. "I'm good with that with my 'Shark Tank' companies," Cuban wrote on Twitter earlier that same year.

☆ 'Shark Tank' star Barbara Corcoran refuses to fly first class — here are 5 items she packs to feel luxurious in economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Corcoran Group founder told Bloomberg that she almost never flies first class. "Shark Tank" star Barbara Corcoran said she prefers not to waste money — or miles — upgrading to first class when she travels by plane, and she has some tips to make economy feel like royalty. Her travels typically accumulate hundreds of thousands of miles, and she told Bloomberg she believes they're better spent on family. Instead, she makes an effort to make economy class feel more luxurious by packing some extra amenities of her own to take on the plane. I bring my own delicious food: a couple of cheeses, usually hard salami, and really nice artisan crackers that aren't soggy," Corcoran told Bloomberg.

☆ Barbara Corcoran says she was fired before the first season of ‘Shark Tank’—she got her job back with a simple email
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Barbara Corcoran experienced every professional's worst nightmare: She landed her dream job, only to have the offer rescinded. It's unusual for job offers to get rescinded after you've signed on the dotted line, but not impossible. Last summer, amid fears of a looming recession, large companies like Coinbase, Twitter and Redfin took back job offers before a number of employees could log on for their first days. It was primarily a reaction to inflation, co-founder and CEO of the recruiting company WizeHire Sid Upadhyay told CNBC Make It last June. Upadhyay recommended asking your network for job leads, revisiting other job offers and getting in touch with former employers.

☆ I make up to $100,000 a month asking strangers for a tour of their apartment on TikTok. I'm not doing this just to make money — seeing how people live fascinates me.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Stefano Montali | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I was making videos for seven years before this format started to take off. Expanding into brand dealsIt wasn't until a few months into creating my apartment series that I started making money from it. For example, it's important to me to be able to share people's stories from all walks of life — from Corcoran's $10 million apartment to someone who lives in a van. I'm just making videos that I enjoy with people who I want to make videos with. Overall, though, I enjoy making this content because I, along with my viewers, am so fascinated by how other people live.

☆ Barbara Corcoran says every successful person she knows has imposter syndrome: 'That's what drives them'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Megan Sauer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Corcoran, an entrepreneur and longtime investor on ABC's "Shark Tank," cited herself an example. And on "Shark Tank," it leads her to seek out entrepreneurs who question themselves. "Everyone's got self-doubt," Corcoran said. It may even be a shared experience among "Shark Tank" investors. Disclosure: CNBC owns the exclusive off-network cable rights to "Shark Tank."

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