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As one of ten kids in a blue-collar family in Edgewater, New Jersey, Barbara Corcoran didn't have many material advantages. She shared her bedroom with five sisters and shared her socks in a communal sock drawer. Yet she grew up to have plenty of self-confidence, because her mother had an amazing gift for nurturing the unique talents in each of her children. Barbara's mom didn't know much about business, but she understood how the world works, and how to make the most of what you've got.<br> <br> In the early 1970s, Barbara borrowed $1000 from her boyfriend to get her start in real estate. That led to the birth of The Corcoran Group, which today is New York's premier residential real estate brokerage, with over $1 billion in annual revenue. Her amazing rise to the top has become the stuff of legend and inspiration. <br> <br> Barbara — now nicknamed the Queen of New York Real Estate — credits her success to not just to hard work and determination, but to her mom's enormously valuable advice. Not just the standard maternal wisdom, but real gems such as, "If the clubhouse is quiet, they're probably not making spaghetti." <br> <br> In <i>Use What You've Got</i>, Corcoran illustrates
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- Author
- Barbara Corcoran, Barbara Ann Corcoran, Bruce Littlefield
- Publisher
- Portfolio, 2003.
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781591840022
- Category
- self-help
- Subjects
- Memoir, Finance, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.06 / 5 (164 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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