"Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they're interested in buying it. Get ou..." — Barbara Corcoran

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

I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% - still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.

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 space in your life, ever?

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