Real Estate Mogul Tells How to Make a Million

Real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran has a classic rags-to-riches story. She tells it in her latest book, "Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion-Dollar Business." While working as a diner waitress, Corcoran met the man who would become her boyfriend and business partner. He gave her $1,000 to start her real-estate company. Twenty years later, she sold the business she built, the Corcoran Group, for a reported $70 million.

In the latest installment of "My First Million," Corcoran tells AOL Small Business the secrets to becoming a successful real estate entrepreneur. Click here for the full interview.




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