Here's a good cause if anybody is looking to take a walk. It is the Light the Night Walk for Leukemia and Lymphoma. It will be held at Evergreen Walk on October 2nd, 2009 at 5 pm.

http://apps.facebook.com/event-finder/index.php?m=events_detail&event_id=532

Blogging may be the easiest part of real estate. I mean after all, what is there to it. Sit down and pick a topic and just start typing. That is the easiest part- assuming you can come up with a topic. But, then again as we all know, an entry here and there is not what it's all about. It has to be interesting to read. It has to have information that prospective clients are looking for. And, my biggest problem is that it really needs to be consistent. I started. I really meant to keep typing, but somehow there are other things always taking up my time. I mean, I do have to say that coming up with a topic also seems to add to the procrastination process. I think that every time someone asks me a real estate question, I should write it down. Maybe that would help with the finding a topic process.

For now, let's just say that at least for today, I was able to just sit down and type. If anyone would like to visit my outside blog, you can see just how much of a procrastinator I am. Visit me at http://GetYour1stHouse.com . I will eventually add more than the first two posts and find a way to send visitors back to my website without looking like an advertisement. But I figure I don't have to worry about getting them to my other site until I actually get enough content for someone to bother coming back for.

Oh well, and so it goes....

Technology is great, now when I'm out with a client, and we drive by a home with a sign, I can go onto the mls- on my phone, and let my clients know all the details of the home they're looking at. And, when our MLS ever adopts the new lockboxes with the infrared technology, I won't have to carry my key anymore.

I have always considered myself to be pretty technologically savvy, but taking the e-Pro course is one of the best things I ever did. You might know about technology, but do you know how to use it?

My first goal in my technology plan of action was the smart phone.

Next a tablet pc, so I can present and get the contract signed right on the screen.

And of course there's my website, which is seriously lacking in content. I need to get to work on that too.

I highly recommend the e-Pro course to any agent who wants to stay in front of all of those prospects out there. They're all looking on the web, and you better be there. And not just with a pretty site, but with lead capture tools on your site.

Last but not least, don't forget to offer your clients the option of texting you as a contact method. It's less disruptive for most people.

Wow, I'm a part-time agent with a full time day job, so this is the first time in my career where I've really felt like, I seem to be getting more calls than ever before. Referrals, sign calls, you name it. I was just wondering if other agents were noticing this. It seems to be a little early for a "spring" pickup. Maybe we're turning a corner, or maybe it's just coincidental. I feel like if I get many more clients I will need to quit my day job to take care of my clients.

Anybody else seeing this?

Well, I keep reading about it and figure it is time to start actually doing it. There is so much new technology out there that it is just hard to keep up. First they tell me I need my own site, so I get that- actually it's a work in progress. Hardly any content. Then they tell me I need a blog, so here I am. Same problem though, I don't have a clue about content.

The nice thing I've discovered about blogs is that they don't have to be all carefully worded and professional sounding. I can just type like I talk. I love that. I am really a very casual agent anyway. I pretty much always wear jeans except for maybe my first meeting with a client.

I'm not sure what will come next rss feeds- what exactly are those anyway? Or will it be podcasts? I really can't picture myself recording my voice and whatever words I have to say (that everybody else is already telling consumers anyway) and making any progress with it.

So, you've read my first official blog (which I limited to real estate professionals). I don't need prospective clients to see how lost I am.

Please feel free to leave any hints or tips you may have, and if I come across any useful ones, I will also post them here.

Until Next Time,

Kara