Does anyone know where the Premiere will be for the new Batman movie,

"Dark Knight" in Los Angeles?

Looking forward to seeing this and would enjoy being there and seeing

the Stars....

This should be one of the Summer's Blockbusters and looks like they

have carefully crafted it and the special effects, at least the flying one

through the city, looks amazing.

This was Heath Ledger's last movie.

Thanks!!

Hope you're all having a great, awesome, positive week.

If not, and you need some help, I found this today....and wanted to share it with you.

http://www.skyradionet.com/bestcoaches.cfm

I love the fact that you can listen to some of our "Best Coaches"....like Tony Robbins for FREE.

Tony grew up nearby to where I live and I have always found him to be helpful and inspirational.

There are many more Coaches on this website.

Bookmark it and save it for a rainy day....even if it's in the Summertime.

Hope you find this to be helpful.....I love it!!

Todd

There are some Realtors in California (northern and southern) who are having Repo Bus Tours.

They meet at 9am, load up their bus with potential Buyers and away they go.

Have any of you tried this?  I am not sure of their closing rates?  I'd be curious to hear any feedback you have on this or if you know for a fact that it is working??

I have contemplated doing Repo Seminars instead....where Buyers could come get educated about Repo Homes and the in's and out's of purchasing them and the process, what to expect, etc.

I think this will work better for me...but am still staying open.

Thanks for your feedback.

Night

I talked with the gal that I purchase alot of my marketing materials with a few months back and I remember in the conversation, she mentioned, "Todd, you should do some stuff in green...Everyone is going green now!!"...

Well, it finally sunk in.

Now I have ordered my new notepads in green, light green paper with Kelly Green Imprint colored ink.

Also, have contemplated doing my post-it's in green or with alot of green on them.

Also, green pens.....You can do everything in GREEN.  LOL

It's not only good to be aware of conserving energy, gas, paper (except for the pads!!), but it's also important to be able to market yourself and grow your business.  If you can do this and also be current with a public awareness, more power to you!!

When prescreening clients......Check to see if they are diligent with details.

Do they take care of their yard.....maintain their household, and keep

the bathrooms clean and countertops uncluttered.

All these kinds of details make for great clients and I have found

they are usually easier to work with. 

I have also noticed that their homes usually sell quicker

because of the way they maintain them.

Hope you get lots of "aware" clients and listings that sell quicker and close escrow.

Karen Mansour, fellow member on Active Rain was asking what are people doing....I commented and have copied it into an entry here.....

I am:

 1) Getting new pads (pick them up tomorrow, "going green with them" ~ green ink on light green paper)

 I will be throwing pads with a flyer in a bag to the 10-15 properties surrounding REPO listings, soliciting Buyer activity.

 2) Had Tshirts made.....and getting ready to send out about 100 of them to past clients...even some of the ones that I haven't spoken with in a long time.

 3) Made bookmarks.  There are 4 different ones and added a photo to each one of them.  3 out of the 4 photos I took myself and put a little blurb about the picture....laminated it, punch a hole witha  hole puncher, tie a ribbon at the top, and will be mailing those out with the tshirts.

 4) Am finishing up my newsletter which has personal photos of things I've done recently, places I've gone, client photos, etc and also current real estate market information that is targeted specific to my area and California in general.

 5) Had Pens made with my name on them that are transcluscent and are red (Fourth of July Red) and have been handing those out to places that I frequent...such as restaurants, pet hospital, grocery stores, dry cleaners, library, anywhere and everywhere......love giving them to food servers though since they always need "click" pens.

 Yes, it's been busy...and am planning for it to get busier....it's honestly been difficult just to get all this ready and rolled out.....2008 - 2010 are going to be stellar years....I'm just planning ahead for it.

Oh, and 6) Been networking with lots of other local real estate professionals and trying to expand my web presence in hopes that will come in handy later. 

Who has time to be slow?  OMG

Some nut waited for Madonna to leave her gym in london, and was dressed up as a HELLO KITTY in a nuns costume. Someone forgot to tell Hello Kitty, that he's from JAPAN, not LATIN America, oh and wheres a cop when you need 'em?? lol
**you can kind of tell she's a little freaked out or laughing, not sure which?

This week, on Wednesday, on the Today Show, watch for inspirational and motivational author and coach, Eli Davidson....she's going to be on TV.

We were lucky enough at our local Caravan to have her speak earlier this year.

She offers "practical" advice to accomplish your goals, stay focused, remove obstacles...in short, I appreciate the motivational coach that she is and has been for me.....

If you ever get a chance to meet her, or read her book, I would recommend it....

Go Eli!!

BTW, You can find her book on www.Amazon.com

"Funky to Fabulous" by Eli Davison

It's important to keep yourselves out there.....I was just blogging today and ran into a client who saw me and they said they were going to tell everyone at their meeting tonight (that they were going to) about their Realtor and how hard I work at keeping my name out there and staying active and in the public eye....and.....wow, it's great to have a place to market ourselves and for free (and our listings)....Thank you ActiveRain.....

Check out my cat, Toni Picconi, on youtube and she's now on myspace too.....tonight got some catnip and gave it to her for the first time....she made me laugh....now she's resting next to me while I type this.....

I think it's great to put personal stuff out there about yourself....helps people (current and potential future clients) be able to see another side of you and possibly get to relate to you in a different way....although people will probably think I'm cuckoo after this.....enjoy Toni!!

She's finally got her 15 minutes of fame and she's got 7 lives left and many years to come hopefully...she's approx. 16 months old.

Night!!

www.myspace.com/RanchoCucamonga

www.youtube.com/ToddPicconi