Home > Blogs > Regina P. Brown > Real Estate Brokerage Blog

RE Bar Camp in Pasadena: Geeks brainstorm with Real Estate Pros

By Regina P. Brown

Real Estate Broker/Owner with MBA Broker Consultants CalBRE Broker #00983670

April 02, 2009 04:36 PM

RE Bar Camp in LA. After driving 2.25 hrs through LA traffic, we arrived. My first time. Nervous but excited. No agenda... What to expect?

I checked in. My name tag was @GoldenPen, my Twitter name. Found a seat up near the front (for the laptop plug). Went up and met a few fellow RE techies.

Who did I meet?

Roberta Murphy from www.LuxuryHomeDigest.com in Carlsbad.

Bobby Carroll from www.Dakno.com. His business card simply says "google me". No address, phone, email, or web site. He must be very confident that he's at the top of Google, eh!

Pamela Smith from www.StageitinaDay.com, she's a virtual office worker and experienced as a technical writer.

Artin Babayan from www.TheOCDGroup.com , who gave me a FREE t-shirt (THANKS Artin!)

Diana Ortiz from www.EquityisPower.com -- her company helps investors buy Short Sales!

Empty session room schedules posted on the wall. People who wanted to lead sessions, or request a topic, wrote their topic into a time slot.

Led a brainstorm session on "Virtual Office" with attendees like:

@MyYellowBike, Dan Brough from C21 in Santa Ana

@MikeSimonsen and Scott Sambucci from www.AltosResearch.com, a leading-edge data aggregator company

Albert Arroyo from www.MyPriority.net "Short Sale Mitigation Specialists"

Went to a top-rated breakout session led by:

Pat Kitano the "Cellophane Man" from www.DomusConsultingGroup.com led a breakout session about using Twitter feeds as real-time news for webs and blogs -- awesome and cutting edge!

Oh yeah... caught a Tomato and watched a Twitter dance!!!

Learned so much today... contributed... and soaked up new ideas, tomorrow's RE future, and all things tech. My brain is so full it hurts.

Thrilling. We are finding out about the future of the real estate industry. No, we are CREATING it.

Check out the Twitter stream at www.TweetChat.com and enter the hashtag #REBCLA

(Wow... I just checked my Twitter @GoldenPen and I got about 50 new followers today!!!)

Join my new AR group and post your blog at http://activerain.com/groups/virtualoffice

Regina P. Brown
Broker, Realtor®, e-Pro
Author of eBook "Stop Foreclosure Fast: Solutions to Save your House"

Re-Blog

Comments(14)

Comment

Show All Comments

Sort:

Tony & Darcy Cannon

Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT

The C Team

These RE Bar camps sound like great events! I will have to keep our eyes out for one near us!

Apr 02, 2009 05:50 PM

Robert Havana

Park and Protect- Alberta Real Estate License Parking - Calgary, AB

Alberta Real Estate License Parking

Your my favorite little techno nerd Regina. I will have to get on my twitter and start following you, lol. Have a good weekend.

Apr 02, 2009 08:26 PM

TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.

Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN

Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

Regina, These sound like fun. I would like to attend one some day. Now I'll have to look you up on Twitter and follow you...

Apr 02, 2009 09:08 PM

Ann Allen Hoover

RE/MAX Advantage South - Hoover, AL

CDPE SRES ASP e-PRO Realtor - Homes for Sale - AL

This is an impressive bunch of folks you got to hang out with.....sounds great!

Apr 02, 2009 10:57 PM

Regina P. Brown

MBA Broker Consultants - Carlsbad, CA

M.B.A., Broker, Instructor

Tony & Darcy, go to www.REBarCamp.com for upcoming locations & dates.

Robert: THANKS! ;) In school I was called a "geek". I think techno-nerd is much better! I'm half nerd and half Real Estate Pro, so this was just perfect for me.

Michael, it was so great! I'm @GoldenPen on Twitter.

Ann, yes it was wonderful to meet so many movers & shakers.

Erica, I know you will enjoy ReBar when it comes to Philly! I think Phoenix AZ is next up.

Apr 03, 2009 03:15 AM

Here is Jeff Dowler's blog about the same topic, he has some great photos:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/1016120/REBarCamp-Los-Angeles-on-April-2-A-Day-to-Remember-and-Wealth-of-Learning

Apr 03, 2009 03:27 AM

Shirley Parks

Sands Realty 210-414-0966 - San Antonio, TX

Broker, 210-414-0966, San Antonio TX Real Estate

Hi Regina, This sounds like an impressive event. I, too, will follow you on Twitter!

Apr 03, 2009 05:20 AM

Shirley, thanks for the Twitter follow, I followed you back!

Apr 03, 2009 07:26 PM

Ken Montville

RE/MAX United Real Estate - College Park, MD

The MD Suburbs of DC

REBar Camps are lots of fun and truly educational. The Realtors there want to be there (no arms twisting to get the CE credits), the geeks tend to know what they're talking about and are offering valuable information that doesn't cost a ton of money to implement. No huge exhibit hall with lots of vendors telling you their product will make you a million bucks while you watch Oprah and eat bon bons.

I went to my first one in VA last month and loved it. I'll go to another in Philadelphia in May. Networking with other tech savvy (or, at least, tech interested) Real Estate Professionals is all part of the fun.

BTW -- @mdsuburbs on Twitter.

Apr 03, 2009 11:46 PM

Wendy Welborne-Kimery

Keller Williams-Lake Norman Mooresville,NC - Mooresville, NC

Sounds interesting and like alot of fun!

Apr 04, 2009 01:46 AM

Ken, thanks, I'll follow you on Twitter.

Wendy, YES very interesting, gets your mind spinning really fast!

Apr 04, 2009 03:54 AM

Christine Donovan

Donovan Blatt Realty - Costa Mesa, CA

Broker/Attorney 714-319-9751 DRE01267479 - Costa M

There was so much to learn and so many great people to learn from. I missed Pat Kitano - one of the tough choices I had to make.

Apr 06, 2009 04:03 PM

Christine, yes it's hard to get to see everyone at once! 7 simultanous sessions, that was quite a lot.

Apr 06, 2009 05:30 PM

RE Bar Camp in Pasadena: Geeks brainstorm with Real Estate Pros

Comments(14)

Regina P. Brown

Service Areas

Real Estate Resources

Recent Posts

Additional Information