It's been a little while since I've written a Real Estate specific post, or even a non-industry related piece that has consisted of more than a caption under someone else's drawing. There are two primary reasons for my absence. One, fortunately, has everything to do with a dramatic rise in business. It seems that every Tom, Dick and Harry who has been waiting for the market to fully capitulate before wading back into the fray for a purchase has declared, "All clear!" The only thing burning faster than a gallon of gasoline in my protesting vehicle are the minutes on my angry cell phone.
Can you hear me now?
You bet.
Secondly, I have taken all of the time that I don't have and shaved off an hour or so of it every day for the last few weeks to work on my latest project. A project I never really expected to undertake.
I have been more than satisfied with my blogging experience here on the ActiveRain network. In addition to verifiable lead generation that has accounted for approximately 50% of my business to date in 2009, I have made real friends in this imaginary community. I have also built a stable of referral partners here to whom I would send business without so much as a second thought (as well as expunge a few select nasties to whom I wouldn't send a client if they had the only bomb shelter in a post-Apocalyptic world.) In short, ActiveRain has been berry, berry good to me.
But you can't stop Paul Slaybaugh, you can only hope to contain him.
I'm ready to try my hand at creating my own little space in the cyberworld where I am beholden to me and my whims alone. I wanted to craft a blogsite which fully integrates everything I want and nothing I don't. It's that simple. Oddly enough, I don't expect to go nuts creatively on the new one, as it will be specifically tailored to be a functional tool for my current and future clients. I'll keep the more adventurous stuff here at ActiveRain, where my catchall little blog has made its niche.
Unlike some wayward blogging souls who follow Carol Anne into the light and never return to their old stomping grounds, I am not abandoning AR for greener pastures. Rather, I am engaging in internet sharecropping. I till the more consumer specific Real Estate soils on one field while the other awaits the next crop of ... well ... whatever seeds I happen to find in the glove box.
So you can continue to catch my act live here on the evenings and weekends, while a different audience may be more inclined to trade in my AR cocktail party blog for the ongoing business casual soiree being thrown over at the new digs.
It's a work in progress that I suspect may never finish progressing, but without further ado, I present to you:
The Scottsdale Property Shop Blog
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Looking forward to new adventures Paul.