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Vote NOW! 4 Frank for 2010 NVAR Board of Directors Election

Update: Sept 20th, the link to voting is hard to find on NVAR's site, so use this link to get there directly: http://tinyurl.com/NVAR-VOTE

Update Sept 10th. Preliminary results are in! Frank is in 2nd to last place!

Updated Sept 9th 2009: Voting began! (please Tweet/Repost etc) Vote through Oct 8th 2009.

Also here is my 1 hour class from VAR Convention on using Video for Realtors for FREE.

Hello my name is Frank Borges LL0SA, broker for FranklyRealty.com and I'm once again on the ballot for the Northern Virginia Association of REALTORS NVAR 2010 Board of Directors election. The election takes place during the month of September 2010. There are 5 open spots, and 9 people are running.

Want Frank to win?

VOTE FOR ONLY 1 PERSON (Frank). No it isn't anti-patriotic to use only 1 of your 5 votes.

At first it might sound bad to tell you not to vote for 5 candidates. Let me explain. Last time I got a few hundred people to vote. They didn't know who the other people were. They were forced to vote for 5 candidates, but effectively diluting the vote for me by 80%! This year they changed the rules. So unless you really have an affinity to another candidate running, I ask that you make your vote MORE powerful, and...

JUST VOTE FOR FRANK (skip your 4 other votes).

How to vote (yep it is tougher than you think)

1) You need your NRDS #. (Lost it? > Realtor.org Retrieve NRDS, need your license # > DPOR Lookup)

2) Your password on the NVAR vote site http://tinyurl.com/NVAR-VOTE is either your last 4 SSN, OR a password you created. (Beware: Try over 4 times and you get locked out!!)

3) Let me know you voted! And get 5 friends to vote.

Newsflash: Frank won Inman's 2009 Innovator of the Year Award.

For those of you that already read my main blog.FranklyRealty.com , I welcome you to say great things about me in the comments section below.

For those of you that came via www.choosefrank.org (mentioned in the NVAR Magazine), I will link you to some of my most read blog posts, so you can get a better idea for how I view real estate. These views I will take with me to the board and help shape the direction of NVAR for the next two years. A direction that embraces technology, and empowers NVAR Realtors to be more efficient and more profitable, while increasing our reputation in the community.

Here are some of my "best of" blog posts, targeting consumers.

Attn. Market Timers! The EXACT Best Day to Buy!
Go FSBO! Save $20,000! Realtor Tells All!! (34 comments)
Excellence Comes Standard. Frankly Client Bill of Rights,
Exclusive Buyer Agency Contracts. Don't Sign Them... Yet. (don't let the title fool you)

More at Blog.FranklyRealty.com and Youtube.FranklyRealty.com (watch the WHEEL estate cam!)

Here are some blog posts that I wrote to help REALTORS increase productivity & business.

UPDATE NVAR magazine article on Photography (pdf)
MLS Photo Collages & other Photoshop adjustments
Spam, Friend or Business? Email Headers, Why They Matter. -
Save Hours: Switchboard.com The ONLY Route Finder. -
Wide-Angle Point & Shoot 23mm $200/ + 2Hr Free Class -
and many more at www.activerain.com/blogs/franklyrealty

I have also given free classes on blogging and photography at NVAR (ask for a link to the audio and video for those classes).

I hope you will put a comment here if you know me, and feel like saying nice things. If you are an NVAR member and you have a question, feel free to email me directly or post a comment here.

If you are going down to the 2010 VAR convention, I will be teaching a 1 hour class on video marketing.

If you would like to help me win and be a satellite campaign manager for your office, please email me!

Thank you!

- Written by Frank Borges LLosa - VA Broker FranklyRealty.com

p.s. please report typos.

P.s. Here is what happened 2 years ago when I ran. I was 2nd to last! Let's not let that happen again!

Bonus: How to set up an Active Rain blog account in under 10 minutes: (note this was made before they started charging)

And here is a 10 minute video on HOW TO create your Free Facebook page (still free):

How to read blogs with an RSS feed (a system for reading my blogs), a GREAT tutorial (not made by me):

Posted by FRANK LL0SA- Northern Virginia Broker .:. FranklyRealty.com on 09/10/2009 01:25 AM

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13 Comments on Vote NOW! 4 Frank for 2010 NVAR Board of Directors Election

SEP

Good luck Frank. We have our General Membership Meeting today too. We must show up in person to vote. I am not up for re-election this year but will attend to vote for the agents I feel would best serve our entire board.

WE talked about on line voting this year but it was voted down.

In Ann Arbor Area board IF there are 5 spots, you must vote for all 5 or the ballot is not counted.

Frank, I just voted. Interesting that after you vote they show you the percentages that each candidate has received so far as if it was a survey. This doesn't seem like the right thing to do after submitting a ballot. However, at this point it shows that you have 7% of the vote. It's still early in the election season.

Good Luck Frank!!

you have my vote Frank..hey I was trying to reach you today..I'm surprised..you arn't connected :) :)

SEP

Hey Frank, Good luck I'd vote for you if I could! By the way I saw a great speaker at our local Board yesterday, www.terrywatson.com. I told him about your site and he is going to check it out. Could you do me a favor an email me the buyer broker agreement you use? I'm customizing our form and am looking how you worded the whole commission issue. Thanks!

SEP

Good luck, Frank. Have been enjoying your Twitter posts.

SEP

I wish I could vote for you. You've done so much for all of us in the VA/MD/DC area, it would be a shame not to have you on the board. Good luck!

Hey Natalie, Actually you CAN help. I bet you know at least 4 NVAR Realtors that you can call and wait on the phone while they vote. Whattya say?

Frank

SEP

Hi Frank -- I've seen your accolades and people would be crazy to not vote for you. I was a realtor when I lived in DC and I would gladly vote for you if I still lived there. You rock!

SEP

Frank, I will do everything I can to help you! Off to tweet away....

Tina in Virginia

SEP

Frank, I think you are great and so giving of your time and knowlegde to other agents. I voted for you because I think you would make a wonderful board member and bring a fresh outlook. I hope you win!!