Most of Team Heitland is heading to Phoenix tomorrow for three and a half days of exhausting, exhilarating learning at the Howard Briton Annual Star Power Conference. Patty will stay home and hold down the fort for us. Tina, Lori, and I will all have our laptops as well as our cell phones. In addition, our about to be newest team member (she's taking her real estate licensing classes right now), Kody Taylor, will be coming along. So, why would all of these otherwise (we think) sane people go to Phoenix in the middle of the summer and spend a lot of money to sit with a bunch of other Realtors®? 
Because we learn how to do our jobs better! We'll be learning the latest marketing and sales techniques from the very best real estate agents in the country. We'll learn the latest information on technology and internet advertising. We'll learn how people from all over the country are selling houses in "down" markets.
We'll come back exhausted, but invigorated and excited to apply the new techniques. I've loaded the general conference schedule and course descriptions to our website for any of you who are truly curious about what we'll be doing. We've got our own specific battle plan laid out in writing in a four page document that assigns each team member to a specific place at each time during the conference. And, we've got a "meet-up" scheduled with other Active Rain bloggers on Friday evening.
Our written battle plan starts like this:
Goals: (1) Learn
(2) Network - have your cards ready
(3) Have fun
(4) Retain and implement your three favorite items - share them at our next meeting
So, good-bye cool, lovely Flagstaff. Hello hot, busy Phoenix.
Ann Heitland, Team Heitland at RE/MAX Peak Properties
P.S. Active Rain gods -- please don't give me the big, fat red X like you gave to Tony. I'm new and it would totally demoralize me!
Ann - Here is a Coveted Red X - it's just on loan until after the event! See you there! Tony
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