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Labor Day Weekend - Lets look at some of the Hardest Working AR Members

Here are some interesting thoughts... As of today, here are the top 10 point earners here at ActiveRain.

Let us look at the breakdown:

Four out of the ten are from Florida, currently there are 5,786 members from Florida.
Florida is by far the most competitive of all the states!
Together the Top ten have written a total of 4,239 posts!!!
The top 10 is equally divided between the men and women -- 5 Women/5 Men!
Six out of the ten joined in July 2006!
Two of the have lost a significant amount of weight since joining ActiveRain -- guess they didn't have time to eat, too busy writing!
3 of the Highest point earners are also in the Top 10 All time Most Subscribed and two are in the top 20!
Seven out of the ten are Real Estate Agents, Two are Brokerages and one is a vendor company
One is a Moderator for ActiveRain
Two have spouses with ActiveRain Accounts as well!

What is the success secret that they have? Why do they know that you don't? It is easy to identify -- they consistently write about topics that engage the reader, they are competitive, and they are dedicated. They also write about topics such as:

Each member has held their hand out to help those just starting out...
REAL ESTATE, Homes For Sale, Buying Real Estate, Investing in Real Estate...
About Listing homes for Sale
Local content and tie it back to their Real Estate Businesses
Promote their services to BUYERS and SELLERS
Some promote the success of other ActiveRain Members
They organize gatherings, create contests and are ActiveRain Good Will Ambassadors!
Discuss Market Conditions on the local and national level
Sometimes they coach new members
They share stories of Open Houses, Listing Appointments gone wrong, Closings that don't close and the sheer joy of getting a family into the home of their dreams!
Discuss Brokerage Issues
Mortgages and Financing Options for Home Buyers
Sometimes they warn us about dangers from the Internet, agents behaving badly and Real Estate gone awry
Share Information on how to protect your Real Estate Business
Sometimes they talk about issues that become a problem around ActiveRain
Home Inspection information for Buyers
The talk about Professional Certifications
Seller Tips, Information about Home Staging and Preparing your home for Sale
Talk about Realtor and Mortgage Professional Relationships
About Real Estate Taxes
They share their ups and downs and lessons learned
Discuss about choosing your inventory of listings
Home Owners Insurance and natural disasters like Hurricanes that might affect Buyers and Sellers
Cool tools to run make your Real Estate Business more efficient or write about something to affect how we think
They write about SEO, Websites

#1	Sharon Simms St Pete Florida CRS CIPS CLHMS - Real Estate Agent Score: 271354 Saint Petersburg, FL Joined: July 18, 2006 736 Posts #47 Most Subscribed Member of ActiveRain Link Love: http://www.ssimms.com/

#2	Tutas Towne Realty, Inc - Real Estate Brokerage Score: 256623 Poinciana, FL Joined July 6, 2006 303 Posts #3 Most Subscribed Member of ActiveRain Link Love: http://www.poincianaproperties.com/

#3	Tony Marriott, Associate Broker, CRP, CLHMS, CRB, CRS ~~ Phoenix Arizona - Real Estate Agent Score: 255217 Phoenix, AZ Joined October 13, 2006 328 Posts #27 Most Subscribed Member of ActiveRain Link Love: http://www.phoenixarizonahomesearch.com/

#4	Homefinders.com - Real Estate Brokerage Score: 237601 Rockville, MD Joined August 12, 2006 482 Posts #11 Most Subscribed Member of ActiveRain Link Love: http://www.homefinders.com/

#5	Randy L. Prothero (R), CRS, e-PRO, GRI - Real Estate Agent Score: 220779 Mililani, HI Joined November 5, 2006 320 Posts #39 Most Subscribed Member of ActiveRain Link Love: http://www.hawaiirandy.com/

#6	Maureen McCabe - Columbus Ohio real estate - Real Estate Agent Score: 220394 Columbus, OH Joined July 25, 2006 300 Posts #53 Most Subscribed Member of ActiveRain Link Love: http://columbusbestblog.com/

#7	Jeff Turner - Real Estate - Other Score: 214524 Santa Clarita, CA Joined November 28, 2006 178 Posts #5 Most Subscribed Member of ActiveRain Link Love: http://res.realestateshows.com/

#8	Kristal Kraft ~ Denver Real Estate - Real Estate Agent Score: 212494 Denver, CO Joined July 8, 2006 420 Posts #7 Most Subscribed Member of ActiveRain Link Love: http://www.kristalsellsdenver.com/

#9	Orlando Homes Colleen Kulikowski - Real Estate Agent Score: 211102 Celebration, FL Joined July 1, 2006 442 Posts #15 Most Subscribed Member of ActiveRain Link Love: http://celebrationfloridahomes.blogspot.com/

#10	Scott Daniels - Real Estate Agent Score: 210431 Cooper City, FL Joined July 27, 2006 908 Posts #76 Most Subscribed Member of ActiveRain Link Love: http://www.preconstructioninflorida.com/

We would also like to thank all of our Moderators on ActiveRain.... Each of you keep the system board moving and we really appreciate all that you do to help Moderate the system!

Happy Labor Day to all the hard working ActiveRain members.... Now remember to go and have some fun with the rest of the weekend!

Posted by ActiveRain Real Estate Network on 09/01/2007 08:24 PM

Comments (49)

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49 Comments on Labor Day Weekend - Lets look at some of the Hardest Working AR Members

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We're having fun here, silly! If we didn't enjoy being here, we wouldn't be in the top #10. You have to love what you do and have passion for it, in all the aspects we commit to.

Another interesting point, I've met most of the top ten, and had interesting conversations and exchanged comments with the rest, some more than others. I'm subscribed to all of them, so I won't miss their blogs - without knowing they're the top 10 because most of them weren't when I started reading their posts.

Oops - I wasn't fast enough with my new photo. That one has 60+ pounds of me that isn't there anymore.

You should do another post with the Top 10 Most Subscribed - three of whom are here.

Can I come see Active Rain's "home" when I'm in Seattle later this month?

Congrats to all of you top 10 ! ...and to all of the other great bloggers at AR . Thanks to the mods too for a great job well done...

interesting stats and I really enjoyed reading the list of things they blog about...and what they have done here in the rain.

Congrats to the top ten

now only are they posting but they're providing quality content for all of us

I need to move to another state. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Good going to all! It takes a LOT of work and dedication to get on this .

I look at their points......I don't think that I will ever get there. However, is that what it is about?

Kudos to our Florida contributors--lots of time and effort went into your endeavors here.

Just stumbled across this - August has been sooo busy I haven't been here much if at all. Thanks for the recognition - there are so many here on the 'Rain that are just as deserving.

Plant the seeds...water the flowers! Congratulations for all who bloomed so well here on Active Rain. Hard work is what it takes! Congratulations to all you hard workers!

I especially have to give credit to Randy...my friend, my fellow agent in our office and my first mentor who invited me and started me with Active Rain!

WooHoo Randy! (I did the fairy just for you!)

I have always wondered who the top people are here on active rain. No big surprise as I read all of them!

Thanka to all of you for making this the wonderful forum that it is.

Beautiful recognition for 10 well deseving professionals! Way to go guys. Look forward to your writings over the next year. You make us all proud!!

They are all definitely hard working - and yep - FLorida is not for the faint of heart (LOL) - great post Caleb!!

These should be proud of their accomplishments and they are my mentors to keep going. Thanks for letting them know who they are.

#11 here! Happy Holiday Weekend to everyone!

Congratulations to the top 10 !!!

I was in the top 10 yesterday but I spent 6-7 hours deleting some blogs so I lost like 3-4k in points.

It's okay! I'm only here to network and I am sure I will be back in the top 10 very soon.

*Note: Please don't ask why I spent 7 hours going through 300+ blogs and deleting some, it's a long story and I rather not get into it. = (

Your Friendly Active Rain Mortgage Man,

Nima

Thank you for the recognition. I love it here on Active rain and am grateful for the great job the AR Gods have done in creating this terrific forum.

Congrats to all and many heartfelt Thanks! Happy, happy and healthy Holiday weekend!

Congratuations to all the AR top point earners. I have enjoyed getting to know several of you and hope to meet those I have not met! The writing is great and has served as an inspiration to a novice like myself.

What an elite group - and I read and admired them all since I joined. And will continue to do so.

Jeff

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Congratulations to our top ten, they are all great, and deserve every bit of recognition they get!!

Tom Weiss

Congratulations to the Top 10, and to all members of Active Rain who blog as a Labor of Love! Happy Labor Day!

Go out and have some fun???? Are you kicking us out? This is fun. Prime example: I am here in Winnsboro, Louisiana and I am on vacation. I came from California to do a "working vacation" -- by working I am mostly and mainly on AR.

I don't know..... is that sick or what? Maybe I do need to go out and have some fun because obviously I don't know what fun is!!!!

Laptop on lap, and calling it vacation? Good morning! It 3:27am!!!!

I gotta give some love...Lenn Harley (who doesn't have her name up there...that's funny) is an angel. A gruff angel, but an angel nonetheless.

This week, she took a 30 minutes phone call from me (a newbie) and gave me tons of insight and wisdom on this social networking thing.

And by wisdom I mean that she points out the good...and the stupid...things I've done.

Thanks, Lenn!

Joey Check out #4. That's our Lenn! We all know her from writings, her photo, and her strong opinions. You just don't see her name.

Great post; not just a well deserved recognition to those top 10 but a great list of topics for us relative newbies to use! I had already noticed the number of posts from Florida...I'm wondering if it is because of their state's challenging market and losses or just a coincidence? I would also like to give a "shout-out" to TLW....ROAR who didn't make the top 10 but must have been darn close!

Now that is a real "Who's Who List" of AR stars. If you have been on here more than a week you will probably know them all.

Hey that's my picture up there!!! Yee Doggie!!! Thanks guys. BTW there are many many hard workers and excellent bloggers on AR. I just happen to have the advantage of longevity. I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend.

Caleb,

I can`t tell you what A/R has done for our business and our expansion. We`re forever Grateful to you and Matt.

Thank You!

Scott

That's so nice of you to give these Rainers the special recognition they deserve. Not only are they a testament to hard work using this new medium but they are also well known for writing excellent quality posts!

Maureen got me into this addiction. Kristal is my hero for teaching me about writing to the local market. Lenn is my techie teacher. And Colleen keeps us on track with the rules. Thanks.

I had to come back and comment on WooHoo Sally's fairy. I am always making fun of her fairies, but this time I will be nice. Thank you WooHoo!

Thank you for all the quality contect from everyone and especially the top 10! keep up the good work!

Thanks for the mention. I don't have many points for blogging on AR (maybe because there is not that much competition in Ohio... everyone invite Ohioans you know to ActiveRain) then I can write more here.

Over 92,000 of my points are from the 64+/- great bloggers I have invited to ActiveRain who have joined. Maureen Francis, Bonnie Erickson, Leanne Paynter and others who were already blogging elsewhere contributed to my place in the top 10 list here... A bunch of people who I believe were not yet R.E. blogging including John Novack, Roberta Murphy, Elaine Reese, Don Fabrizio-Garcia, Fred Pickard, Teri Lussier and about 50 or so other members have contributed a lot to my points... and then there's all my great grandbloggers I am so proud of Lenn Harley (of HomeFinders.com ), Jeff Dowler and Carole Cohen are among those my invitees have invited....

That's a network.

Congrats to the top ten! These folks deserve kudos and extra points today!!!

A dozen red balloons for each of you! Aside from Active Rain, I think the entire real estate profession should recognize these bloggers.

Kudos!

Congrats to all of you and a big thanks to Lenn for all of those points she has given me ;->.

What a treat!!!!

Thanks guys. I greatly appreciate this post. ActiveRain is a part of my job, no question about that because I do "blog for business". That said, I love every minute I spend posting to ActiveRain. It offers me a national forum for exposure and "Google juice".

But, what ActiveRain gives to me is lots of friends with whom I can have a friendly real estate conversation, every single day. I learn something every day and hope I have been able to share with my Active Rain friends.

To have this much fun daily, I'd have to leave my phone and get dressed and go out. Shucks, I've got the world at my fingertips.

Thanks for the mention! It appears I have been off enjoying the weekend..... I am honored to be part of such a wonderful group of professionals!

congrats to you all - well deserved recognition!

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Thank you Caleb

Thank you Scott for inviting me to AR, I am seeing the results daily.

Thanks

Congratulations to All!I sure appreciate all your posts and enjoy reading them.Keep up the Good work!

The recognition is well deserved!

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Those are impressive numbers. When do they have time for anything else?!?! -Charles

Thank you AR. I have bookmarked the blog for future use. It is a great commentary on some of the best bloggers on the internet. I get more info from them and the others that I read here on Active Rain than from all of the training classes I regularly attend.

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Congrats to all!

Great recognition post! I hope to be just like these folks someday when I grow up!! I guess it really is about making some good "POINTS" with this post! Thanks for sharing, I noticed that many of them are also in the Top 10 All Time most subscribed. Great work guys, and Congratulations!!