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Real Estate Agent with Private Label Realty ( Denver metro area, Colorado EA1321548

~ Yikes, I've Been Tagged! ~

Well, I thought I was safe.  I was quietly commenting and writing my blog everyday, but John McCarthy tagged me.

Here are the MeMe Rules (please paste the following paragraph into your post if you are tagged):

"I'd like to know what YOUR Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) is for 2011. I'd also like to know more about you, and your background, what is it about you that makes this BHAG so important?  What experiences are you bringing with you into 2011 that will make this BHAG work? So I'm asking you to please share 5 or 6 things about yourself, and then tag 5 or 6 more people so we can learn about them too!"

So, here goes......My BHAG for 2011 is simple.  I believe I have mentioned this before in another post or two.  I want to be more successful at blogging.  I have started taking some of the webinars that ActiveRain offers us in an attempt to improve my blogging.  I want to consistently post 1-2 Localism posts every week for my area.  I am challenging myself to start this by mid February of this year.  I have also joined several other bloggers in my area to get together once a month to learn more about AR and how to successfully blog.  Ruth Vogt of WR Starkey is heading this up and I am very excited about it.  I am also trying to maintain a better balance in my life between working and personal time.

A little bit about me....

* I was born in a suburb of Chicago and moved to the Denver area with a job transfer back in the summer of 1991.  That was a little scary leaving my family behind.  But it helps me understand what many of my clients feel when they relocate to the Denver area.

* I saved the lives of 2 kids during my stint as a life guard and swim instructor.  I loved that job.  It taught me accountability and responsibility which I have used every day of my adult life.

* I put myself through college and I received my Bachelor of Arts degree from Illinois State University in both French and Spanish.  This has made me appreciate the value of a dollar.  I know how to make my goals a reality.

* I am an avid bowler.  I was on the Illinois State University Bowling Team while in college.  Now, I travel occasionally for tournaments.  My high game is 289 and my high series is 715.

* I started reading when I was 3.5 years old and still enjoy reading.  In elementary school, I read more books in our library than any other student.  I continue to try to learn something new everyday.  By expanding our knowledge we continue to grow.

* Since the time I was about 10 years old, I knew I was eventually going to sell real estate.  When my job in Denver wanted to transfer me to Houston, I decided it was time to get my real estate license.  So I received my real estate sales license in 1993 and my Brokers license in 1994.  And have been successfully selling homes in the Aurora area since.  Real Estate was my passion when I was only 10 and it is still my passion now, in 2011.  I love to feel the happiness that buyers feel when they purchase their first home.

I am Tagging Carla Muss-Jacobs, Chris Alston, Ruth vogt, James Dray, Jeffrey DiMuria and Vickie Slade.

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Keller Williams Real Estate, LLC

Broker Associate, CNE, CRS, GRI, SFR

Servicing buyers and sellers in the Denver metro area since 1993

Three easy ways to contact me:

email me directly Dawn@downhomeindenver.com

visit my website to search for homes or find the value of what your home is currently worth visit: www.DownHomeInDenver.com

call or text me directly on my cell: 303-332-8025

The choice is yours.  Let my expertise work for you!  Servicing the Denver Metro area/ Aurora, Centennial, Denver, Englewood, Greenwood Village, Littleton, Lone Tree and Parker

*** Voted one of Denver's 2011, 2012 & 2013 "FIVE STAR REAL ESTATE AGENTS" by an independent survey of recent homebuyers to find the best in client satisfaction.***

                                               

 

Donna Foerster
HomeSmart Realty Group - Parker, CO
Metro Denver Real Estate Assistant

Hi Dawn~ I had a job transfer in 1991 that moved me here too!  My BAHG is very similar. I believe joining Ruth's group will help both of us!  I can't wait to read her MeMe post!

Jan 28, 2011 08:57 AM
Dawn A Fabiszak
Private Label Realty ( Denver metro area, Colorado - Aurora, CO
The Dawn of a New Real Estate Experience!

Yep, that is why I tagged her!

Jan 28, 2011 09:16 AM
Tammy Emineth
Personal SEO - Website SEO and Real Estate Marketing - Frenchtown, MT
Content Marketer, SEO Teacher, Website Fixer

Bowling huh? Just took the boys this past weekend for the 3 year old's first time and he got a strike! HA..course the bumpers probably helped me get a couple too! LOL... That's amazing that you knew you wanted to be an agent so young. You must be VERY good at it having it be such a passion. There is no one else I would want to buy a home from in the Denver or Aurora area than you, Dawn!

Tammy Emineth

Jan 28, 2011 09:35 AM
Vickie Slade
Colorado Landmark, Realtors - Boulder, CO
Service You Can Trust ~ Someone You Can Depend On

Dawn, I spent a lot of time in the Chicago area when I was a Marketing/merchandising consultant.  It is a great city, but nothing like Colorado (we are so spoiled here).  You are already a very successful blogger, but I know the sky will be the limit to you.  I like to bowl, but I stink at it.  So interesting to learn more about so many people here on the active rain community.  Can't wait to read Ruth's MEME post too!

Jan 28, 2011 09:42 AM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

And now we know the rest of the story! Thank you for this little insight in to what makes Dawn... well, Dawn!

Jan 28, 2011 10:20 AM
Rebecca Gaujot, Realtor®
Lewisburg, WV
Lewisburg WV, the go to agent for all real estate

Dawn, thanks for sharing your MeMe with us....a great story about saving children's lives, your bowling record and putting yourself through college....wanting to do real estate since you were 10.....all I can say is ....

YOU GO GIRL............

Jan 28, 2011 11:21 AM
Alice Broadway
IXL Real Estate - Mobile, AL
Real Estate Broker

Great meme post Dawn, thanks for sharing some of your life with us.. 

Jan 28, 2011 02:44 PM
Nick T Pappas
Assoc. Broker ABR, CRS, SFR, e-Pro, @Homes Realty Group, Broker/Providence Property Mgmnt, LLC Huntsville AL - Huntsville, AL
Madison & Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Resource

Dawn, I knew some of this about you, but most was new.  I wondered if we were maybe neighbors for a while, but I see you left for Colorado a couple of years before I bought a house in Prospect Heights Illinois.  Glad I had the chance to learn a little more about you.

Jan 28, 2011 03:14 PM
John McCarthy
North Hampton, NH
Realtor - Seacoast NH

Hi Dawn - I too, think you are a great blogger already. I have admired your writing ability since stumbling into one of your Minder Benders a while ago. Your life seems to have a common theme  - you achieve your goals! Thank you so much for this little peek into your life!

Jan 28, 2011 10:47 PM
Cindy Marchant
Keller Williams Indy NE 317-290-7775 www.marchantteam.com - Carmel, IN
"Cindy in Indy" , Realtor, Fishers Real Estate

Great MeMe Dawn...where in Chicago did you live...I was in Willowbrook and Wheeling.

Saving two kids life is HUGE!

Cindy in Indy

Jan 29, 2011 09:47 AM
Nick T Pappas
Assoc. Broker ABR, CRS, SFR, e-Pro, @Homes Realty Group, Broker/Providence Property Mgmnt, LLC Huntsville AL - Huntsville, AL
Madison & Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Resource

Dawn, just stopped back and I see that Cindy was in Wheeling/Willowbrook...hey that's right next door to where I was.  Small world and getting smaller.

Jan 30, 2011 04:23 PM
Juli Vosmik
Dominion Fine Properties - Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale/Cave Creek, AZ real estate 480-710-0739

This is so great of you to share, but I have to wonder if we are twins.  Were you ever a singer or entertainer?  That would certainly "clinch" it.

Jan 30, 2011 05:13 PM
Dawn A Fabiszak
Private Label Realty ( Denver metro area, Colorado - Aurora, CO
The Dawn of a New Real Estate Experience!

I grew up in Des Plaines and lived there (other than my college years down in Normal) until I moved to Denver.  I have never been an entertainer and can't carry a tune if my life depended on it!

Feb 06, 2011 11:01 AM
Sidney Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula
Realty Works Temecula - Temecula, CA
Realty Works Temecula

Dawn:  You must hav had a mentor that enjoyed selling real estate also!!!

Mar 09, 2011 03:15 PM