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Active Rain ~ Our FIRST SUCCESS STORY and a COMMISSION CHECK TOO ~

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty

activerain    success story ~ first commission check

We received our FIRST COMMISSION CHECK from working with a Referral we received from Active Rain and selling a home in North Carolina.

For those who are not aware, on your member home page on the left side there is a side bar. In this side bar there are various links to work on as a member of Active Rain. One of the links, the Referral Network is where you can read about the Referral Exchange, Browse Available and Post a Referral. The next section is My Referrals where you can see your Posted Referrals, Requested Referrals and Referral Alerts.

Here is what we did to receive the referral. We clicked the Referral Alerts and set up a new alert for the area we work. When you set up a new alert make sure you click the link Add to add the city. You can add more than one city to your alerts.

We did this on January 15, 2011 and waited for something to happen. The first referral we found during a random search browsing the available referrals in South Carolina. When this happens you send the agent an email from a link in the message. We are still waiting for a reply on that one.

The next one was posted in the "Your Messages" part of our home page and when we noticed it we immediately applied for it by sending an email to the agent.
The same day another message was in the section --> Your Messages. We applied for this one also. Two referrals in one day ~ BONUS ~ Never heard back from the first one but we did hear back from the second one ~

The referral was from Jeff Jasinek of Clients First Realty. February 3rd, 2011 was the date. We closed on our clients brand new home on April 6th, 2011.
We received our FIRST COMMISSION CHECK FROM A REFERRAL on ACTIVE RAIN TODAY APRIL 7th 2011.

 

For those who are not aware of the REFERRAL NETWORK ~ YOU ARE AWARE NOW ~ SO SIGN UP AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR FIRST REFERRAL ~

The SUNSET BEACH TEAM ~ FRANK & KAREN BAKER ~

karen's happy too

Frank heading to the bank

Karen Baker
Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty - Sunset Beach, NC
Professional Help with Rapid Responses...

Judith ~ Go sign up and if you have any questions call me 910-612-1931

Apr 07, 2011 01:12 PM
Tish Lloyd
BlueCoast Realty Corporation - Wilmington, NC
Broker - Wilmington NC and Surrounding Beaches

So wonderful to hear of your success story from dancing in The 'Rain!!  Congratulations!!!

Apr 07, 2011 01:31 PM
Karen Baker
Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty - Sunset Beach, NC
Professional Help with Rapid Responses...

Tish ~ Thanks, it was a fun referral and a wonderful couple from Waldorf, Maryland ~

Apr 07, 2011 01:36 PM
Shannon Milligan, Richmond VA Real Estate Agent/Associate Broker
RVA Home Team - Richmond, VA
RVA Home Team - Winning with Integrity.

Congrats! I too have never heard back from some I have clicked on but you are proof it works! To many more!

Apr 07, 2011 01:45 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

So cool to hear you success story, that's great news.  Hope it's the first of many!

Apr 07, 2011 02:43 PM
Karen Baker
Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty - Sunset Beach, NC
Professional Help with Rapid Responses...

Roger ~ Thanks, we are happy to have a first!!

Shannon ~ Keep checking, clicking and emailing

Apr 07, 2011 02:49 PM
Melissa McKinney
Everything Pines Partners Fayetteville - Fayetteville, NC
Realtor, www.LivingFayetteville.com

Frank& Karen~ Love seeing that!! I have a couple that I am meeting with in the morning that flew in this evening that I received as referral from another agent here in the rain! You really have to love the magic, if you "get" it... and we do!!

Apr 07, 2011 03:59 PM
Cindy Westfall
Premiere Property Group,LLC Portland Metro & Suburbs Oregon - Tualatin, OR
ABR,GRI Your Tualatin & Portland Metro Real Estate

Hi Frank & Karen, this is VERY cool!! It's great to read these stories. I know I'm signed up and every now and again I get a notification, but they are usually for the other side of Oregon....not close at all. I'll need to look into seeing what I set myself up for and most likely add cities here in Portland. Thanks for this heads up and congrats!!

Apr 07, 2011 05:30 PM
Denise Roberts
New Colony Properties, LLC - Pinehurst, NC
e-PRO, REALTOR - Specializing in Pinehurst, NC Area

Frank & Karen - Excellent and Congratulations!  Referrals are the BEST!!!  Have a great weekend!

Apr 08, 2011 03:19 AM
Karen Baker
Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty - Sunset Beach, NC
Professional Help with Rapid Responses...

Denise ~ We Love Referrals!!

Cindy ~ Yes, check you referralalerts to make sure they are correct ~

Melissa ~ Good Luck with "your" referral ~

Apr 08, 2011 05:40 AM
Cindy Westfall
Premiere Property Group,LLC Portland Metro & Suburbs Oregon - Tualatin, OR
ABR,GRI Your Tualatin & Portland Metro Real Estate

I just went back in and it only had "at set up" so went through and added lots of areas! Thanks again for this great tip!

Apr 08, 2011 06:08 AM
Karen Baker
Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty - Sunset Beach, NC
Professional Help with Rapid Responses...

Cindy ~ Love that we can all learn something new everyday here at ActiveRain!!

Apr 08, 2011 08:53 AM
Joni Bailey
101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX
Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

Frank and Karen: How wonderful! Congratulations on a job well done and like Richard (#18), I hope this is featured! I'll do my part!!

Apr 08, 2011 05:19 PM
Karen Baker
Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty - Sunset Beach, NC
Professional Help with Rapid Responses...

Richard ~ Thanks for stopping by and we are just so truly happy this referral happened ~ It was meant to be that we met Mark & Silvia, and they found a wonderful home!!

Joni ~ Thanks, we are sooo happy for Silvia & Mark!!

Apr 09, 2011 05:02 AM
Scott Silverstone
William Raveis Real Estate - New Haven, CT
www.CTProperty.com, Connecticut Luxury & Waterfront Realty

Congrats on your success.  I plan on utilizing the referral network in ActiveRain in the coming months.  This is one more way to help our clients with this site.

Apr 09, 2011 07:23 AM
Linda K. Mayer
License # 01767321 - La Verne, CA
Realtor, SRES, SoCAL, A REALTOR YOU CAN TRUST

Congrats!  That's a great success story directly from AR.  I've been here for a while and am just now starting to get referrals from the referral network.  Thanks for showing that it can be done!

Apr 09, 2011 07:24 AM
Elizabeth Byrne
Keller Williams Realty - Arlington, VA
Arlington Virginia Real Estate

Frank and Karen, thank you again for sharing your success story with us. I suggested your post as a feature. I am new to AR - your post is of great value to new members. Have a great day.

Apr 09, 2011 08:40 AM
Karen Baker
Sunset Beach and Beyond Realty - Sunset Beach, NC
Professional Help with Rapid Responses...

Elizabeth ~ We appreciate the suggest and hope everyone cab benefit from the referral network ~

Linda ~ Hope you continue to receive referrals ~

Scott ~ The referral network is a great way to network with the some of the finest agents in the industry ~

Apr 09, 2011 09:31 AM
Kenneth Cole
Weichert Realtors Appleseed Group, 2043 Richmond Ave. S.I.N.Y. 10314. office phone 718-698-9797, Appleseedhomes.com... - Staten Island, NY
NYS Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

Neat.  Congratulations.  Now you got me looking.

Apr 09, 2011 01:05 PM
Emily Read
Salt Lake City, UT

Congrats you two!! :)

Apr 10, 2011 02:03 PM