I joined Brio Realty on February 7, 2006. On February 4, 2007, I wrote a blog with the title: Nothing Endures But Change
Jonathan Washburn had rejoined ActiveRain and quit as broker and president of Brio Realty. The new broker was Patrick Flynn, the new president was Tyson Knaevelsrud who also ran MTG Mortgage.
Not all change is for the better. You've heard this adage: "Making the right decision is the result of experience and experience is the result of making many wrong decisions." All I knew was that I had joined Brio on the strength of Jon's vision and he had disappeared.
Enter Ardell
I met Ardell DellaLoggia in the virtual world some time in December 2006. In early January 2007 we met at her home in Kirkland. I knew (almost) everything about her which wasn't hard given her ubiquity on the Web. Names like Ardell DellaLoggia and Gerhard Ade are easily "googled." We talked for at least two hours.
I knew that she'd been in real estate for 15 years-plus and had started on the east coast were she grew up. I knew that she had plenty of experience which meant she had made her profitable share of mistakes. With my barely five years of experience at the time, I knew that I could learn from someone like that. And she was not shy in pointing out that my web site contained some errors - and she was not talking about spelling mistakes.
We kept in touch online. My next real world encounter with Ardell was in late spring 2007 when she gave generously of her time and experience in regard to staging a home. It was in no small measure thanks to her advice that this, my most expensive listing to date, sold.
Ardell the Brio Realty Broker
It's been anything but boring since Ardell became the broker. She's not the kind of person about whom one can be neutral. She is confident in her knowledge and ability and not always modest about it. She is not shy to speak her mind but she knows of what she speaks. She knows her stuff. Most importantly, she truly wants to help. She wants me to be successful. She wants Brio Realty to make a difference. Rather than being afraid of change she is a change agent. She's not afraid to make decisions.
Some decisions will be wrong decisions. We learn from experience.
© 2007, Gerhard N. Ade
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We see a lot of faces come and go too. It is sad to see people dropping out. The market is changing things all over.