When I first came to Brio, Jonathan Washburn, the owner of Brio Realty and Active Rain was the Broker of Record. I found two things very attractive: the first was the lead capture program and the number of leads acquired throughout the State. I was also attracted by the promise of lots of company training. 

Having lived most of my life in Eastern Washington I was intrigued with the number of leads there and wanted to work with them. There is a lot of potential in Eastern Washington Real Estate and Brio Realty could lead the way. I have spent most of my time at Brio working to develop a long term relationship with buyers, sellers, and other real estate companies in Eastern Washington. I have come to know and understand the real estate market in North Central Washington.

Being an internet based real estate company made Brio very attractive to me. Having used computers from old mainframes to modern laptops I understand that the future of real estate is tied to technology. I am still trying to determine what is the best way to integrate technology into the real estate business as technology changes faster than the real estate industry does. 

Eventually Pat Flynn became our Broker and I enjoyed the small group training sessions. The free flow of questions and answers back and forth was what I wanted when I was promised inservice training at Brio. I will miss the free flow of ideas back and forth with Pat. I liked being able to come into the office and just chat with him. 

With the slow down in the mortgage and real estate industry comes change. Most agents working today in the Seattle area have never experienced this type of slow down. To survive - one needs to expect change and adapt to this change.

We at Brio are experiencing that change now with our new Broker - Ardell DellaLoggi. She has many years of experience in several parts of the country and is very involved in the technology of blogging which combined with her endless energy should generate new ideas to Brio. 

It's going to be interesting to see the changes coming our way and to see where Brio Realty is going in the future. Stay tuned - we are told exciting things are coming!