I just joined active rain and I'm getting involved. I am growing my appraisal business and things are going good! I just became director of my Leads Club which has really helped me stay focused and gain new clients. It is an excellent way for me to network. I'm also getting involved in more volunteering because I think the better you feel about yourself, the better you will do in life and the more will come back to you. Good Luck out there to all new business owners...it's a rough time to be in the real estate industry, but I love it and want to continue on!
 
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Welcome to Active Rain, it is a great tool to learn new tricks of the trade and to network.

03/08/2008 10:03 AM by Michael Pierce - Overland Park Real Estate - Leawood Real Estate (Prudential Kansas City Realty - Overland Park, Kansas)


Welcome, I hope all goes well!

03/08/2008 10:06 AM by Josh Cunningham (Foothill Lending)


Welcome to AR and I know you are going to love it! There is so much information out here and so many people willing to share!

03/08/2008 10:09 AM by Sharon Paxson (Prudential California Realty)


Welcome and congratulations on joining With such growth it will be a great way to expand your knowledge base and business. Good Luck.

03/08/2008 10:25 AM by Terry Westbrook ~ Realtor(R) Grand Rapids Mi Ada/Cascade Real Estate (Five Star Real Estate, LLC Grand Rapids , MI)


Welcome to Active Rain.  You will definitely learn a lot of good stuff here.  Just read and learn.  Learn from others experiences,and blog about yours, and make friends.  That's what it's all about.  Good luck to you.

03/08/2008 04:21 PM by Bob Cumiskey, US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor (A 1 Connection Realty, Inc.)


Welcome to AR.  I look forward to networking with you in the future.

03/08/2008 04:30 PM by Matthew Zgonc, REALTOR® for Modesto, CA (ERA Village One Real Estate)


Welcome you can learn a lot just ask questions and check out the Q&A section

03/08/2008 05:31 PM by Susan Jackowski Orange County New York (RJ Smith Realty)


Hi Lauren, welcome aboard - hope you gets lots of good advice and enjoyment here. See you around.

03/08/2008 06:10 PM by Georgina Hunter Maui Realtor R(S) (Jim Sanders Realty Inc. - Maui)


Howdy Lauren

Welcome

To the family of the Newbies group, and

the very fun world of bloging, learning

and networking in the

Active Rain community.

It is real a lot of

fun to learn here

for sure.

Looking forward to reading

your blog.

Have a good one

Dale

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03/08/2008 06:37 PM by Dale Baker, Home Inspectior- in NH & VT (Baker Home Inspections and Consulting Service)


Welcome Lauren. I look forward to hearing your voice in this forum. You'll find many good people here and tremendous learning opportunities.

03/08/2008 07:01 PM by Gary Woltal - REALTOR® Dallas Ft. Worth (Keller Williams Realty)


Lauren, Welcome to the Rain where you don't need an umbrella just a good coffee maker.

03/08/2008 07:26 PM by Cameron Wilson: Murrieta/Temecula/ Menifee California Real Estate (Century 21 Tri Valley Realty)


Welcome to AR.  Continue to stay focused and involved.  You are going to be great and your success will continue to fluorish.

03/08/2008 08:41 PM by Sonya Rosser (ERA Buckhead Realty)


Lauren you'll have an amazing time developing quality relationships and develop your business as well.  Good luck let me know if I can help  you with anything.

03/08/2008 09:02 PM by Green Bay Homes Greg Dallaire (Micoley and Company Realtors)


Glad you joined us Lauren! Hope you stick around and come back often to the Rain!

03/08/2008 09:59 PM by Jeff Fullmer - Credit/Investment Expert (National Foundation for Credit Excellence)


Lauren- Welcome to AR! You will love it here and learn Alot. Lots of great people here willing to help.

 

03/08/2008 10:03 PM by Carol Olsen, Realtor- Oneonta NY Real Estate (CENTURY 21 Chesser Realty)


Hi Lauren and welcome to AR. There are thousands of tips, tools, and tricks of the trade here. Be sure to check them out. Best of luck and see you around.

03/09/2008 12:42 AM by Vincent Martinez (Prudential Network of Homes)


Lauren, Welcome to the rain. Nice place to learn from the pros. Just don't give up!

03/09/2008 05:25 AM by Michael Thornton - Nashville, TN area Home Inspector (Complete Home Inspections, Inc.)


Lauren, welcome to the forum. Appraising is a very challenging business today and is becoming more important with the mortgage guidelines that are constantly evolving and getting tighter. It's refreshing to see someone wanting to get into the business today.

03/09/2008 08:45 AM by Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates)


Good morning and welcome to the Active Rain community Lauren.  Glad to hear your are getting involved!

03/09/2008 09:15 AM by Bill Somerset, Realtor, Your Dover NH Real estate agent (Century21 Central Falls Realty)


Hi Lauren, I joined about a month ago after hearing about it at a Keller Williams National Conference (Family Reunion).  I learned so much from that conference but picked two or three things I wanted to focus on and Active Rain was at the top of the list.  I hope referrals come, but really I like to chat about real estate (and I watch a ton of HGTV too!) and Active Rain has been great for that.  There are some awesome agents/people in this network and just reading will give you great ideas.  Good luck to you!

03/09/2008 09:22 AM by Cindy "in Indy" Marchant (Keller Williams, Indianapolis and Fishers, IN)


Hi Lauren and welcome to Rain.

It is a great place to learn thru reading, bogging and your association with great folks.

Good luck to you in business and with Rain.

Hal

03/09/2008 09:59 AM by Harold (Hal) Place (A1 Connection Realty, Inc.)


Welcome Lauren--there's gold in these pages--enjoy mining them and contributing veins of your own.

03/09/2008 11:27 AM by Kent Simpson REALTOR®, CNS®, AHS®, RECS® (with The Pepper Group™ Diversified Real Estate)


Hello Lauren,

     Welcome to the rain.  We are happy to have you here.  I have only been active for 2 weeks and I just love it.  There are so many nice and helpful people here.  I posted yesterday about changing the clocks and said it the wrong way, I died laughing at some of the first posts I read from it, they were all so nice even though I was so wrong....I went ahead and fixed my post, but it really was funny.  I don't know what in the world I was thinking,although I wasn't focused while writing it because my 5 year old granddaughter is here and she was sitting on my lap.  So, don't worry- you will have fun and learn so much in here. Just jump on in! 

03/09/2008 11:36 AM by Owensboro KY Real Estate Specialist Vickie McCartney Broker,ASP,ABR (Home Realty GMAC Real Estate Owensboro Kentucky)


Lauren,

This the network to be in if you plan on giving your business wonderful Internet exposure. Blogging and commenting and participating will make it happen. Besides, AR is a good source  for info on mortgages, SEO, marketing etc. Welcome.

03/09/2008 01:26 PM by Esko Kiuru - Las Vegas NV Mortgage Consultant (Sinifox Financial)


Lauren, Great to have you join us on AR. You'll be hooked in no time!

03/09/2008 02:48 PM by Klarque Garrison, "Mr. Short Sale" (Taylor 1 INC)


Hi Lauren - Welcome to AR and the Newbie Grp.  Good Luck and enjoy the people you meet via AR.

03/09/2008 04:44 PM by Ellie Viray, Realtor (Dilbeck GMAC Real Estate)


Hi Lauren - Welcome to AR and the Newbie Grp.  Good Luck and enjoy the people you meet via AR.

03/09/2008 04:44 PM by Ellie Viray, Realtor (Dilbeck GMAC Real Estate)


Hi Lauren,

Welcome to the Rain! You have a great attitude so you will do great! Enjoy. :)

03/09/2008 04:53 PM by Suzanne Sands-Somerset, MA Real Estate (Century 21 Associates Realty)


Hi Lauren --  Welcome to ActiveRain (AR).  I look forward to networking with you.  Have A Great Day!!!

06/03/2008 12:04 AM by Neal Barnes, Broker REALTOR®, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, SRS. (Neal Barnes, Inc.)


It's been a while since you first joined the active|rain community. I look forward to networking with you in the near future. Best of luck and see you around.

06/03/2008 04:06 AM by Vincent Martinez (Prudential Network of Homes)


Lauren - Welcome to active|rain, the best community for real estate on the web today ... it sound like you are the caring sharing type that makes  AR what it is today

06/03/2008 11:05 AM by Kathy Clulow ASP® SRES® (RE/MAX Scugog Realty Ltd Brokerage)


Welcome to Active Rain, Lauren. It is a wonderful place and everyone here is very helpful.

06/03/2008 11:21 AM by Matthew Zgonc, REALTOR® for Modesto, CA (ERA Village One Real Estate)


lauren - Hi there from another newbie a new experience for us both

06/03/2008 02:59 PM by Barrie Clulow (My Time Is My Own)


Welcome to Active Rain.  You are giong to love it hear.  Everyone here, especially in the Newbie Group, is so incredible helpful.  The best thing to do it jump in and go for it.  Read posts, add comments, and most of all ask questions.  You will get flooded with great answers and suggestions.  Again, welcome and good luck.

06/03/2008 03:10 PM by Ocean County Homes - The Muldowney Team (Van Dyk Group)


Hey there Lauren! Welcome to Active Rain, I am looking forward to be networking with you. Good luck!

06/03/2008 04:10 PM by Jeffrey de Jesus (REMAX Westlake Investments)


Hi Lauren, Welcome to Active Rain, Be a blogholic and start writing your own blog soon on AR.  You will get more information from AR. Best of the Luck.

Best - Sash

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06/03/2008 10:37 PM by Sasha Miletic - Windsor Real Estate (RE/MAX Preferred Realty Ltd.)


Welcome to AR Lauren. I wish you much success and good luck. Happy blogging!

06/04/2008 07:07 AM by Barbara Cluck-Miksits - New Jersey Home Staging (BCM Home Staging LLC)


Welcome Lauren. I am a new Rain member myself and a one time Tampa resident to boot!

06/04/2008 04:09 PM by Pete Jalbert R(S) (Jim Sanders Realty, Inc. )


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