Where do I start??
Active Rain was such a big part of my life, my career for so long, how do I now go days without even logging onto the site. I used to go to Active Rain before I checked my Email, now, I feel guilty to bypass my favorite hangout for other, more need driven activities. I am now working for a New brokerage that does large deal acquisitions, I cannot believe the work involved in working as a buyers agent for a Firm that wishes to try to buy all the vacant lots it can buy cheaply in the States of Fl, Ga, Tenn and Texas...
It reminds me of that accelerating feeling you get when you are cruising on the fast part of a flying roller coaster-ride..This is a buyers market, we do not wish to be left behind on any deal that can be bid and pursued. Working with huge money is very different for me...I had a banker friend of mine call the other day to ask if I was mad....Nahhhh, just working for guys that write checks, don't use banks.
But today, I took a few minutes while watching a video tutorial on my laptop to click into Active Rain on my desktop, (serious multi tasker now) I was taken back when I saw I had been added as an associate. I always feel a sense of wonder when that happens. I do sometimes run across a series from a Rainer myself and feel the need to add them, and out of 70 thousand or so members here, I like to know that something I did stood out.
Have you thought about what it takes for someone to add you as an associate? I have not signed up with that many, I feel I have to really be touched, or impressed by the way they wrote on our forum over a period of time.
There are probably more that deserve to be an associate. But this last one made an impact. 
I had already chosen her as an associate a month or more ago. I was impressed with the steady type of posting she had done on her local area. She will probably never get a star for her writing. But she is here for business, and she posts for her community. She had the qualities of a person you would trust sending referrals to. And, later, when I had a need for a Realtor Referral in her area, i hoped she would take us on as a client.
To date, she has done an excellent job, with just the right amount of professional push to get thing moving with out being pushy. We all know what a fine line that can be. I got to meet her for a few minutes last weekend, and she was very down to earth, very accommodating in person as well. I feel good to have her working with us long distance.
Whatever happens to this deal, its good to know we still have professional Realtors working in the fields who take their jobs seriously. So here is one of my few actual Referrals...if anyone has a need for a hard working, professional Realtor in the Gainesville, Fl area, Please call on Christine Bohn. She has impressed me as a really nice person, and as a Professional Realtor to boot.
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