Van Buren is the Home of The Pointers!
They dont call us the Pointers for nothin!
My son played QB for Van Buren High School and I always sported my Pointer Pride attire! But I got to show my true Pointer Spirit by helping my First contact from Active Rain to find a home!
I wrote a post a while back about my first contact from someone through Active Rain. A gentleman who was relocating to Fort Smith emailed me and asked if I could help him find a home to lease. Since I am not licensed yet, all I could do was to be a birddog for him and point him in the right direction, free of charge of course! I looked at it as gaining experience in helping someone meet their goals in finding a home.
I went to view houses and sent him pictures of the ones that I thought would interest him. I went through about 6 homes before I found the right one. I thought that was pretty good beginners luck!
Well, he pulled into town last night from Minnesota and I took him to see the house this moring after church.
He loved it!
I showed him around town and took him to the Sweet Bay 
Coffee by the park. We had a warm cup of coffee and got to know a bit about each other. He shared with me that he couldnt believe how much work I did for him for free. I explained to him that it was my pleasure and I hoped that he would remember me when it was time for him to buy a home or if he knew others that could benefit from my help once I get my license.
He assurred me that I would get his referrals. He thanked me again for making this relocation a very smooth transition for him. He had mentioned that he emailed a few agents and no one would reply to him. I find that sad. They didnt see the value of helping this gentleman out. But I did. I was sowing seeds!
I am so happy that my new friend is verry happy with his new home and is extremly pleased with the service that I rendered. He eneded up with a beautiful 3 bedroom 2 bath bath home in a great neighborhood called Remington near the beautiful Ben Geren Park in Southern Fort Smith.
I am really looking forward to the day I can do this for real and get paid for it! The feeling of satisfaction I got by helping this man find a home was amazing! I want to do it again and again.
Thanks Active Rain for allowing us to put ourselves out there! So I encourage all of you to keep putting yourself out there and the contacts will come!
But just make sure that you take care of them when they do!
To your success,
Susan
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Nice story Susan, yes it really does feel good helping others. Now just follow up when you get your new cards and keep in contact with him. Go out of your way to find things of value for your clients and you can only do this if you get to know your clients better. Coffee was a good start.