One of the best parts of any national event, like the NAR Midyear Meeting in Washington, DC, last week, is getting together with people we don't see often enough during the year. Thursday afternoon my friend and first teacher, Anne Hruby, and I went to the trade show where we manned – or womaned – the Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council (REBAC) booth for a while. Along the way, we saw some friendly and familiar faces: The author and Rainmaker Dan Gooder Richard with his wife and partner, Synnove; and Allen Hainge, mastermind of the CyberStars® and fellow CyberStar Andy Norton; we all had fun playing with our new flip video cameras.

After an afternoon of walking the show we headed back to the WCR hotel, the Capital Hilton, to have dinner with a great group of friends from across the country. In addition to me and Anne from Baltimore, we enjoyed visiting with Joeann Fossland and Fran Thorsen from Arizona, Kristal Kraft and her husband, Larry McGee, from Denver, and my publisher, Peg Silloway, from Columbia, MD. Over a leisurely meal, the conversations ranged from real estate (of course!) to Joeann's coaching programs like No Blogger Left Behind and her teleconference series, Relax and Attract More. Of course, I had to talk a bit about my new book and debuted the cover design of Real Estate the Rome Way.

There was plenty of laughter and we proved that Anne was right when she told the restaurant hostess that we would be the noisy table. After several hours of talking and eating, we headed back to get ready for the next morning's panel. As a perfect ending, Joeann generously presented us with signed copies of her book, the 5^th Anniversary Edition of Conversations on Success.

It just doesn't get any better than that.

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