Jason - congratulations on your addition and the challenge of being a mentor. I wish the both of you great success and working relationship.

Jason its members like you who inspire me to continue to blog. Keep up the hard work you are an inspiration to us all. 

Jason~  I hardly recognized you with your new photo!  Congratulations on your new hire!

It amazes me all of the success stories here and I just don't understand why more are not geting it!  Congrats to both of you on finding each other!

Jason,

Congrats on getting the new agent due in part to Activerain.

Welcome Christi !!! You could not ask for a better Broker than what you have right now ! Congrats to you and hey, Welcome to AR !

Jason I guess Active Rain works in more ways than one! Looks like you found one easy on the eyes too...You lucky dog!

Jason,

Congrats.  I always enjoy your blogs.  Thanks again and have a great week. 

I feel that those who "get it" with regard to blogging and social networking will likely be among the more successful agents around.

Hi Jason,

I agree.  In fact, I think you are setting the standard for a new type of brokerage.  Congrats to both of you!

Jason, excellent job in snatching up Christy in just 9 days.  Boy is she lucky she "stumbled upon" you.

Congratulations on adding Christi to your team Jason. I remember you said a good sense of humor was mandatory for the group. Good luck with all your business!!

Christy you will receive excellent mentoring from Mr Crouch. Wise business move.

Congrats Jason!!  I'm sure she will make a valuable asset to your team.  I never thought of AR as a recruiting tool.  Just another example of how it pays to play in the RAIN!!  LOL

Jason, good for ou and Christy both!  Finding new agents who fit with your team can be difficult!  Gad this worked out for  you both!

Active Rain is proving to be a great place for professionals and clients to meet us.

Congratulations, it must be nice as a managing broker to get such a great compliment from a former competitor.  Good luck to you both

Jason,

     Congratulations on the new hire.  I hope everything works our great for both of you. 

Christi, first of all let me say congratulations to both you and Jason! You couldn't have found a better mentor and agency! Before I began my Real Estate Business I ran an advertising boutique in Dallas by the name of Show Works and understand the type of projects you have dealt with. This is totally different... 

Christi, you have a lot of fun ahead of you. I can tell you that I (personally) have never done a mail out campaign. Ever. With the rate of return so low it doesn't justify my time. Think of yourself as a commodity. You are very valuable. Place a dollar amount on how much you want to make an hour and stick to what pays.

Network. As a project director you know you had to work with many different vendors. You were like the hub of the wheel (or the buck stops here) person. There may have been a dozen spokes to your wheel that you were in charge of designing, producing, and fulfilling. Real Estate is the very same way. All your spokes will revolve around your client. Whether or not the client is a Buyer or Seller or Investor, you will organize it in the very same fashion.

With Real Estate, the work does not stop till you have been handed your check. You will have to follow-up with your vendors in a timely basis. Different verse, same song.

Do not ever walk away from a person you meet without handing them a card. Be Proud that you're a Realtor. Even when the checker at the store says I don't need this...I leave it behind. This is the cheapest advertising you will utilize.

Work smart. Not hard. Gather leads by asking. Just ask...people are more than willing to tell you. "So, do you know of anyone that might be buying or selling Real Estate?" You'll be surprised...two out of five will hand you a lead. 

Need I mention Internet Marketing? Duh... It's fantastic. Once you decide upon your specialization or area then go for it. Find your keyword terms to target (often times by researching the competition) and blog, blog, blog. Put out your site or whatever Jason requires...he's the boss...and jump in whether you sink or swim. You will learn how.

You, my dear are going to do great especially with the Broker of a lifetime! If you ever want any advice or just want to vent about your boss...just call!

Later in the rain~Deb

The fact that your new recruit is already familiar with AR means she already pays more attention to what is happening around her than most seasoned agents.  She will be a good one!  Good luck to you both!

Pat, that's the truth.

Jason...

The exposure we get here at AR is unbelievable. I get calls EVERY day now thanks to my presence here. Congrats on your new team member ... I'll go by her blog and welcome her to AR!

Wow somebody does read your blogs besides me.  Isn't that scary that you are getting your message out.  Next you will be an active rain icon

LOL, read Russ' comment.   I thought Jason was an AR Icon already????   :-)   I've been hostess to a boat load of company since April and now I am FREE to read and write again!!!!!!  Nice to be back.

Christy is one lucky agent.  AR is full of brokers I'd love to work for, Jason being at the top of the list.

It is exciting that people are able ot find us as a consequence of our activity on AR. A fellow KW realtor from another state found me because of AR when she searched for top KW agents in Miami.

Jason, I think you have hit onto something.....why wouldn't agents want to gravitate towards a business that is ahead of the curve....when I talk of AR around here, it's as if I am talking in tongues! But when one agent gets it, it's the big Ah-Ha....works every time......smart brokers will slip this into their marketing.........thanks.

Jason & Christi, Congratulations to both of you!  :)  I read Christi's first post the other night and after reading had intended to suggest she contact Jason in a private email -- but got side tracked and didn't get to send the email.  Glad you found each other!

Christi, you made a wise choice -- if I were in Austin, I'd be working out of Jason's brokerage.  :)

Looking forward to seeing both of you in August. . .

Congratulations on the new team member and a great job recruting.

Well first of all I was going to say thanks for inviting Christi - and then go check out her blog........and then I saw Deb's post up there on 'all you every need to know you learned on a/r.............and now i'm speechless.......lol

Well first of all I was going to say thanks for inviting Christi - and then go check out her blog........and then I saw Deb's post up there on 'all you every need to know you learned on a/r.............and now i'm speechless.......lol

Jason, Congrats on the recruits! Having an internet presence does pay off. If I were in TX, I wouldn't mind teaming up with you either.

Congratulations on adding new talent to your team!

Jason, nice ThemThem to Christi and the Active Rain Network. I think she made a good choice, you are the man!

Awesome way to recruit Jason....and helloooooo christi

JASON - It's great that you you're finding people to work with you from AR.  I'm sure that you're looking forward to mentoring your new talent.

Very cool... she found exactly the right place- Congratulations to both of you.

Howdy Jason

Congrats on your new team member!

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Howdy Christi

You are going to be working with a very fine guy!

Even though I have not meet Jason face to face, I can tell he would be grat to work with.

Hey Jason...wayt to go . AR pays off in many ways!

I am blushing over here!  I have been out of town for the past 2 days and I come home to an email inbox that is exploding with comments, kudos and encouragement.  Thanks Jason for writing a whole blog about me.  Now I feel bad, my first blog should have been about Jason and Austin Texas Homes, but it wasn't...shame, shame on me.  I will have to write one this weekend. 

Thanks to everyone else for the encouragement. I am very excited to be a REALTOR and I'm glad I have the opportunity to work with Jason at Austin Texas Homes.  I know that this was a move in the right direction for me because it is evident that Jason is a respected and knowledgable individual in the industry and I feel lucky to begin my career under his wing.  You guys ROCK and AR ROCKS!  Thanks again!

How cool is that!?  Congrats on the new agent.... but how are you going to keep her off the blog, and out there selling properties... haha.

LOL @ Waldman!

That's great, Jason!  Congratulations on your blogging success.