Today is an exciting day, for several reasons.

First I have a final walk-through on a property with some first time buyers in just a few hours. This is momentous – we have looked at homes off and on for 18 months. The home is gorgeous and meets my clients’ needs in so many ways. There were some bumps along the way, not to mention a low appraisal after we struggled for days to reach agreement. But we got through that too, with the cooperative efforts of the buyers, sellers, and agents on both sides. Whew! And it’s not a short sale.

Second, we have made more head-way on an REO deal I have been working on with a first time buyer for over 3 months now. VA loan requirements and a tough underwriter, termite issues, an active military buyer who was in the desert training (without any communication access) for 1 month are just some of the complexities. We may actually get loan docs by the end of this week. Will this actually reach closing before this buyer heads off to Iraq? Hope so – he has no place to live except hotels.

Finally, in about 10 hours I hop on a Virgin America flight to San Francisco for the tomorrow. I went to the first one last year, which was amazing and a tremendous learning experience. And memorable…the afternoon of the event we all learned about the bridge tragedy in Minneapolis - who can forget that!? I know my thoughts immediately were of Blogger Connect eventTeresa Boardman who was at the conference, and Bonnie Erickson, who was not.

A return visit to one of my favorite cities for a brief 24 hours for a sure-to-be-memorable event is very exciting. Alas I get in a little late tonight so won’t make it to the opening reception. Tomorrow morning will have to do. And since I head back tomorrow evening due to business I will miss the AR party. Major disappointment.

I wonder:

• Who will I meet for the first time, in person? Who will I see of the 60 or so Rainers I have already met before? There will be a ton of AF folks there – will we connect and have some time to talk? Will I recognize my friends? Will they recognize me? Should I wear my hat and shades to be sure?

• What new pearls of wisdom will I bring home? The event is short, relatively speaking. The line-up of speakers is outstanding, as it was last year. The power of blogging and social networking is sure to be further revealed.

• How many Flip video cameras and digital cameras will there be?

• Will we reach the 100,000 blogger milestone today on AR? Tomorrow? Check out Bob’s post to learn more how to make this happen.

• Who will be Uttering? And Twittering?

Time is running out. Too much to do. Gotta go.

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