Trying to keep up the momentum of my newly found advertising experience, I attempted to join a leads group today.   For those of you unfamiliar, the concept is pretty awesome.   You find professionals from every walk of life, meet once a week, and exchange ideas and more importantly, leads.

The reason I decided to join this group was because a friend told me about a recent vacancy of a mortgage professional.   I heard that the woman decided to get out of the industry and move to another state, so I thought this would be a great opportunity.

I showed up to the lead group to find 3 other mortgage professionals in the group.   A total of 10 people in the entire group, and 4 were mortgage brokers or lenders!   Wow, this should be fun, one lead a month to share between 4 people?   Does one person get the lead and we all get to share the commissions?   Should I politely pack up my stuff and wish them all luck because there are way too many cooks in this kitchen?  Nah, let me hang on for a while and get a better idea of what it is all about.

Each member of the group gets a minute or two to discuss what they do for a living, what makes them unique, why we should send them leads, and their perfect customer.    Some really good people to network with.   A financial planner, realtor, painter, home improvement guy, title rep, advertising rep, a printer, a computer guy, an accountant, and 4 mortgage professionals.   Remove the three other mortgage guys in the room, and this is the place to be.   Unfortunately, that is not the case.

Several leads changed hands and I actually had two that I held on to because I didn't want to look like I was sucking up.   I figured I would wait until next week and see if one or two of the others bailed.    I love poker, I will continue to raise with a 7 high if I know I got a shot at winning.   So for now, I am sitting back watching the table and waiting for someone to tip their hand.