On Thursday we will be kicking off the Localism Sponsorship Land Rush. This will be the official schedule for when you will have access to Sponsor communities/cities on Localism.

Schedule for States/Provinces for Localism Land Rush:

  • July 31st - Washington State
  • August 4th - Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington DC, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Alberta, British Columbia
  • August 5th - Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland
  • August 6th - Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nova Scotia, Nunavat
  • August 7th - New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  • August 8th - South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, US Virgin Islands, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Day of offering schedule:

On the day your State/Province is scheduled, there will be a timeline based on your ActiveRain points to gain access to the sponsorship interface. We are very appreciative of the members who have supported us all along the way and we want to give them a little bit of a head start on claiming the communities they have put so much effort into building.

On the day your state/province is scheduled:

  1. ActiveRain Members with 200K + points will have access at 12:00pm Pacific Time (3:00pm Eastern Time)
  2. ActiveRain Members with 100K + points will have access at 12:15pm Pacific Time (3:15pm Eastern Time)
  3. ActiveRain Members with  50K + points will have access at 12:30pm Pacific Time (3:30pm Eastern Time)
  4. ActiveRain Members with  10K + points will have access at 12:45pm Pacific Time (3:45pm Eastern Time)
  5. All ActiveRain Members will have access at 1:00pm Pacific Time (4:00pm Eastern Time)

Sponsorship pricing:

The price to sponsor a community/city will be:

  • 1-10 communities/cities sponsored = $9 per community/city sponsored per month
  • 11-25 communities/cities sponsored = $8 per community/city sponsored per month
  • 26+ communities/cities sponsored = $7 per community/city sponsored per month

Community/City sponsorships will be offered on a month-to-month basis and you can cancel at any time prior to the beginning of the next month.

Payment Options:

Payment will be accepted with credit card. Visa, Mastercard or AMEX.

Why the price drop?

Since we've launched, we've been dilegently reading your comments and concerns. We've taken them back to our brain trust to see what type of solutions we can come up with. What we've come back is nothing short of mind numbing. Jonathan will be creating a post that he will have up tomorrow that gives a sneak preview of the changes that will be up by the end of August, coinciding with the release of Localism to the public......which will highlight some changes to the sponsorship area.

What cities are we able to sponsor directly?

You will be able to sponsor a city directly if the city population is under 40,000 people based on the census data from the 2000 United States Census.  All the cities that have populations over 40,000 according to US census data will not have a direct sponsor option.

In the cities with over 40,000 residents, the person that has the most community sponsorships on the first day of the month will get an automatic sponsorship of the city. These automatic sponsorships will start September 1st.

Here is a link to a spreadsheet of Cities over 40,000 people that won't have a direct sponsorship option

Where do I go to sponsor?

(you will need to log in with your AR user name and password. Make sure to use NO CAPS for your user name)

 

**** The launch for the state of Washington on July 31st will take place for everyone at 12:00pm Pacific Time as we will not have the infrastructure in place to stagger the start times.

 
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321 Comments on Localism Sponsorship Land Rush Schedule


"I have linked to a spreadsheet here that will let you know if you can sponsor your city directly."

Where???

"If you DO NOT see your city on this list, then you will be able to directly sponsor the city. All the cities on that list have populations over 40,000 according to US census data and therefore you will not be able to directly sponsor them."

huh?

 

07/29/2008 08:34 PM by Maureen McCabe - Central Ohio real estate (Real Living HER)


Bob,

Here is an issue that I posted to Rich on his post...going Loco...

The cities posted here that are supposedly in Coral Springs is in need of attention.

I tried to highlight, however it didn't come over from word...the comment's are there though.

I still am concerned that once an agent purchases a community or city...no one else will ever have the chance to occupy that area.  Here in Fort Lauderdale, there are many AR agents...I wish this was monthly so we could all...share the Love...

See my concerns...I don't know who is in charge of this, so I'm showing this to you as well.

Thanks for all the work...you'll get this working fine...change is always a nusense in the beginning...

Just running through these quickly...there are many error's here.  I only highlighted the ones that I knew were blatantly not in Coral Springs, however with a little coaxing, I could get back to you on the rest...most of the unhighlighted ones are either in Coral Springs or Margate (another city).

Scott Daniels area is Cooper City.

OK, I highlighted them in red in my word, however the red didn't come over, however, see the comments.

This has huge discrepancies.

07/29/2008 08:38 PM by Karen Monsour,REALTOR® Broward,Palm Beach,Miami/Dade! 954-464-4194 anytime! (EXIT Team Realty)


This is great information.  It should be interesting, I was thinking that it all was happening on August 1!???

07/29/2008 08:45 PM by Jeff Johnson (On the Move REALTORS, Inc.)


Crap, I have a Ann Arbor Area Board of Directors meeting at the time slot given for Ann Arbor. yikes I'll figure it out. Thanks for the heads up !

07/29/2008 08:47 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Realtor Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor)


Bob, I have a small request.  Can you all keep us posted on how it goes the first couple of days?  Texas is on the last day, will be interested to see how it goes.

07/29/2008 08:50 PM by Stephanie Edwards-Musa, Realtor ® The Woodlands, TX Real Estate (Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors ®)


Since there will undoubtedly be a feeding frenzy by the 49 people in my state who have more points than myself, I'm not holding my breath that my community will still be available.  How will you be notifying people if a community is not renewed month by month?

07/29/2008 08:53 PM by Kathy Anderson of KenMeadeRealty - Located in the heart of Sun City Grand (Ken Meade Realty)


Missy,

With all your techno-savy skills...don't you have a way to set up your computer to send the email and credit card number on a timer?  If I knew how to do something like that I would...

07/29/2008 08:55 PM by Karen Monsour,REALTOR® Broward,Palm Beach,Miami/Dade! 954-464-4194 anytime! (EXIT Team Realty)


Karen, LOL, automatically send my cc ??? no don't think so......................

07/29/2008 08:59 PM by Missy Caulk Ann Arbor Realtor Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams Ann Arbor)


Maureen,

The link of what cities are over 40,000 according to US census data will be up a little later this evening. I'm sorry, I was waiting to get it in a readable format but didn't want to hold off any longer on letting people know the schedule.

07/29/2008 09:04 PM by Bob Stewart - ActiveRain (ActiveRain)


Missy,

That was meant as a figure of speech...in other words...I'm trying to say, if there is a way for you to figure out how to send in your request on time (with some sort of payment) only you could figure it out. LOL

07/29/2008 09:12 PM by Karen Monsour,REALTOR® Broward,Palm Beach,Miami/Dade! 954-464-4194 anytime! (EXIT Team Realty)


Karen,

Do me a favor, let's have a chat tomorrow on the phone and I will see what I can do about cleaning that area up. My last post also asked for people to report errors on Localism so you may consider posting there as our programmers will be looking at it to clean some discrepancies up.

07/29/2008 09:21 PM by Bob Stewart - ActiveRain (ActiveRain)


Nice to see the new pricing. I just hope the national media doesn't run with a headline like "Localism prices plunge 40% overnight!" A payment question ... how do we make the initial payment and subsequent monthly payments?

And for all of my ActiveRain friends -- the Nevada land rush just happens to fall on my birthday. So you can shop right where you do your blogging! :)

07/29/2008 09:25 PM by John Novak - Las Vegas and Henderson NV Real Estate (Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace)


OK Bob, I'm with a customer from 1 - 4 pm EST, so perhaps after that?

I'll try and find your post you are referring to...If I can't I'll write back.  Thanks!  Hug's to Kelan!

UPDATE TO BOB: Found the post and the information is there, thanks.

07/29/2008 09:26 PM by Karen Monsour,REALTOR® Broward,Palm Beach,Miami/Dade! 954-464-4194 anytime! (EXIT Team Realty)


John,

The payment will be made with a credit card and will be set to recur monthly. Should someone decide to cancel, they just need contact us prior to the next month and we will stop the payment for the next month. At that point, the city/community becomes open for someone else to sponsor.

07/29/2008 09:28 PM by Bob Stewart - ActiveRain (ActiveRain)


Bob - It's late for me here.... I am either brain dead or just blonde.   Reading this put me in a panic mode.  Where's my date book.....   (big smile here).  I made myself a sticky note.

07/29/2008 09:28 PM by Christine Bohn, ABR, e-Pro, GRI~Gainesville, FL Realtor® (RE/MAX Professionals, Inc.)


Thanks for giving us more details.  I trust you guys to do the right thing for all of your fans!

07/29/2008 09:35 PM by Cindy Jones-Northern Virginia Real Estate & Military Relocation Services (RE/MAX Allegiance #1 RE/MAX Company in the World)


Bob~I've got my alarm clock, Blackberry timer and every buzzer I own set to the Florida release time. I'm wondering if I eat spaghetti and "carb load" beforehand, will it help me to secure my communities :) Just kidding...I feel like this is the night before a big marathon! Thanks for keeping us all in the loop!

07/29/2008 09:55 PM by LaShawn Norden (RE/MAX Central Realty)


LaShawn,

Don't we have to wait until August 5th for Florida to roll out? Or did I read this post wrong?

07/29/2008 10:02 PM by Karen Monsour,REALTOR® Broward,Palm Beach,Miami/Dade! 954-464-4194 anytime! (EXIT Team Realty)


Bob,

Thanks for the post. This is very beneficial in understanding how the program will be rolled out. Also, kudos to the brain trust for hearing our pleas.

07/29/2008 10:05 PM by William Collins, Broker Associate (ERA Queen City Realty)


Hi Bob...Would you mind reminding me (maybe many others) how we actually let you know which places we would like to buy/rent/lease/adopt/whatever.

Thanks,

Kate

07/29/2008 10:10 PM by Kathleen "Kate" Elim, LAKE ANNA, VA Real Estate (RE/MAX Lake & Country)


Glad you let us know in time to change our calendars. I had this Thursday blocked off; now I'm searching for the 6th.

Is there any thought to buying a county? My two primary counties - one has 33,000 oeople in it and the other one less than that!

07/29/2008 10:16 PM by Debbie DiFonzo, United Country VIP Realty, SW Missouri


Bob,

Do you have any limitations with regard to sponsorship of regions as pertains to the person's actual physical address or farm area.  Meaning- I would assume that you can only sponsor counties- areas that you actually live/work in.

 

If you have answered this question before, my apologies.  Please confirm as it gets hard to keep up with the information from post to post.

07/29/2008 10:24 PM by Rebecca Levinson-R.E. Blogger/Connect2Agent (Connect2Agent)


Wahoo very exciting I had the 31st on my ical now I will make sure to change my date and time for my state.

07/29/2008 10:25 PM by Orlando & Lake Mary Real Estate Agent, First Time Home Buyers & Luxury Homes (RE/MAX Central Realty)


What is the situation in small towns and communities? What if a community is not recognized?

07/29/2008 10:28 PM by Tim Haight e-PRO (Hawkins and Assoc Realty Inc)


Kate,

You will be going to Localism.com, logging in there, then at the top there will be a link for 'sponsor a community'. We'll get a post together tomorrow that shows off the sponsorship interface and gives very specific instructions on how you will interact with it.

Debbie,

You are the second person that has brought this up. At this point the answer is 'not much thought'. It has been discussed briefly by our team and we are trying to figure out the solution. To me, it makes sense to allow County level sponsorships of smaller counties throughout the country.

For the launch next week, there will not be an ability to sponsor counties. We will certainly try to come up with something right away.

07/29/2008 10:28 PM by Bob Stewart - ActiveRain (ActiveRain)


Look forward to more info, is this making sense to everyone but me?

07/29/2008 10:29 PM by Steve Mattison, e-Pro (Souvenir Realty, Inc)


I'm very happy to see the price change!  Thanks guys.. I love AR!

07/29/2008 10:36 PM by Debbie Summers (RE/MAX Central - Lake Mary, FL)


Bob - first it was cool to meet you at Bloggers Connect. Sorry we did not have time to chat more.

Second - this looks good at first glance, i say that only becuase I haven't had time to look closer, but it seems to be fair way to allow folks who may be interested to have access to sponsorships. I'm sure we will have some glitches along the way, but we really appreciate the fact hat AR has been listening to our thoughts, comments and concerns.

Jeff

07/29/2008 10:36 PM by Jeff Dowler ~ Carlsbad Real Estate (RE/MAX Associates)


Thanks Bob!  I heard that there was going to be a breakdown of points but, not states--glad to know it!   I was JUST about to reschedule something for Thursday to make SURE that I got on to 'claim' my neighborhoods--glad to know that I don't have to now!

Debe in Charlotte

07/29/2008 10:37 PM by Debe Maxwell (Helen Adams Realty)


Bob - thank you to the Active Rain team for continuing to listen, adjust and explain - it will be interesting to see how things progress - feeling much happier - thanks to all.  

07/29/2008 10:38 PM by Clearwater Real Estate Clearwater Beach Condos & Homes for Sale- Cyndee Haydon (Belloise Realty)


Hi Bob...I just copied your response to me in a document along with Virginia's release date.  This will be printed out and taped to my computer screen.

If, however, I somehow don't notice it come August 8th (by then I will be completely ignoring it unintentionally) please give me a call about 10 minutes ahead of time. 

I'm sure you have nothing better to do and that will take a load off my shoulders.   Oh, and please mention that to the rest of the folks at AR.

Many, many thanks in advance.

Kate

 

07/29/2008 10:41 PM by Kathleen "Kate" Elim, LAKE ANNA, VA Real Estate (RE/MAX Lake & Country)


Bob,

Sponsoring a county??? OMG, let me think Broward in Florida... WOW...I'd have to sell my last child for afford that!  That's just overboard...and if you would allow someone to sponsor the whole county and monopolize it for months on end....uh oh...I think you'd lose quite a few members...JMHO.

07/29/2008 11:33 PM by Karen Monsour,REALTOR® Broward,Palm Beach,Miami/Dade! 954-464-4194 anytime! (EXIT Team Realty)


Katerina,

Matt is working on it right now for me. I should have it up in a little bit, hopefully the next hour.

07/30/2008 12:01 AM by Bob Stewart - ActiveRain (ActiveRain)


Karen,

When we are talking about sponsoring counties, we are speaking about counties that as a whole have less than 40K people. Again, I'm not sure how that will play out. For now, sponsoring counties is off the table, but we will visit it again soon.

07/30/2008 12:03 AM by Bob Stewart - ActiveRain (ActiveRain)


Dang. On 8/4 I'm on my way to Kauai and so  by the time I arrive it will be 4 hours past my call-in time. Can you change the schedule for August 4th - Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington DC, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Alberta, British Columbia? It would sure be more convenient for me and I will be honked off if somebody else gets my areas. Oh well, I'll just have to give it a shot when I get there and see what's left. Darn girlfriend just HAS to get married then - it sure jacks my localism sponsorship.

07/30/2008 12:10 AM by Gene Wunderlich - Selling Southwest California Homes / Temecula & Murrieta (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage)


Gene,

Congrat's...maybe someone else (a secretary or good friend) could do it for you...  good luck!

07/30/2008 12:36 AM by Karen Monsour,REALTOR® Broward,Palm Beach,Miami/Dade! 954-464-4194 anytime! (EXIT Team Realty)


Bob... I'm a night owl, so can you do a special for Georgia in the middle of the night? 

Seriously, thanks for the heads up.  I do have some questions that I will need to address with you before the roll out. 

Thank you my friend.

07/30/2008 12:36 AM by Lane Bailey - REALTOR & Car Guy (Diamond Dwellings Realty)


I am uncertain what areas of the city will be available.  Hopefully that will be cleared up soon.

07/30/2008 01:02 AM by Christine Donovan Costa Mesa Real Estate (Broker/Attorney) (Donovan Blatt Team - Donovan Group Realty)


Here is a link to the list of cities with populations over 40,000 people according to US census data. These cities will not have a direct sponsorship option. Cities on this list will automatically be sponsored by the person sponsoring the most communities within the city.

07/30/2008 01:09 AM by Bob Stewart - ActiveRain (ActiveRain)


Thanks for posting the timeline and pricing, much appreciated!

 

07/30/2008 01:15 AM by Ana Connell (Exit Family Realty)


Bob - I almost clicked on the box to notify me of new comments! Whew, that was close. 

Three words come to mind here WHAT A RUSH!  What an exciting time for us all, to finally be able to see Localism become more than a beta, and finally realized.  Looking forward to it!! 

BTW - Can I sponsor some communities and neighborhoods, or are employees and their families exempt?  I know we said any member could purchase right?  I'm still an active member you know. 

I see a great way I could use this to benefit many neighborhoods around my area.  I wouldn't even ask for an employee discount :-O 

OK...yes I would.  :-)

07/30/2008 01:23 AM by Brad Andersohn ~ Community Builder (ActiveRain)


I know this has probably been covered elsewhere but I've been off fishing... Priorities ya know.  I noticed on localism there are only two posts up... the two I blogged today and yesterday.  Will all our old localism posts show up or do we need to go back in and recheck the new boxes and repost? 

07/30/2008 02:06 AM by Fairbanks Real Estate Broker Jesse Clifton (Jesse & Kathy Clifton, REALTORS - 907.699.6024 - )


Great info and a wonderful concept.  I'm looking forward to sponsoring my town!  

07/30/2008 03:55 AM by Ray Nelson (Century 21 Battlefield)


Hi Bob,

I'm not a member yet, but as someone who has two sites under development right now that will feature exclusive-rights licensed territories (Zip codes, in my case), I'm watching the Land Rush unfold with great interest, and taking lots of notes.

To solve the issue of not being able to give Washington's higher point earners a head start, why not stick a password protected "doorway" in front of the Land Rush page, then give everyone who's earned over 10,000 points (only 165 people, by my quick count here, http://activerain.com/states/WA ) one of 3 passwords for >100,000; >50,000; and >10,000 (nobody in WA is >200,000 points, it appears), and then activate each of the 3 passwords at 15 minute intervals?

It seems to me you'd want the Land Rush stuff password protected anyway, otherwise you're likely to have tons of people showing up at other than their appointed times - like half the community or more, at noon on Thurs., just to have a look - which could prove taxing on the servers.

 

I also sincerely hope the decision to slice the pie as thin as the "community" level doesn't come back to bite you too hard, given how arbitrary and subjective definitions of a community can be (it's why I settled for Zip codes - no ambiguity).

 For example, in Jon's post here, http://activerain.com/blogsview/586195/Localism-Q-A-Official, he says in part, "For example one person could sponsor "Queen Anne" Seattle, and someone else could create and sponsor "North Queen Anne" Seattle."

Not knowing Seattle from Singapore, I googled "Queen Anne, Seattle", & found this Wikipedia entry, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne,_Seattle,_Washington.  Its second paragraph begins, "As a neighborhood toponym, Queen Anne can refer either to the entire hill or to the central residential and business district at the top of the hill.

Will someone sponsoring Queen Anne, believing it to be "the entire hill", be able to fend off a later sponsor who comes along wanting to take some lower portion of the hill, since he believes that Queen Anne is only "the central residential and business district at the top of the hill"?  Would Jon's "North Queen Anne, Seattle" really just be something that someone arbitrarily "creates" (Jon's word)?  Would the holder of Queen Ann somehow be able to fend off such an appropriation?

Sorry this got so long - I love what you've done with AR, and wish you all the best with Localism too, and I'll be joining soon.

 

Jeff in San Diego

07/30/2008 04:49 AM by Jeff in San Diego


And the excitement is mounting!   Thanks for thinking this through in such detail.  I know trhere is a little apprehension out there.  Hopefully it will all go smoothy.

07/30/2008 05:08 AM by Allison Stewart REALTOR ®St. Cloud Florida (Florida Pines Realty, Inc)


Bob, thanks for defining how this will go down. Can you provide us with clear instructions on how we will sign up....I am guessing it will be on our new localism platform webpage for our area......where the "sponsor a community" link is located at the top of the "Localism Page"....in my case "Redding, CA" and then "Shasta County, CA".

Clicking "sponsor a community" for Redding, CA will allow me to select neighborhoods in my city of Redding which is over 40,000 and then go to the County level to select surrounding cities in my area? Is this correct?

Excited! If we only have 15 minutes....I don't want to blow it!

Jeanean

07/30/2008 05:12 AM by Jeanean Gendron ~ Redding & Shasta County Specialist (Real Estate Professionals--GMAC)


Bob,  Thanks for the list with dates and times!  I am getting my shopping list ready.  Parking for further instructions:)

07/30/2008 05:51 AM by Huntsville, Alabama Real Estate Agent Elizabeth Ramsey Cooper-Golden (Remax Huntsville/Madison)


BOB - Thanks for the information.  Do you have any idea when the layout issues are going to be resolved with Localism and the outside blogs?  Many of my AR posts are still getting cut off.  Ironically, the most important posts that I do specifically for the consumers (market reports) cannot be read.  Any timeline for this to be fixed?

07/30/2008 05:52 AM by Adam Waldman - Long Island REALTOR® (RE/MAX Best)


I'll have to revisit this...I'll probably forget the dates...I think my areas are over the 40K.

07/30/2008 06:39 AM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Widow Maker aka Bob Stewart...

I'm just going to park. Obviously you have your hands full in here :)

TLW...ROAR!

07/30/2008 07:17 AM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Bob thanks for the heads up on the schedule for the new localism.

07/30/2008 07:19 AM by Bill Gassett Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate (RE/MAX Executive Realty)


Sounds to me like it is time to go shopping...Hmm.. Hey Bob, nice looking post.  I like how you used different sized fonts...can you tell me where you learned how to do this? :P

07/30/2008 08:01 AM by Jeremy Blanton- Myrtle Beach Real Estate ,Coldwell Banker Chicora (Coldwell Banker Chicora Real Estate)


Bad idea, let me translate, people like me with 50,000 something points really do not have a chance to buy communities.

But the guy with nearly 200,000 points that posted only  jokes and nothing real estate related can buy up the whole neighborhood. Guess I do not have to wake up early that day. . . . Am I missing something?

I know you can't please everybody, but this is getting . . . .

Guess we just have to wait and see.

07/30/2008 08:03 AM by Anne Hensel Real Estate Professional buy or sell St. Pete


Bob - I am starting to feel as if a lot of my hard work on AR is about to go down the drain. I do not work Knoxville, Nashville or any of the area's you have for TN, in fact they are over an hour away, some up to 4 hours away. Knoxville is Jim Lee's turf and I don't want to take an area away from him he works daily to get a pick of the litter for TN.  I have spent many long days and nights tagging for Crossville. I understand we are not population 40,000 and I understand you guys are still trying to iron out the corks but a lot of hard work will end up no-where for me...I have received a lot of business off of AR from my area and as an agent here in my area with nearly 160,000 pts, #1 for my county and close to 70 listings ..I feel my area is needed and deserved !

Thanks for a lot of hard work on all your ends, I know it has not been easy.

07/30/2008 08:14 AM by Crossville TN Real Estate, Melissa Grant Cumberland County TN Homes For Sale (Choice Real Estate)


Melissa, I think you misunderstood...you CAN sponsor smaller communities under 40,000 just not large towns/cities on the list so maybe you can sponsor all of Crossville?

Bob, thanks for all of this...I'm curious is our Login infor on Localism is the same as AR?  I am heading over to check it out.

07/30/2008 09:19 AM by Lake Norman Real Estate ~ Diane Aurit (RE/MAX at the Lake)


Bob,

Thanks for this post clarifying everything. One slight request....I'm in a smaller area with not quite as much competition, and I'm a bit newer on Rain,  so instead of 10k pts I have 3600 and change. I'm in for the long haul and the points I have, have taken a fair amount of time and effort. I don't like the idea of people in my area who have 250 points for signing up and creating a profile and then being on the same playing field.  Is there any way to have a 3,000 point cut off as well?

 

07/30/2008 09:43 AM by Dan O'Halloran (Colby Real Estate)


Bob,

I am confused - (not the first time) - does this mean that someone with more points in my county or state can sponsor my city, which is only about 20K population?  Or can they sponsor a community or subdivision in my city, even if they haven't posted there?

07/30/2008 10:43 AM by Virginia Hepp Mesquite NV REALTOR >> Mesquite Nevada Real Estate Specialist (ERA Brokers Consolidated - Mesquite NV Homes)


BTW, making the list searchable by state would be good...  I appreciate the info, but it is a PITA right now.

07/30/2008 10:52 AM by Lane Bailey - REALTOR & Car Guy (Diamond Dwellings Realty)


Okay Widow Maker...

I just finished reading every single comment and all I can do is shake my head back and forth :)

TLW...ROAR!

07/30/2008 11:04 AM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


I'm just catching up on all the comments and will be back shortly to answer any questions. I'm also wishing I was Paul and had no idea what was going on......things are so much better that way :-)

07/30/2008 11:07 AM by Bob Stewart - ActiveRain (ActiveRain)


Bob, it looks like you've thought of everything, and I appreciate the respect you're showing to people who have blogged their little hearts out on ActiveRain.  We all started at zero - not just Anne (above) - and most earned their points through consistent qualty participation.

07/30/2008 11:17 AM by Margaret Woda, Maryland REALTOR (RE/MAX VISION)


Thanks for the information.  I should be over 100K by then.

07/30/2008 11:20 AM by Chris Ann Cleland, GRI (Long & Foster)


Margaret, you are missing my point. I think it is great when people get rewarded for their efforts and I realize how much work and energy is involved in getting 100,000 or 200,000 or more points.

The one thing I have a problem with is that people who earned (better word is got)  their points by copy and past now get rewarded!

Anne