First, I hope all is well with everyone reading this post, and if anything detrimental is happening in your life, I wish you only the best for a quick turn-around.  That statement was for one of our bloggers that I am quite sure is going through a tremendously difficult time in his life right now, but there can obviously be others in similar situations, Keith Elliott Jr -"Prince William County Real Estate Expert" - RE/MAX Olympic Realty (Manassas, VA) and check out his blog Coping with tragedy - On valuing life, love, and those who are important to you  and you will certainly understand my concern for him and his family!

On a much lighter, and much more enjoyable note from my perspective, just a few minutes ago, my group, Addicted to Active Rain that was founded Aug 13, 2008, but really didn't start growing until August 18, 2008, just passed 500 members with over 750 posts!  The is a testimony to the group, as well as Active Rain and it's power.  The 500'th member was Gayle Causey - Keller Williams Realty (Monroe, LA) but I also wanted to thank all the 500+ members for their posts and just joining in general. This was all accomplished in about three weeks! Hopefully we can all grow this group together, and help one another in our businesses!

There are several members I would really like to thank, my moderators:

OUR NEWEST MODERATOR:

• LORA LEASURE- True Color Services, LLC (Mobile Mortgage Notary Signing Agent) If you get a moment in time, please stop by our newest moderators profile and blog.  I feel she will be a tremendous benefit to this group.  Having met her in person, I can tell you she is the ultimate professional, and I am certainly glad she has chosen to assist in moderating this group!  I know she will help whenever possible!   If you need any mobile notary services in the Tampa / Brandon / Riverview area, please call her, I have all the confidence she will be prompt, thorough, and professional!

AS WELL AS OUR OTHER MODERATORS:

• BO HUSSUNG/ Title services in all 50 states (Cogent Closing Associates)  Bo is VP of Sales and "Cogent is licensed to close loans in 50 states. They streamline the title order process and manage critical data by using web based technology at a significant savings to your customers."   Check out Bo's new group Toot Your Horn on Active Rain and post any appropriate blogs there!  And if you need title work done in any of the 50 states, please consider using his services for ALL your title work!
• ROBERT SWETZ: 777S INC. Consulting Firm - He specializes in Commercial Sales in Las Vegas, and all of Nevada. Vacant land, Commercial Buildings, Custom Homes and High Rise Luxury Condos. Please feel free to contact him any time!  Robert has started quite a few groups - go check them out, and see if you may want to post in his groups!  Also, check out all his photographs - and the blog about the VERY LARGE tree! Also, check out Rob's group Late Night at Active Rain - currently in the top 100 most active groups on Active Rain!

There is one other person behind the scenes and wants to stay behind the scenes, that I wanted to thank - and they know who they are, thank you as well!  All help has been seen and appreciated by everyone here!

Last but certainly not least, I wanted to remind everyone posting here about the group posting guidelines...

From here on out, this group will focus on each other, promoting each other, and our 'addiction' to Active Rain.  Please do bring the following blogs to this group:

• Any Real Estate information blog
• Anything about your accomplishment milestones, or the accomplishments of others here on Active Rain
• Any tips or advice for the Active Rain community or the asking of help or advise
• Any networking events local or otherwise that you know about - that is what we are all doing here on Active Rain - NETWORKING!
• Stuff about your area (like localism) and things to do in your area.
• Anything specifically related to your "Addiction" to Active Rain

Please do not add the following types of blogs:

• Purely self-promotional commercial like (this is me, what I do, and I'm the best in my area) except for the milestone type accomplishments. Of course, we all expect some advertising type ending or beginning to your blog, just please keep it Active Rain or Real Estate related.
• Market reports and such, while great to know, it really is not 'Addicted to Active Rain' in nature. I'm sure there are lots of groups that would like to see that information!
• Purely religious or political views unless they specifically relate to Real Estate.

In closing, if you want to post these types of blog posts, within these guidelines, we would love to see you include it to this group! If you have any additional suggestions of inclusion or exclusion, please send us an email, and my moderators and myself will be glad to make a decision on your request!

Have a GREAT weekend everyone! I look forward to 'seeing' you each and every day posting blogs here since I know you are all 'Addicted to Active Rain!!' 

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