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New to ActiveRain and Loving It Already

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Real Estate Agent with Royal LePage Kelowna

Today is the first day I think that I have ever posted to a blog!  I'll get the hang of this quickly, with such good examples in this community.

A big thanks to Alphonse Quenneville of Greater Vancouver for inviting me to join AR.  What a wealth of information to be gleaned!  And thanks, also, to "The Lovely Wife" for so quickly welcoming me.  Much appreciated and I'm loving this already!  

Something that has always rung true for me -- "sharing is power" -- and this site is proof.   

 

Pete Jalbert
The Maui Real Estate Team, Inc. - Paia, HI
R(S)

Aloha Deborah-Welcome to Active Rain. Sounds like you are diving in with both feet. That is a good way to go.

Nov 06, 2008 12:06 PM
Keith Elliott Jr
KEIRE Realty Group - Manassas, VA
Principal Broker/Owner

Hello Deborah,

Welcome to Active Rain and congrats on your first post! The opportunities to learn and network are incredible here. Best of luck to you!

-Keith

Nov 06, 2008 02:47 PM
Yvette Gardner
Keller Williams Realty, Spartanburg, SC - Spartanburg, SC

Welcome to the Active Rain community. This is a great site with lots of information.  Have fun with it and hope to see more of your blogs soon!  We have a team of four outstanding full time agents to assist your buyers and sellers in Spartanburg/Greenville, SC.  Again, welcome to AR!!

Nov 06, 2008 10:44 PM
Sasha Miletic - Windsor Real Estate
RE/MAX Preferred Realty Ltd. - Windsor, ON

Hi Deborah, Welcome to AR, Be a Blogholic and start writing your own blog soon on AR. All the best for your RE business. This is the right place for customers, friends, realtionships etc.

Best - Sash 

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Nov 06, 2008 11:20 PM
Mike Mitchell
Kee Realty - Saint Clair Shores, MI
REALTOR (R)

Welcome to Active Rain Deborah and congrats on your first post! There are alot of benefits to this community, good luck and enjoy!

Nov 07, 2008 12:04 AM
Bob Cumiskey
A1 Connection Realty, Inc. - Sun City Center, FL
US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor

Deborah, Welcome to the Rain.  Kick your shoes off, get your feet wet and have fun.

Nov 07, 2008 02:05 AM
Kevin Sandridge
Signature Home Funding - Winter Haven, FL
Winter Haven Mortgage Broker
Kevin Sandridge's Facebook profileHi Deborah, and Welcome to the Rain!

Kevin Sandridge, here.  I joined the Active Rain community not too long ago myself and wanted to drop a line to share some of the good vibes and welcome wishes I have received already.

I'm very excited about this community - basically because folks seem so willing to help out, provide industry insight, and share their good news and experiences!

A few things: 

One:  Be sure to include a good amount of information on your profile page.  Check out the profiles on other Realtor's sites here on Active Rain who are listed as "Featured" or "Tops" in their area (look for high point totals).  You'll find that this will seriously boost your presence on ActiveRain - via the added points. 

Two: I urge you to keep blogging on this site!  You will be AMAZED at the awesome feedback you receive very soon after they hit the network!  I use Google Reader to subscribe to blogs that provide me with ideas about what I'd like to comment on - both industry wise and just for fun!  Check it out I am more than willing to step you through the site and to help you get a few more blog posts generated if you wish - as a way of adding some value and paying forward some good networking vibes!  :)

Three: Be sure to add in a good number of posts about what you think and consider pertinent regarding your area of expertise!  You'll notice that many if not all of the Featured posting bloggers here on AR do this.

Lastly, I do quite a lot of work via social networks, email campaigns, and relationship building.  If I can ever be of any assistance, don't hesitate to ask.


Looking forward to what you'll share with us all here on Active Rain!  :) (By the way, are you familiar with Sherry Chris over at Better Homes and Gardens Realty?  I think she started with you guys many years ago!  You should check out their new blog site!)

Blessings,

Kevin Sandridge

Winter Haven, FL


Nov 07, 2008 02:14 AM
Charles Stallions Real Estate Services
Charles Stallions Real Estate Services Inc - Gulf Breeze, FL
Buyers Agent 800-309-3414 Pace and Gulf Breeze,Fl.

Welcome Deborah, I knpw you'll do well because you have had a great start so far. Everyone is so helpful here and that is the power. Good Luck and Happy Blogging.

Nov 07, 2008 02:29 AM
Steve Vennemann-Hennepin-Dakota-Anoka contract for deed property-Ramsey-MN
BoardWalk Premier Realty INC - White Bear Lake, MN

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On behalf Http://www.mnlakeplace.com  we are happy you became a member of action rain and we wanted to welcome you to http://www.actionrain.com . It is a very good site to learn and network and meet a lot of real estate agents/brokers and mortgage consultants.

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Nov 07, 2008 03:01 AM
Cameron Wilson
Labrum Real Estate - Murrieta, CA
The Short Guy - Murrieta,Temecula,Menifee Californ

Welcome to the Rain and as you have already seen this place is full of information and great people.

Nov 07, 2008 03:41 AM
Lorena Westervelt
Van West Realty - Greenville, SC
Co-Founder/Co-Owner

Hello, welcome to Active Rain! This seems like a wonderful environment to network as well as learn from others. I hope you enjoy yourself and participate often in the Active Rain environment!

Nov 07, 2008 12:17 PM
Craig Rutman
Helping people in transition - Cary, NC
Raleigh, Cary, Apex area Realtor

Hi Deborah,

Welcome aboard!

Unlike what our parents told us as we were growing up, it's fun to play in the Rain!

If you ever need any tips on how to customize your blog page or how to do anything here in the Rain, please give me a shout.

I'd be happy to help.

Craig

 

 

Nov 07, 2008 12:23 PM
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

Deborah,

Welcome to Active Rain.  I'm fairly new myself and love reading and commenting on various subjects.  Enjoy your time here.

Nov 07, 2008 11:13 PM
Neal Barnes
Starstate Realty - Killeen, TX
Broker, REALTOR, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, SRS.

Hi Deborah - First post looks good.  Welcome to ActiveRain.  I look forward to networking with you, and reading your future post.  Have a great day!!!

Nov 09, 2008 05:32 PM
Barbara Cluck-Miksits
BCM Home Staging LLC - Ridgewood, NJ
Home Staging - New Jersey

Welcome to AR Deborah. I wish you continued success and good luck. Look forward to reading your blog.

Nov 09, 2008 10:45 PM
Tony Wangrycht
OneAmerica - Seminole, FL - Seminole, FL

Deborah, Welcome to the AR Family. I wish you the best of luck. Now, start blogging. 

Nov 10, 2008 05:48 AM
Larry Estabrooks
Independent Real Estate Agent - Moncton, NB
100% representation means NEVER DUAL AGENCY !

Deborah, welcome to the Canada, eh group. You are now approved to post to the group.

Nov 10, 2008 10:38 AM
MC2 Home Inspections
MC2 Home Inspections LLC - Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis home inspection service 317-605-3432

Welcome aboard Deborah! I am sure you will love playing in the rain!

Nov 10, 2008 11:50 AM
Anonymous
Anonymous

Thank you for all of the welcoming responses.  I have alot to learn about this forum.  In the meantime, as I navigate around, I'm finding all kinds of good information. 

Kevin, yes, I met Sherry Chris when she was with Royal LePage in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, I think it was early 90's. She has done very well and I have been interested in reading articles about her work in the US.  Thanks for the note!

Nov 10, 2008 03:10 PM
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Derenda Grubb
CENTURY 21 Mike D. Bono & Co.'s - Lake Charles, LA
GRI, ABR, CRS

Welcome Deborah,

You are so very right.  The more you share, the more you have to give and AR is living proof that this works.  We all enjoy sharring in this group.  Just jump in and get wet.  We are all one big group of happy campers, most of the time.

Nov 10, 2008 04:14 PM