For those of us over 55 we’ve seen a lot come and go haven’t we?  We've seen the real estate market of the 80’s when Realtors had to be pretty creative, work long hours in order to pay bills   – when the interest rates were actually in the double digits – and those times past – and we are , Thankfully, alive and well.  We do have lots to be thankful about this Thanksgiving and every day.

 But there is something out there that is rather "new" and people are asking me if I'm a "Twitterer?"   What?  What is all this Twitter stuff about?  Maybe it will go away?  Is it just another cyclical happening?  So .. I go out and sign up for this Twitter and finally got the funny little bird installed on my IPhone (Twitterriffic), get my profile all set on my "Twitter" account, and now I’m being “followed” by people I’ve never met.  There is this guy Rob up in Seattle;  another one by the name of Mike in California; another guy Craig in New Orleans and even some Realtor in Philadelphia.  What is going on here?  There are even some of my local clients who send me these twits -  this local guy Dan who directs Pic.tv, another Marion, who shows people how to connect great old house parts with a new home and support green building practices through re-use.  

Do you & I get the drift?  These people, these twitters are not some kids - these are professionals and I'm being "followed" by them?   And not only that .. they send me these "twitter messages" that tell me what they are doing during the day.  Are they trying to tell me something that I should care about?  Ahh .. the light just came on … maybe  I should twitter them something as well.  I did, and then started looking deeper, read their profiles and discovered real people who are quite successful professionals.  I can really learn something new and exciting from them.  I do want to get connected with these people.

These twitter messages I am getting are not all about more advertising – more business requests.  They are  NOT spamming me as at times is suggested. They are revealing their personalities, the type of friends they have, their interests, what excites them in live and in business etc.   Maybe this is not so new after all.  Maybe they are trying to find out who I am, what makes me tick.  They are trying to connect not just with a Realtor, but with a person – not a Facebook profile, but someone with a personality. 

 Maybe someone over 55 can discover new ways to return to what is not so new – it’s about connecting with people.  This is Terrrific  

By the way ..  as they say on CNN .. you can send this over 55 Portland Realtor, who still is learning, your twitter messages"  @RealtorNormRice