I am the Corporate Blogger and Community Leader for Connect2Agent.  They let me blog, interview real estate agents and find the pulse of the real estate market on a national and local level.  It is great to learn about the local real estate markets from Connect2Agent members, and to convey this information to real estate buyers and sellers.

I am also responsible for our company's journey into Web 2.0.

Connect2Agent has been on the internet since 2002.  It was born from its parent company, Profile Referral Systems, which provides relocation services to Executive Search firms.  The company was birthed based on the recognition that consumers and real estate agents don't come in one size fits all boxes.  Each real estate buyer and seller have specific needs and each dedicated agent has something unique to offer.

On Connect2Agent.com agents explain their expertise, background and personal attributes and the buyers and sellers choose which agent they want to work with.  Connect2agent.com is a real estate internet matchmaking site, and has been providing profiles of real estate agents to real estate buyers and sellers since 2002.  Connect2Agent members also assist other agents by accepting their referrals.

See just how much information we provide by viewing a sample profile.

I have taken a keen interest to real estate since the time I was 10 years old.  Pouring over the Unique Homes magazines my parents had and studying the design of houses in different neighborhoods, I just knew that real estate excited me; it resonated in my core.  It is an exciting and thrilling industry. 

Sixteen years ago, I started in the real estate industry in 1992 as a legal assistant to a real estate attorney who also owned a title company in Mount Prospect Illinois.  After 7 years of very long hours and enhancing my "patience" skills, I moved on to corporate relocation.  I took a short break (3 months) when my second child was born, then returned to the industry in 2001 as a Director of Alliance Partnerships for an online real estate company.  I am a Gen-X'er, but wasn't born with a keyboard under my fingertips, so it was a challenge.

The internet managed to hold my fascination. I have been working in the online real estate industry ever since.  I love real estate and the internet almost equally.  I am always learning in both industries and love the way that one compliments the other.  I am happy to ditch the typewriters and old IBM word processors and work on my laptop and cell.

Especially as a working mom with three young children, the internet has enabled me to work from home.  It can't get any better than that.

It is thrilling to blog about real estate right now at a time where negativity pervades the households across then nation in the form of various media outlets:  newspapers, television, and radio.  I feel that while there are many markets experiencing challenges, these challenges will lead to corrections and a balance in the industry again. 

There is something to be learned from every challenge. You can still attain your real estate goals through diligence, determination, and above all, a positive attitude.  A positive attitude will attract positive results. 

Take positive actions and share these with real estate buyers and sellers.  Encourage your clients to take positive action as well to help you sell their house or buy their dream house. 

You can be real about current real estate market trends and values in your area without being another voice of doom and gloom.

Real estate buyers and sellers don't really want more bad news.  They just want solid advice to make good decisions that will effect them positively.

If you don't believe me, than you must not know the Secret.  Let me introduce you now.