active rain: announcing the Shameless Plugs for everyone, a NEW GROUP - 09/06/09 02:44 AM
Announcing a new group here for all to use in Active Rain,  SHAMELESS PLUGS, please join me in adding your favorite and newly found businesses, referrals, and any person who delivers what they say they will, and often exceeds your expectation of Customer Service.
We all know how easy it is to "trash talk"  now lets all work on the positive side and bring it out to others, did a business or a service person go above what you expected? In this day and age of a falling off of Customer Service its time to celebrate those who remember what real … (13 comments)

active rain: Just a quick update on the Austin race - 07/19/09 01:06 AM
A few folks have been following this exciting race of ours.  Tim Moncrief, Betina Foreman and myself have been battling back and forth between 1st, 2nd and 3rd place for Travis County and Austin Texas area for THIRD PLACE OVERALL.  
Jason Crouch is undisputably #1 and Donna Harris is #2 and I do not see anything changing on that front, what is changing daily, hourly sometimes is our #3 spot.  Now its Tim, then its Betina and back to Me, I had held that spot for a good while and the other two have caught up with me.
Does it matter, … (8 comments)

active rain: Coast to coast I was found in the Rain - 04/01/09 12:34 AM
Last night just sitting at my computer reading about the upcoming Conficker coming attack, hoping I am safe from it, hope all of you are safe from it..  phone rings.  It's after dinner but not really late yet so I answer, not recognizing the number on the display. 
Hello, this is Gail.  Hi my name is Suzanne and I live in the bay area of San Francisco, Calif. I am a lender with,  and I found you on Active Rain.  Are you familiar with Active Rain?  eh, hmmm, Yes, I know it quite well.  Smiling to myself here.
Well the … (10 comments)

active rain: Facebook isn't all innocent and social now.. it also has malware.. caution - 01/31/09 11:10 AM
I owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the folks who pointed out to me this morning that I had my computer had been attacked or infected with Malware.  All gone now, and protection is in place again.  Let it be known whenever you go without protection you are at risk. 
This morning my computer had a case of seeing Green Words that were double underlined.  My active rain friends pointed out to me that something was wrong on my side, it was not Bob Stewart playing an early April's Fool Trick on us.    When several folks said the same … (8 comments)

active rain: Blogging is a different kind of FACE TO FACE - 10/01/08 12:51 AM
Sometimes when I am commenting on a blog I realize I have many thoughts on the same subject, or a personal reference to relate and the old wheels start spinning.  So here I am again with the spinning wheels turning. 
Every Tuesday we have a Team Meeting, also known to some as an Office Meeting, it takes an hour and we discuss the market, buyers needs, sellers needs and ways to stay on top in your business.  The normal stuff. 
 Yesterday we had an informal panel of 3 Top Producing Agents who all started their real estate careers during the last real estate slump, … (23 comments)

active rain: The Texas AR gathering - 04/13/08 11:04 PM
HI Gang,
I would like to say a huge ThANK YOU TO RICKI and CHERLI LYNN and JUDY MORGAN for all your hard work.. the POMAROSA is a lovely spot and I hope you sell it soon.  THANK YOU RICKI AND CHERLI LYNN AND JUDY for all the tremendous work in getting this together and pulling off a great afternoon for everyone.
Saturday was a great time ..  my friend from my office Celina Garza and I had a great trip down to Bandera, a couple of hours drive, we stopped at the Cracker Barrel for breakfast on the way and got … (14 comments)

active rain: Happy New Year to all my friends - 12/30/07 10:31 PM
   Dance in the RAIN, play in the RAIN, find new friends in the RAIN.. and share all our joys and sorrows in the RAIN.
While 2007 is almost behind us we can appreciate one great thing from 2007, most of us will remember 2007 as the year we learned be in the RAIN.  Active Rain is a networking opportunity for everyone ..  we are sharing and evolving here daily... learning so much from each other ..  the community here is inspiring and refreshing as is the continual growth of the Active Rain community currently over 63,259 members.
May you all have a wonderful happy … (10 comments)

active rain: Blogging blogging not enough time - 11/29/07 12:27 AM
Im feeling a bit like the MAD HATTER today, rushing around without enough time... I've realized I have gone forward on blogging and didn't know diddly-squat about what I am doing.
After reading many many blogs I wanted to try it out for myself, after all I have a few words to say too.
 And so there I went.. helter skelter going about doing my blogs, commenting, reading, reveling in the new atmosphere of the blog.  Wow this is great I said to myself and anyone else who would listen.
Then I started noticing a theme, its to attract new clients, referrals, better my … (8 comments)