austin: Punk Rock and the New Agent - Friendship and Family - Xplode Austin - 02/12/11 04:42 AM

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Friendship and Family - Community Amongst Realtors® and Punks.
Punk was not a mainstream movement.  Disregarding the commercial system of the music industry, punk had to find it's own way to build both fans and a distribution network for their music.  In order to sustain their own survival, punks had to build friendship and family amongst themselves, their fans, and the various related industries (record stores, promoters and venues, college radio, etc.).
With real estate, we are constantly building community; whether amongst our peers and the related industries or our clients … (6 comments)

austin: Xplode Austin - Punk Rock and the New Agent - 02/12/11 03:06 AM
What does punk rock have to do with real estate?
I was honored to be given a chance to present at Xplode in Austin this week and as promised, I wanted to cover my slides a bit more in depth.  The conference was geared around real estate technology, but with so many great speakers covering so many aspects of the technology we use (or should be using), I thought I would go at things from a different angle and speak about some of the lessons I learned from my music career and my love of music growing up, particularly punk rock.
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austin: REbarcamp Austin - Thursday March 11th - Who Will Be There? - 03/09/10 01:22 AM

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March 11, 2010 - REbarcamp comes to Austin
If you've followed REbarcamp news in the past, you'll know that these events have proven to be fun, educational, and often quite inspiring.  On Thursday March 11th, REbarcamp invades Austin.  This will be my first live REbarcamp event (I have attended Virtual REbarcamp in the past).  I'm hoping many of you will be there and from the attendee list I have seen, I've got a lot of hands to shake and hellos to say.
I spoke with one of my friends from AgentGenius who has an interest … (7 comments)