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Services for Real Estate Pros with Tann Starr & Associates, Inc.

I could not sleep last night. I was so excited when I got to hang out with Erik Hitzelberger when he recently flew into New York that I couldn't find the right words to get my blog post done. Sometimes I bang stuff out off the top of my head and let 'em rip. Other times, I take days, weeks, even months to tell you something (LOL).

Seriously! You'd be amazed if you knew how many drafts I have to go with the endless collection of eye candy on my computer. There are animations in various stages of completion here. New series to showcase old quirks. Lots of paintings in progress for the upcoming gallery show you guys are gonna get sneak previews to. Stephen, Noah and I have been quite busy getting a children's book together. Different sized canvass have different themes and we're rolling out four series simultaneously. The pen and inks are coming along lovely and poor Michelle is gonna be in sketchbook hell in a minute (LMAO). Gotta tease my gal pals and keep the conversation flowing. ;-)

I have been drafting for days and think I may have some of it up by this Sunday (or late tonight). Will be working late night with a client and visiting a Rainer, so I may be missing in action for most of the day. Erik's visit is definitely an overdue blog post, among other things, so stay tuned for a barrage of late night posts if I actually get in by 10PM. Last night I came home after 11 (LOL). Seems I spent the evening being lost in a gated community with my girlfriends who had an interesting holistic experience I shall not talk about (ROTFL). Sea Gate was worth it. I love when work doesn't feel like work. :-)

So, is there a point to these random musings? Well... um... yeah (LOL). I am thinking about this stuff while I am fooling around in Brooklyn with my friends and running down my cell phone battery doing the Ambassador thing with an agent who only has four months in. I'm telling her all the crap I went through while not learning and she's shocked because they're doing the very same thing to her. WTF??? Freaky tradition? Co-inky-dinky? What are the odds that I keep running into this crap from supposedly tenured peers???

Do Realtors Haze? I'm starting to wonder about that... I am reserving that as a title for a new blog post. Seriously... Why do I feel like so many people were taken advantage of when first starting out that there's this subconscious trigger that goes off when THEY MEET A NEWBIE AND START TO GET EVEN BY CALLING IT "GAINING EXPERIENCE" while SCREWING PEOPLE OVER??? Yes, I am yelling at you (LOL). I need some feedback please. Thank you in advance. ;-)

Mentoring Minion Style is going to be very interesting. I like this new gig (LOL). I hope I get some feedback before noon. We're hooking up in the early afternoon. I have to teach her some basics because Chicka doesn't blog. Chicky didn't even have the word in her vocabulary (LOL). That's about to change. I'm going back to Brooklyn to set her up and bring her into the Club Chaos fold with a vengeance so I shall be filming and writing from Brooklyn today. I have a willing victim newbie eager to embrace the social media divide and will introduce you to her later. First, I have to check out her office and meet some of her peers while setting up her new accounts (AR, FAcebook, Twitter, LinkedIn). Being a visual person, I like putting names to faces. I am also wondering if the term blog is not in their vocabulary as well. I kinda hope so because I want to teach her how to use social media to build her business and am looking forward to pimping her new blog and flipping a few not nice people the digital finger (LMAO). I promise to be very nice about it (ROTFL). I can be nice when I want to. Seriously...(I will behave - honest! Dang... methinks I doth protest too much, eh? LOL)

Besides, I don't want to get anyone in trouble, I just want my new friend to do well and not stumble through wasting time like I did before Melodious rescued me from myself (LMAO). After watching my newbie experiment unfold, if you need help setting up an Outside Blog, shoot me an e-mail. I will walk you through it like I am about to do Joyce. (I may even visit if you're close enough. I like visiting especially if you have Hagen Daz - LOL).

BTW, Erik and I did the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan so stay tuned for another Wordy C interview to keep you occupied while I create more havoc stuff to make fun of.

Yup. I'm in a teasing mood today (OMG- Nooooooooo. Okay, yeeeeeeesssss.)

Wonder what we're going to talk about later on today? Hmm... Any suggestions? Feel free to make a list here. I am open for suggestions (LMAO).

 

Comments(11)

Richard Weisser
Richard Weisser Realty - Newnan, GA
Richard Weisser Retired Real Estate Professional

C...

Wow, that's a lot to think about. I think that new agents don't understand that seasoned agents are busy, and may not have time, nor do they have the responsibility or obligation to help.

I have helped many, many agents, and I don't think that one of them ever expressed any gratitude. The only exception to that is Rainers, who have been MOST appreciative. They ALWAYS are grateful. (That's why I love this place!)

But the important question is: "Where the heck is Mel?"

Jul 30, 2009 11:56 PM
C Tann-Starr
Tann Starr & Associates, Inc. - Palm Bay, FL

Richard, very true. However, I always expect the business manager and broker in charge to be helpful. I also expect that if one asks a question, one should be answered and not made to feel bad about having questions. That crap has got to stop. Say I don't know or say ask the BM or BIC but don't disrespect people and make a show of new people not knowing something. Been there. Suffered through it. Will not put up with it a moment longer on any level in any industry. We are either going to work together or not, which is why I love my blogging buddies. I can say and ask anything. I always get feedback. I think she is going to love you guys too. :-)

Jul 31, 2009 12:06 AM
Paddy (Patricia) Pizappi
Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty - Pine Bush, NY
Real Estate Associate Broker Hudson Valley NY

Waz up C??  You certainly are wordy this AM.

Want to come up for Nicoles musical?  She is in Brigadoon in Highland Mills next week.

Jul 31, 2009 12:10 AM
Janie Coffey
First Coast Sotheby’s International Realty - Ponte Vedra, FL
Uniting Extraordinary Homes w/ Extraordinary Lives

I wish I had a mentor like you when I joined AR, or the profession actually, they will speed light years ahead of their other peers who don't take advantage (or know) of such help.  Keep up the great work!

Jul 31, 2009 12:28 AM
C Tann-Starr
Tann Starr & Associates, Inc. - Palm Bay, FL

Paddy, that sounds like a plan. Will call you later. Grocery shopping and trying to get the kids to the park in the rain no less (LOL). Will be running the streets for a while popping in and out to see what's up.  :-)

Janie, if it wasn't for Melodious and Club Chaos I would have packed it in last year. I know what you mean about having people you can turn to. It makes a huge difference.

Jul 31, 2009 01:39 AM
Judy Jennings
Top Agent Plus - Middleboro, MA
Tap into Judy's real estate expertise & resources.

C - What did you have for breakfast? LOL

I think it is wonderful that you are mentoring this new agent. It can be incredibly overwhelming learning a new profession alone, but jumping into the social networking wave pool without some type of floatie mentor is really tough. I think the Ambassador program was an excellent idea and you will make a very good one.

Your newbie is in very capable hands. I look forward to her introduction.

Jul 31, 2009 03:11 AM
Susan Mangigian
RE/MAX Preferred - West Chester, PA
Chester & Delaware County Homes, Delaware and Ches

C, love, I can only thank God you don't drink.  I can't even imagine you on alcohol.  Have fun!

Jul 31, 2009 03:14 AM
C Tann-Starr
Tann Starr & Associates, Inc. - Palm Bay, FL

Thank you, Judy. The roast toast introduction should be very interesting. (LOL) :-)

Jul 31, 2009 03:15 AM
C Tann-Starr
Tann Starr & Associates, Inc. - Palm Bay, FL

ROTFLMAO @ Susan. It is not a pretty sight. Seriously. I will sleep the day away or not shut up. Can't hold my liq so I don't touch it at all and make mad jokes about it all the time. You guys think I tell you what I think now? Haaaaaaa! Imagine when I don't have any inhibitions? Think about it... (LOL) :-D

Jul 31, 2009 03:35 AM
Carol Smith
Casmi Photography - Mebane, NC

Do Realtors haze?  Surely you jest! 

As I climb from the way-back machine I can tell you that ... yes, C, Realtors do 'haze' the newbies.  And it drives me up a stinking wall! 

Now put down that electronic device and put your human hat back on.  :)

Jul 31, 2009 11:16 AM
C Tann-Starr
Tann Starr & Associates, Inc. - Palm Bay, FL

Awwww man. I can't use my Taeser? Seriously? (LOL). Carol, she's a real sweetie, but I see I am going to have to "minionize" her (LMAO). ;-)

Jul 31, 2009 11:19 PM