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TME MOST EXCITING BOOST TO OUR INDUSTRY IN THE LAST 2 DECADES HAS BEEN TECHNOLOGY ..[ NO BIG REVELATION ]..CELLS,E MAIL ,I PHONES ETC,AND THE EXPLOSION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING..EVERY DAY A NEW TECHIE AVENUE POPS UP..MOST OF US HAVE THEM ALL ..THEY ARE THE BACKSTAGE,BACKBONE OF OUR BUSINESS..AGREED......HOWEVER, RECENTLY I WAS VISITED BY A BROKER FROM ANOTHER AREA OF THE COUNTRY..[ IN 2009 HE CLOSED 102 SIDES WITH ONE ASSISTENT ] WE WENT TO LUNCH..THE CONVERSATION TURNED TO OUR MARKET..WHERE THE BUYERS WERE COMING FROM..THIER MOTIVATION .. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES ..WHAT THE LOCALS THOUGHT OF THE MARKET,ETC,ETC...I CAME UP WITH SOME FAIRLEY GOOD ANSWERS..HE SAID ''WELL LETS GO FIND OUT''..FOR THE NEXT 2 HOURS WE ROAMED THROUGHOUT THE MALL,IN AND OUT OF OFFICES TALKING TO PERFECT STRANGERS ABOUT REAL ESTATE..I WAS OVERWHELMED BY HOW OPEN EVERYONE WAS TO TALK ABOUT OUR INDUSTRY..I MUST CONFESS IT WAS FUN AND EXCITING....ON THE WAY BACK TO MY OFFICE HE TURNED TO ME AND SAID ''YOU NEVER ASKED ME WHY I DO SO WELL''..''HERE IS THE SECRET, MY OFFICE IS PACKED WITH THE THE LATEST AND BEST TECHNOLOGY..I COULDN'T DO WITH OUT IT''..BUT I PROMISED MYSELF THAT EVERY DAY I WILL MEET AND TALK TO 5 STRANGERS ABOUT MY BUSINESS,FACE TO FACE''..''AND HERE ARE A FEW STATS FOR YOU..34 OF MY 2009 102 CLOSINGS CAME FROM THOSE 'STRANGERS,EITHER DIRECTLY OR FROM REFERRELS...'' ''SO,KID, GET OUT THERE AND PRESS THE FLESH,THEY ARE WAITING TO MEET YOU''.......I WONDER,HAS THE TECHIE THING MADE AFRAID OF THE REAL THING...REMEMBER YOU ARE THE BEST PRODUCT IN YOUR COMPANY......MMMM, SOMETHING TO PONDER...BRUCE LEWIS..REMAX BY THE BAY IN PORTLAND MAINE...HAVE A GREAT DAY