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Mike Cooper. AR Rising Star.

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408

I have been on AR for some time and I watched people leaving and people coming. Everyone is different. Some come unnoticed, and then their stars line up and they start shining, and some enter AR orbit with enough light and speed to be immediately noticed.

I think Mike is that star. We met today in my office and then had lunch at Zen Bistro, a local tiny Thai Restaurant. I thought I know Mike from his very impressive blog posts, but I did not read his “about me” page until just now, and I regret it. There is so much more to Mike, that I did not know, and this stuff is cool and fascinating.

Mike Cooper

Well, hopefully, we will have another meetings when he comes back to the place that we both love, and spend a bit more time than just a lunch together today. I am not going to retell what I read. Simply go to Mike’s "about me” page.

You would be surprised. There are so many sides to Mike that you would think it can’t be possible. How can one man be doing so many different things, have so many sides to his personality? I do not know the answer…

The meeting turned quite an extension of our casual AR mutual interest. It made me want to have another lunch or dinner, and learn more, and this time ask more and listen more…

 

Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

DeeDee - I work on weekends, but like you, look forward to Saturdays and Sundays as if they are really days off.

May 18, 2012 02:26 PM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Mike - thanks. I can't understand how I completely missed that story of you going to the Ukraine. I have read it once in your blog post, but somehow I missed it to day.

Hope the weather will cooperate with you. Enjoy your vacation

May 18, 2012 02:28 PM
William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired
Hi Jon, Four really terrific people meet and the virtual becomes reality. How wonderful is that !
May 18, 2012 04:18 PM
Charles Stallions
Charles Stallions Real Estate Services - Pensacola, FL
850-476-4494 - Pensacola, Pace or Gulf Breeze, Fl.

Hi Jon the picture sure is different, but I have subcribed for years and found th epost to be ineresting as well. So nice of you to take the time to bring to the forefront. Of all the folks I have met here through the years it seem almost without exception to be what I imagined, I find most folks to be interesting anyway if one is to just listen. We all has a story within.

May 18, 2012 10:09 PM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

William - wow, how nicely put. Thank you.

May 19, 2012 12:02 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Charles - pictures are always a bit different. We change all the time and pictures do not. In that sense the posts give you way more, as this is how you learn about a person. I am to a degree a hermit, and do not meet many AR members as I do not go anywhere as often as others, but I still love a small company, which was exactlky the case here

May 19, 2012 12:07 AM
Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Jon..Mike has been around for a long time. How nice that you have been fortunate enough to meet .

ActiveRain is a wonderful place. We do make great friends here .I treasure my ActiveRain Friends

May 19, 2012 02:49 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Hannah - If I read it correctly, Mike is on AR posting since March 2011, and it is not a very long time by AR standards.

But it does not change anything and yes, it was nice to meet him, and, for as long as we share the love to the same beach (and to hot food), we will be meeting when he is o vacation here.

May 19, 2012 03:23 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Jon,

I have met two people face to face from AR and I have enjoyed doing so.  It is fun to make friends virtually and then actually. and thank you for introducing us to Mike.  I will click on the link after I submit this.  Have a great weekiend. A

May 19, 2012 04:17 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Alexandra - Thank you for your comment. So far it works better with those on the East Coast. I would love to meet some people on the West Coast, but you, guys, are so far from us....

 

May 19, 2012 05:25 AM
Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Jon..Guess I was wrong thought it was longer ..time does fly ..It is still nice of you to give him a heads up

May 19, 2012 06:05 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Hannah - it simply is the sign that he writes well, and we noticed him very early and this is the reason we think tht he has been here for a long time.

Enjoy your weekend.

May 19, 2012 06:34 AM
Petra Norris
Lakeland Real Estate Group, Inc. - Lakeland, FL
Realtor, Lakeland FL Homes for Sale

Jon, indeed you are right.  I have not met Mike but have subscribed and read his blog post.  He is very interesting and writes so well.  Great that you have met him, hope it leads to a great relationship :)

May 19, 2012 08:43 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Petra - so glad to see you here. I have also subscribed to his posts. He really writes well, which is always the sign that he thinks well. And this is always nice.

May 19, 2012 09:19 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Jon- I'd read Mike's post on meeting you and I was hoping to find yours!  What a fun Meet Up!  And thanks for including a photo!

May 19, 2012 10:06 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Kathy - Yes, I saw you comment on Mike's post. We "exchanged " photos. I took this photo outside of my office, and then, after we came from lunch, Mike took his photo of me and Olga on our pride, this gorgeous red and white sofa.

Funny but this sofa was the piece around which the office was designed. We loved it and bought it for a different place, but we cold not use it there as they put the wrong carpet.

So, we went to a well known designer Michele McCarthy and broght her a pillow and asked for the colors for the office.

SHe came up with two, one this coral, which we both liked.

May 19, 2012 11:02 AM
Jill Sackler
Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc. 516-575-7500 - Long Beach, NY
LI South Shore Real Estate - Broker Associate

Jon, on your picture posted on Mike's blog, you look exactly the same. I would know you anywhere. Mike, however, looks completely different. Good times.

May 19, 2012 12:18 PM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Jill - photos are deceiving. Even when two look similar (LOL). Photos do not change, but we do. And you might be right, good times add a few inches here an there.

What can we do?

May 19, 2012 02:30 PM
Cooper Jacobs
Looking For A Seattle Realtor? COOPERJACOBS.COM - Seattle, WA
Real Estate Brokers - Seattle

Very cool write up  - thank you for sharing  - it is difficult to wade through all the cream of the crop sometimes :)

May 19, 2012 02:55 PM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Ha-ha, creme of the crop is never a big number, and also is fun to navigate. :)

May 19, 2012 03:20 PM