Here goes! My First Blog

By
Real Estate Agent with Canyonside Irwin Realty

I'm new to Active Rain and this is my first blog--ever, anywhere!  I can't believe I'm blogging.

I live and work in one of the still thriving areas of the West--Southern Idaho.  I've been in real estate about 4 years and it has been just great--successful beyond my expectations.  Although our market is a little slow, the community is growing--in a matter of 2 weeks in the early Spring ground was broken on at least a half dozen multi-million dollar building projects--hospital, 2nd high school, hotels, restaurants, Walmart, banks and more.

Residential sales are down, but not out.  Many people are transferring into the area and looking for homes.  Many locals are upgrading or down sizing their housing. 

It's a great place to invest in commercial or residential real estate.  Let me know if I can provide more information on the area or real estate opportunities in Southern Idaho.

Comments (12)

Heather the Realtor Orlando, Lake Mary
LemonTree Realty - Orlando, FL
First Time Home Buyers, Bank Owned Homes
Congrats on your first blog and welcome to AR. It's a wonderful world and an addictive one at that hope to see you around the rain and look forward to your blogs.
May 06, 2008 11:10 AM
Leesa Finley
RED Properties - Wake Forest, NC
RED Properties - Raleigh NC Real Estate
Great first post, Barbara!  Sounds like a thriving area so I am sure that you will have TONS to blog about!  Welcome to Active Rain - there is so much to learn here, so many ideas floating around and great, great people!
May 06, 2008 11:11 AM
Chuck Carstensen
RE/MAX Results - Elk River, MN
Minnesota/Wisconsin Real Estate Expert
Welcome to Active Rain!  Sounds like you are dong great!  Stay positive and full of energy!
May 06, 2008 11:16 AM
David W. Bolick
Network Real Estate, Inc. - Little Rock, AR
WELCOME to the Rain Barbara.  Excellent first post!  You can learn soooo much from reading blogs on subjects of interest.  Have fun.
May 06, 2008 11:16 AM
Shaun Wren
AGENTFORLIFE - Lakeland, FL

Wecome to the Rain.

May 06, 2008 11:26 AM
Steve Hoffacker
Steve Hoffacker LLC - West Palm Beach, FL
Certified Aging In Place Specialist-Instructor
Barbara, welcome to Active Rain. As for your first blog, you did fine. Who would ever have guessed it was your first?
May 06, 2008 11:31 AM
BLR Guy
BLRGUY(Beach & Luxury Realty Inc) - Saint Pete Beach, FL
Congrats on your first blog and first post...here is to many more!
May 06, 2008 11:50 AM
Julie Chapman
DR Horton - Ormond Beach, FL
New Homes Sales Ormond, New Smyrna, Daytona Be

Barbara,

Welcome to Active Rain.....congratulations on your first post.....don't forget to sign up for the newbies group - there is a lot of good info there and if you have any questions, the Active Rain staff is extremely responsive......Enjoy, learn, socialize and grow your business

May 06, 2008 12:32 PM
Jimmy McCall
JimmyMcCall.com - Cunningham, TN
The Ex-Mortgage Consultant
Barbara,  Welcome to Active Rain and congratulations on your first blog.  Here is to many more.  Happy blogging.
May 06, 2008 01:31 PM
Neal Barnes
Starstate Realty - Killeen, TX
Broker, REALTOR, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, SRS.

Hi Barbara -- Welcome to ActiveRain (AR).  I look forward to networking with you.  Have A Great Day!!!

Jul 11, 2008 05:00 PM
David W. Bolick
Network Real Estate, Inc. - Little Rock, AR

Welcome to AR Barbara. From your blog layout...you look like a PRO already! I find AR to be a tremendous souce of information that can be found no where else. If you ever have a question and especially one that might sound dumb to ask...just enter the keywords in the AR search and you'll surely find an answer.

Jul 12, 2008 03:03 AM
Troy Henson
Rasmussen Real Estate Company - Twin Falls, ID

Nice first blog,  maybe I will give it a try.

Dec 03, 2008 02:00 PM

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