Jeff Dowler always has good advice and I'm glad you followed it Christina Steinhaus 

You are on an interesting journey Christina Steinhaus  and I can't think of a better mind to pick than Jeff Dowler.  Welcome to ActiveRain and congratulations on posting your first blog on our site. Please continue blogging because I know you will love the benefits.Sharing will also be a benefit, I assure you!

Hi Cousin!!

So glad to see you are getting more involved here and have posted your first article - one of many, I hope. As I have said before I am happy to help in any way I can.

Be sure to follow both Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, Broker, Tacoma Washington and Bob "RealMan" Timm  I know them pretty well and you will learn alot from them, as well as many others here!

Jeff

You are obviously a very lucky person, Christina Steinhaus ... you got a challenging deal closed successfully, you found ActiveRain ... and you are related to Jeff Dowler ... doesn't get any better than that!

Best of luck to you on all your future transactions and posts here on the Rain,

Gene 

There is a lot of information you get here in the Rain, and glad you are still contributing.

Christina welcome to ActiveRain and congratulations on posting you first blog on this site.

Welcome to ActiveRain! You already found one of the things that makes this forum so successful - it is chock full of useful information! I learned a lot by reading as well, and if I have a question I usually come right here and search for the answer. Best wishes with your blogging!

Welcome to ActiveRain Christina Steinhaus.

This is The Best place to learn, share and build relationships with like-minded professionals.

Now this is a great 'success story' and should be seen and read by all.

Thanks for sharing your success story Christina, good to hear how much AR has helped you, good to have a wise cousin like Jeff Dowler to point you to this resource.

Congratulations on your featured post, Christina Steinhaus.

Be prepared to see some more comments and respond to them.

Hi Christina Steinhaus 

Congratulations on your first featured post, and on your first post to boot! You are off to a great start. let me know if I can help in any way at any time!

Jeff

Talk about trial by fire....but you did it !! Congratulations and welcome to Active Rain! 

You are so right, this is the place to learn, obtain reliable advice, and improve your SEO. I also highly recommend Active Rain to new agents. Unfortunately, they do not heed my advice to join, then wonder why they are having no success in the business. 

Welcome to the Active Rain community.  This is a great place to learn, discuss and grow. 

Christina,

Welcome and feel free to stop by my blog for some coffee and delicious cookies. Love and light

Being Jeff Dowler cousin is a first rate start to knowing your way around the rain! Congratulations on the feature.... lets hear more!

Congrats on the feature my neighbor to the north. BTW your cousin Jeff seems like a very cool dude!

I tell a lot of agent about Activerain....many ideas and out of the box thinking are shared right here! Thanks to the many agent that have shared their stories, success and ideas! This is a great community! Whens the Rain Convention?

Christina, Jeff gave you great advice!  Even if one doesn't blog, the storehouse of information and the willingness to share is a tremendous perk of membership.   We've learned much here that has helped our business, and continue to pick up knowledge that helps us.

Great Blog...I am introducing a new agent to AR.  She will do well to listen to what the community has to share.

Good morning Christina and Welcome to the Rain. You post is evocative. I ish that AR was around when I started.

Great post Christina. That's what I love the most about AR - personal and professional enrichment. And I've been one to tell it the way it is - because it's the best way to share and learn.

Good morning Christina,

Welcome to Active Rain and so glad to her your success story! No question Jeff Dowler gave you great advice. He is a master and a good one to learn from. I just subscribed to your blog.

Glad you shared your story with us. It reminds the Active Rain community that there is great information, wisdom and experience to be found here.

Glad you found it valuable also.

Best wishes

This is a happy ending story to tell.  Keep sharing your experience with the rainers.

Sam Shueh

Welcome to the Rain. Congrats on the fast track start as well!  The availability and abundance of useful advice within AR is amazing. Good luck!

Greetings from Tallahassee, Christina.  

    Your cousin Jeff Dowler rocks, and so does ActiveRain!

Welcome to the Rain and congratulations on your Feature! Great story!

Your cousin is a favorite of mine. So glad you followed his advice and joined our wonderful community!

This is a great community.  I've learned a thing or two. 

Christina,

Congratulations on your first post, and I really enjoyed reading your post.  And how nice that cousin Jeff Dowler gave you great advices.  Congratulations on your feature also.  Looking forward to reading your future posts.  A

Good post.  It's great to know that you have resources at your finger tips, and that there are answers.   No one can know everything.

Dear Christina,

You probably get a lot of international buyer & sellers in your area. I find them to be really fun. Makes me live vicariously while slaving away in the office.

Christina nice to be related to a Top Active Rain Agent:) Congratulations on your first post as well as your Featured Post, keep it up. On a side note thank you for the follow, Endre

Congratulations on a great post and congratulation on following Jeff's advice.  I tell many agents about AR, but not enough of them take advantage of the great learning opportunity!

There is much information shared her in the Rain.   I learn something new each time i log in.   Congrats on the feature!

I totally agree it was great advice and I've learned so much here.  And I'm by no means a new agent.  I've been in real estate since 1992 and I still learn something nearly every time I spend time reading here.

Jeff Dowler is good peeps.  He gave you great advice. There is a lot to learn here in the AR community. Sadly, brokers "should" be helping new agents but as we all know ... many don't.  I'm still learning in this community. There are some real smart people here ... and some real smart$sses too.  We have fun ... we banter ... we learn and grown. 

Because I write real estate bios, I speak with quite a few new agents - and I tell every one of them to join Active Rain.

An interesting thing - I have a site dedicated to new agents, and it includes the same advice, along with a link top Active Rain. Every now and then I get notice that an agent I've never spoken with has joined, thanks to that link.

Welcome to the Rain - and I wish you great success.

You've had a good mentor and I hope you can pass on the torch to your old personal trainer too.

Welcome to Active Rain and congrats on your first blog post.  This is a wonderful network of professionals.  I hope you enjoy your interaction with them. The A1A sign reminds me of when I lived on Amelia Island and makes me homesick.

Congrats on your featured post Christina Steinhaus and glad to hear you will become more active in our Raining community.  Since you are closeby we will anticipate meeting you in person at our next live #Active Rain meetup.

Your story gets an added bonus today because you are now....

  glad Jeff Dowler is providing such sage advice

I have learned a great deal in Active Rain too - I'm sure you helped that new agent immensely.  You've got a great cousin too! :-) Kasey

Your cousin gives such great advice Christina Steinhaus I have been following him since 2009 . I have learned so much here in the rain . Keep blogging and not only will you learn but clients will start calling you -- Welcome

Kudos, Christina Steinhaus . I look forward to your future posts.

Hi, Christine.  Don't stop blogging.  There are real rewards when you continue on this platform.

I was looking for your current blog posts. I hope all is going well for you.