Below is our entry from our winning week, be sure to check out Makeover2Takeover, the final winner 
will be announced in the next few days. So go by and cheer the final three survivors on to victory!
Maybe it was the renewed commitment to produce our very best effort, maybe it was our affirming that we would win Active Rain's makeover 2 takeover's challenge in week 4...Maybe it was a combination! We did it, and it is way more fun to win! We lasted one more week, and were eliminated after week six. It all started with 16 teams, and after week six it was down to six teams. They are in week eight now with three teams competing for first place. Kim Woods & Missy Caulk, Brian Block & Desiree Daniels, and Jeanette Neerpat & Midori Miller. Good luck everyone, it was a fun ride, and I truly enjoyed competing with each of you.
Work harder, be more creative and an attitude of winning was mine and Superstar Josh's mindset going into week 4...We Did It, with a combination of both. The challenge was we had a first time VA home buyer coming to town. We had to take them through the complete home buying process, remove the mystery, questions and uncertainties. They would be here in one month and had to buy in one weekend (Don't you wish they were all like that :). We were to be thorough and detailed but not to the point of being them to tears. Not an easy task, but this was one of the most fun of the challenges. I think a lot of us have a soft spot in our heart for the first time home buyer.
Link to Our Complete Entry: http://www.hismove.com/week_4.doc
Below is just one of the pages from our entry to week 4 Makeover2Takeover, I included this one, since it was a fun one I liked, it is formatted a little different that in the one that is in the link above because of pictures being added through AR. I had a lot more flexibility in the original as you will see, by clicking on this link, http://www.hismove.com/week_4.doc
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Your Real Estate Home Shopping Survival Kit
Especially prepared for; Rhett and Scarlet
"My first home"
Compliments of Team Tex-La
In preparation for your arrival we wanted to let you know a few things that will make your First Home shopping easier, fun, rewarding and a magical experience for you both. Part of Team Tex-La's job as your Realtor is to take as much stress out of the home buyer experience as possible. While we do this every day, we fully understand that you do not...so we wanted you to know we will provide the following "Survival Kit" in our car for you. We will make sure there is plenty of everything and two of each item that pertain to the homes;
•1. Clipboards
•2. MLS print outs of each home we are going to see
•3. A home evaluation forms for each home we are going to see
Note; our advice is not to bring these into the homes with you. The reason is simple, we want you to "experience" the home, envision your things in each home, where will the big screen TV go? If you are busy writing you might overlook or be distracted by something of importance. Plus buying a home is an emotional experience, so we want you to "Feel" the home as if it were yours. You will have plenty of time in-between viewing the homes to do your "homework".
•4. A cooler with plenty of water, soda, and gatorade
•5. Cozies' for your drinks
•6. Fruit and Protein bars...we need to keep up our energy J
•7. A special gift bag with a hemp hand towel, sun block, lavender oil (this helps with headaches), a notepad and pen, sample bottles of Advil and Tylenol.
•8. Digital camera...we are going to provide you with your own personal web site so you can view the pictures of the homes we have toured at your leisure that evening. You will also be able to e-mail pictures of your top choices to friends, and family member if you would like their advice or just to share. You will also have them as your permanent memory book also.
•9. Video camera...for you top choices if you prefer video over still
•10. Bags of M&M'S...you might think, "Oh that's sweet another treat"...NO, it's much more than that. In fact this might be the most important part of your home viewing survival kit! As we mentioned we do this every day and have years of experience. After you select a home you might experience what we refer to as "Buyer's Remorse". This is a normal human emotion, "Oh my gosh did we do the right thing?" Our prescription...take 1-10 M&M's , get a good night's sleep and rest assured we are helping make sure you did! You will feel better in the morning.
Please note; wear comfortable clothes and shoes, don't worry about fashion, this is YOUR experience and we want it to be a pleasant one. Looking at a lot of homes is hard work, and we will be doing a lot of walking and it is HOT this time of year in LA. Eat a healthy carb rich breakfast, you will need energy. As your professional Realtors we have previewed all the homes in the four neighborhoods and selected the "Cream of the Crop" for you to see, however since your time is limited we have to fit viewing 20 of the best homes into one day, that's going to be exciting and exhausting for you. Our goal again is to make it as pleasurable as possible for you.
Please accept this small gift to make our whirlwind day more enjoyable
Josh & Liz
" Your Real Estate Resource For Life"
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I will continue to post my entire entries for the six weeks in the contest and hopefully some of it will help you in your real estate careers. Be sure to check out all the outstanding ideals that have come out of the 
contest that was Rich Jacobson's brainstorm.
Of course when you have referrals for the Katy, greater Houston, Texas area I would love to help them. Liz
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