Times Have Changed

By
Real Estate Agent with 4114kurt.com

I'm blogging! I was told that means weblog for short. I remember...

  • MLS tear sheets
  • Lockbox keys attached to 2 X 4's
  • "You mean your office has a fax machine? WOW!!!!"
  • Two way radio's in your car which preceeded cell phones

Now I receive text messages on my listings from our website.

Comments (14)

Katie Evans
Keller Williams - Greenville, NC

Welcome to Active Rain Kurt!  Be sure to join the newbie group. 

Jan 27, 2009 08:19 AM
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Kurt, If I were you, I'm not sure I'd want to disclose this information.  That is unless these were all from a couple of years ago!!  :-)

Jan 27, 2009 08:20 AM
Stephen M. Wigg
http://4114Info.com - Omaha, NE
4114Info.com

My first computer's hard drive was an audio cassette recorder! Remember the VCRs with a "wired remote"?

Jan 27, 2009 08:25 AM
Pat Starnes-Front Gate Realty
Front Gate Real Estate - Brandon, MS
601-991-2900 Office; 601-278-4513 Cell

I remember some of these, too, but shhh, let's not tell everyone! Welcome to Active Rain. You'll find your voice and it will be fun and educational.

~Pat

Jan 27, 2009 08:25 AM
Becky Brand
Shorewest Realtors - Oconomowoc, WI

Welcome to Active Rain.  We actually have someone in our company who felt that fax machines were just "fads!"  Join the newbie group and have fun learning!

Jan 27, 2009 08:29 AM
Kurt Geschwender
4114kurt.com - Omaha, NE

Katie, tell me more about the newbies group.

Jan 27, 2009 08:33 AM
Randy Landis
Retired in Samar - Tupelo, MS
Overseas Retirement Consultant

Great, isn't it!  I just turned my eldest agent in the office into a blogger today.  How ironic.  See my latest post about the quicksand in the middle.

Jan 27, 2009 09:00 AM
Craig Andriulli
Bond Street Mortgage NMLS #191351 - Paramus, NJ
Vice President NMLS #212830

and texting will probably take a back seat soon to the latest tech advance!

Jan 27, 2009 09:09 AM
Sasha Miletic - Windsor Real Estate
RE/MAX Preferred Realty Ltd. - Windsor, ON

 

Hi Kurt, Welcome to AR, Be a Blogholic and start writing your own blog soon on AR. All the best for your RE business. This is the right place for customers, friends, realtionships etc.

Best - Sash

 

Jan 27, 2009 11:56 PM
Yvette Gardner
Keller Williams Realty, Spartanburg, SC - Spartanburg, SC

Hi Kurt, Welcome to the Active Rain community. This is a great site with lots of information.  Have fun with it and hope to see more of your blogs soon!  We have a team of three outstanding full time agents to assist your buyers and sellers in Spartanburg/Greenville, SC.  Let us know if we can ever help. Again, welcome to AR!!

Jan 28, 2009 12:34 AM
Stephen M. Wigg
http://4114Info.com - Omaha, NE
4114Info.com

What is ready to replace text already, Craig? You know texting is good when they try to legislate when to use it, i.e. while driving. My girlfriend hated it, but now is hooked. I hope voice-mail is something we soon look back on and say, "remember when..." I hate voicemail!

Jan 28, 2009 12:45 AM
Chuck Crafton
4114 Info Services Inc. - Omaha, NE

I used to print magazines for real estate for Terry Kempf. I don't think anybody reads those anymore, do thay?

Jan 28, 2009 08:27 AM
David Painter
Keller Williams Realty - Spartanburg, SC

Good to have you on Active Rain.  This is a good site for gathering information and interesting to see what others are blogging about. Contact us if we can be of service to you. We would be happy to send you a referral or to take good care of any referral you would send to us.

Jan 28, 2009 02:54 PM
Kevin Sandridge
Signature Home Funding - Winter Haven, FL
Winter Haven Mortgage Broker

 

Hey Kurt, and Welcome to the Rain!

Kevin Sandridge, here.

I joined the Active Rain community not too long ago myself and wanted to drop a line to share some of the good vibes and welcome wishes I have received already. 

If you haven't signed on with Twitter.com, please do!  I'd be honored to have you as a follower there!  Click on the big Twitter logo to visit my page!


A Bit About Active Rain

I'm very excited about this community - basically because folks seem so willing to help out, provide industry insight, and share their good news and experiences!

When I started out on Active Rain, I felt a little overwhelmed.  I hope the following points and suggested sites will help bring you into the mix!  Just my way of saying that I'm glad you're here.

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One:  Be sure to include a good amount of information on your profile page.  Check out the profiles on other Realtor's sites here on Active Rain who are listed as "Featured" or "Tops" in their area (look for high point totals).  You'll find that this will seriously boost your presence on ActiveRain - via the added points. 

Two: I urge you to keep blogging on this site!  You will be AMAZED at the awesome feedback you receive very soon after they hit the network!  I use Google Reader to subscribe to blogs that provide me with ideas about what I'd like to comment on - both industry wise and just for fun!  Check it out I am more than willing to step you through the site and to help you get a few more blog posts generated if you wish - as a way of adding some value and paying forward some good networking vibes!  :)

Three: Be sure to add in a good number of posts about what you think and consider pertinent regarding your area of expertise!  You'll notice that many if not all of the Featured posting bloggers here on AR do this.

Lastly, I do quite a lot of work via social networks, email campaigns, and relationship building.  If I can ever be of any assistance, don't hesitate to ask.

Here are a few great sites to visit (some of my favorites).  If you like the information they provide, be sure to let them know I sent you!

Looking forward to what you'll share with us here on Active Rain!  :)

Blessings,

Kevin Sandridge
Winter Haven, FL

Jan 29, 2009 03:39 AM

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