While it can definitely be said that the founders/moderators are doing a tremendous job at keeping our AR Community alive and we would be nothing without their devotion, time, effort, and support, the real AR Community is made up of us. If we don't blog, if we don't comment, if we don't join and start groups and maintain them, if we don't invite others, then what becomes of the AR Community?
So hats off to Matt and Caleb and the other AR moderators that I haven't yet had the pleasure to talk with, but also a hats off to the contributors of our AR Community. One way you can tell if you are in a good balance of listening and soaking in all of the valuable information that flows in to AR is to click on your points summary and compare the two lines that say Comments Received and Comments Made. If these two numbers are close to each other then you are doing a great job of balancing input with output.
Everyone has something to share no matter how new or old you are to real estate. Someone with 30 years in real estate may not know the latest in technology whereas a newer agent may have that edge. Of course, there could be longtime agents with tremendous technological skills and newbies that don't know how to get the print screen to work.
Broker Bryant (BB) recently surpassed 100,000 points on AR. His comments received is 3407 and comments made are 2379. His wife, "The Lovely Wife" (TLW), has comments received as 3011 and comments made are 3187. (Maybe this is telling of who talks the most in their marriage??) But these two are busy supporing other AR Community members' blogs by commenting and encouraging others, offering tips from their real estate experiences, and have created quite a following.
However, there are multitudes of others that have around 50 comments received and around 50 comments made that are just as valuable at making this the AR Community. So hat's off to the Moderators, hats off to BB & TLW, and hats off to all the others that make our AR Community the great place that it is!
I want to thank the AR Community for all the wonderful things I have learned here and I look forward to many more things learned. I know I have omitted many great names here and also great newbies here in AR. So now it's your chance to name drop. Who can you tip your hat to?
Thanks!
Rob Lang, ePro, GRI Realtor®
Realty Executives, Hedges Real Estate
300 Rockfence Pl, Lawrence, KS 66049
785-393-2274 (cell) 785-542-1661 (fax)
rob@LetRobDoIt.com (same website name if you want to visit)
Rob Lang
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I think this is such a valuable resource for real estate professionals! Like you said, even the poster who rarely posts has an impact.....
I love Jeff Belonger's insights in mtg and Brian Brady's well roundedness in regards to markets.
Colleen Kulikowski's blog from last week about finding the right brokerage inspired me to jump ship to a brokerage that I had been courting.
TLW read my blogs and was very sweet (and smart)w/ some encouragement when she read between the lines about what was really going on IRL vs my blog.
I have only been here since Thanksgiving week. I am still a newb and I love reading EVERYONE's posts :)
Hey Matt and Caleb: Can you get an AR designation approved with NAR?
tee hee!
Thanks Rich! You are a great asset to our AR community being always upbeat and sharing some of your sense of humor! Keep up the great work!
Do you ever make it back this way to Lawrence and stop in Hedges' office?
Rob
We came back a couple years ago during Spring Break. I'd love to come back again sometime. I miss Tad's Tropical Sno, breakfast at Paradise, a slice from Papa Keno's, a game at Allen Fieldhouse, etc..
I haven't done any of these four. Guess what's on my to do list now? It's a bit cold for Tropical Sno right now and a game from my easy chair has always been a preference to me. But I think I need to try out this pizza and breakfast place (not at the same time).
Thanks for the highlights of Lawrence! Well, got to get ready for Bryan's sales meeting at 11. Remember those?