Virginia Real Estate and Musings

We cannot believe how fast time has flown by since we decided to bring the RE Bar Camp "phenomenon" to Virginia Beach!

While the RSVP page shows we are filled, we are still accepting names as we expect to have some no-shows (boo!!!).

• The 411 On The Event

  • Who: Any Real Estate Professional and industry experts who have a DRIVEN desire to LEARN and SHARE
  • What: Open session gathering of experts in Real Estate, Marketing, Technology and Social Media. This event is FREE
  • When: 10am - 4pm Thursday, July 16th, 2009
  • Where: Buffalo Beach Hilltop Plaza

    1725 Laskin Road, # 501

    Virginia Beach, VA 23454

    757-422-WING (9464)

    *Free Wi-Fi*
  • Why: REBarcamps are great events where industry experts around the nation gather to participate in Learning, Sharing, Networking and Motivating. Expect a highly anticipated Engaging and Fun event to improve our overall success in our business.

If you, or someone you know, would like to get their company name out in front of lots of industry professionals, please let us know!  WE NEED SPONSORS!  For just $250, sponsors get great exposure on the website, on Facebook, Twitter, emails and more.

Get more info. at:  http://rebarcamp.com/vabeach

I need your help here......I have some VERY tough competition.

The "Sensational 16" have been released for the Virginia Real Estate Blog Brawl and TinainVirginia.com has made it to round 1!

Thank you to everyone who nominated my blog.  Your votes are greatly appreciated, even though I'll be paying bribes for the next few years of my life!

So, here's the deal....vote for tinainvirginia.com and get stuff.  The higher up I get, the better the "stuff" will be as I find things deeper and deeper into the pile in my garage!

For round one....vote for tinainvirginia.com and email me to let me know.  Vote as many times as you like, just email me each time.  I will acknowledge your vote with a nice thank you and I will also send you your choice of:

A Kid's Travel Guide for the Hampton Roads Area

A Hampton Roads Sourcebook

Or, if there's something else you want, just let me know and I'll dig through my closet.

Thank you for your votes and support.  I honestly appreciate them!  My little boy Graham (yes, his shirt says "Virginia is for Bloggers") appreciates your vote too!

Vote HERE

Tina in Virginia

Here comes the Active Rain Friendship Ball.

It got passed along to me by my friend Brian Block from up in Northern Virginia.  After reading Brian's blog posts for a long time, we were finally able to meet in person at Inman Connect in San Francisco.  Brian is a very cool dude - he is the winner of the Makeover to Takeover Competition here on AR and he is also a ballroom dancer....a lethal combination! 

The object of this game is to tag two people and send them this FRIENDSHIP BALL.  Then they get the honor of passing it along by copy and paste and writing something about the people they tag.

Wow - who to bounce it to??????

My FRIENDSHIP BALL is being bounced along to Justin Williams and Tom Plant.

I was introduced to Justin Williams by Naoma Doriguzzi, my good blogging friend from Wachovia Mortgage (who is no longer allowed to blog...read my blog for details).  You may know Justin here on the 'Rain as "Just-in-Time Loans".  After spending time at Homes.com, Justin just returned to the mortgage business in March and Naoma introduced him to ActiveRain.  Justin is now the in-house loan officer in my office and the agents adore him!  He's a knowledgeable loan officer who NEVER says "No".  He is eager to share his wealth of blogging, SEO and internet capabilities.  And..to top it off, he's young and cute and bought the office lunch yesterday!  Need I say more?

After "meeting" on Active Rain, I had the honor of meeting Tom Plant in person at Inman Connect.  Since I was am Inman "newbie", Tom took me under his wing and showed me the ropes, introduced me to people and in general, just hung out with me (actually, come to think of it, maybe he was just stalking me!).  Tom is a successful agent from Murietta, California and has a very pretty house (he showed me a picture of it on Streetadvisor.com).  Tom is also an Active Rain Ambassador - which I believe gives him the task of following pathetic new people around conferences (like me!).

So, there you have it.....my ball has been bounced from coast to coast!

Tina in Virginia