Abbotsford, BC

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I have a secret... I love apples... Green, fresh & cold apples!

I eat apples in the morning, on the way to take listings, on my way back from taking the listing, even as I'm walking into the restaurant to have lunch with fellow Realtors! LOL
My colleague Jen Lal has noticed my affinity for eating apples. To question 'why' is to ask why a Zebra has stripes... really...

Our apples are our great ideas,the ones that set us apart from the rest. I'm sure if we're like minded then you know what I mean! As Realtors we are continuously on the go, from here to there, getting to the office, getting to the appointment.
We time block and then we are left with the challenge of sticking to our schedule. If you erase you must replace. That sort of thing... and it doesn't stop, not even for a good idea

If you ask me the process we take with cultivating our ideas, and sharing them with others isn't too far off the idea of planting a seed and watching it grow!

Eat an apple, Save the core.
Plant the seeds. And grow some more.

We have the ability to effect each others lives through the way we conduct our businesses. While driving around our cities we come up with so many interesting and wonderful ideas for our businesses, our offices. Some of these thoughts would be better once shared.

Ten red apples grow on a tree, five for you and five for me.
Let us shake the tree just so, And ten red apples will fall below 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.

Once an idea is shared there is MORE for everyone.
Even when everyone has taken a bite, there are still seeds left to be planted.

This is beginning to sound like I'm about to break out in song or something... and that wasn't my intention. Just my thoughts. Actually it's beginning to remind me of a play we did in grade 4, Johnny Appleseed.

Johnny Appleseed spent 49 years of his life in the American wilderness planting apple seeds. Johnny Appleseed's real name was John Chapman. He created apple orchards in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio. After 200 years, some of those trees still bear apples.

Johnny Appleseed's dream was for a land where blossoming apple trees were everywhere and no one was hungry. A gentle and kind man, he slept outdoors and walked barefoot around the country planting apple seeds everywhere he went.

Johnny was a friend to everyone he met. Indians and settlers liked Johnny Appleseed. His clothes were made from sacks and his hat was a tin pot. He also used his hat for cooking. His favorite book was the Bible.


I have another secret... I love ideas... Wonderful, new & innovative ideas!

Howdya like them apples?!...

Brenda Evans and Michele Cartwright are our Infinity Team! I recently did a post welcoming Michele......and Now Brenda has joined Active Rain as well! What an amazing duo! These two make an amazing team - one most would only aspire to! Productive, positive and inspirational go-getters!

Areas of expertise? Well...Brenda loves people! She loves building great relationships through selling real estate.........She has a love of helping people meet their needs and reach their highest potential and dreams. It took her a long time (in her words) to find this exciting adventure of real estate....and she's here for the long haul!

"It's about being positive and making the journey of home buying full of good memories. It's about being trust-worthy, knowledgeable and walking in integrity. It's about listening...listening...and hearing what your buyer/seller is saying. "

Come check out Brenda's first Post........

Palm trees anyone?

Please Give her a hi and hello and your 'as always' warm welcome! :-)

The Keller William Difference - Different by Design!

At Keller Williams Realty, we like to think we stand out from other real estate firms in many ways, but these areas in particular define Keller Williams Realty as an industry innovator and leader: Culture, Education, Profit Share and Technology.

We are a company built and shaped by talented, driven real estate professionals who know the value of having a great career, accomplished colleagues, work-life balance and a reputation for being the best in the business.

We focus on helping associates realize their fullest potential. You will find opportunities for growth, support for achieving your objectives and a true sense of family and belonging.

Your success is our goal.... Make today the day you begin the next fulfilling chapter in your life and career.

Mission: To build careers worth having, businesses worth owning and lives worth living! :-)

If you or someone you know is thinking of buying or selling property in Chilliwack or the Fraser Valley Area of B.C. - or if you're considering a career in Real Estate or would like more information about Keller Williams please give Liz a call!

Liz Moras, Managing Broker and Team Leader for Keller Williams Valley Realty, Serving Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Langley and the Fraser Valley.

Call Liz at 604-799-0459 or e-mail at lizmoras@shaw.ca. Be sure to check out Liz's website www.lizmoras.com and blog at http://lizmoras.activerain.com.

It was not so long ago when even having a website was a big deal. And now that so many of use have one. It's more a question of 'Now what are you gonna do with it?' What sets your site apart from the rest.

While throwing some ideas back and forth today with a colleague, I thought about what I was doing to create BUYER TRAFFIC! In a shifting market, I have to say ~ Love the Buyer! And the Seller too of course, but with fewer pickings, I'm thinking GET IN THE PATH OF THE BUYER!

That isn't an original thought I assure you, it's been said before... for sure.... but what may be somewhat original, at least I'd like to think it is (even just a little?? humour me...) That is taking your site and creating a page to feature your listings (or all the listings, if you don't have any yet) from that area / subdivision / apartment building / trailer park / waterfront that you love so much.

So you're a MARKET EXPERT, right? Well, an expert in what, where? Think about it, create a page on your site, and change it up a bit... it doesn't have to be all cookie cutter & matchy matchy.

Let's take it one step further and say for instance BUY A DOMAIN NAME, shoot buy seven. Point them all to their corresponding specific page on your site for direct and instant gratification of what the Buyer is looking for.

You'll be a star and the expert you so know you are.

For example my home page is crisp and clean and I would like to think that this 'look' flows through the majority of my website http://www.katievannes.com

However I listed a 19 house development. And even though they have their own, expensive and professionally done website http://www.highlands-homes.ca- I created a page on my site to look in keeping with the developers colours and style... combining my branding and theirs, and fed my addiction of purchasing domain names. I purchased www.pinesrealtor.ca and www.highlandsrealtor.ca and pointed both domain names to the page I created named pinesathighlands.html http://www.katievannes.com/pinesathighlands.html

Similar but different enough.

Let's take it a step further. What if you have an area you'd like to farm... whether you currently have listings, you can add buttons on the page that are linked to specific search criteria. For example, a search criteria of being For Sale on X,Y,Z Streets.


I can refer to my Auguston page. I live in Auguston... so I just had to purchase http://www.augustonrealtor.ca , http://www.augustonrealtor.com , and http://www.augustonrealty.ca and you guessed it... pointed them all to the page I created on my website called auguston.html http://www.katievannes.com/auguston.html

There are detached homes and townhouses in Auguston, and if there is one for sale, no matter the listing brokerage it is pulled when a buyer clicks on one of my tabs or buttons, because I've assigned a custom search to the image.

Think about it... Feedback & Questions welcome :)