ACTIVE RAIN RAIN CAMP CHICAGO: The Technology is Overwhelming! But It's So Welcome to Have a Little Help from Your Friends!

Hey, folks!

Greetings from the Sunny North Side of Chicago - home of friendly people, incredible pizza, cold beer . . . and one very sad Major League Baseball Team (you know, the guys in the blue caps!)

Got in the old Honda yesterday, and headed out to the Chicago Suburb of Palatine IL, to experience something called Rain Camp. It's sponsored by The Active Rain Real Estate Blog, and several others.

The purpose - to help us Baby Boomer Real Estate Practitioners, as well as those young enough to know better, the opportunity to improve their web presence, understand the value of good online content, and improve their writing and blogging skills.

Also, to encourage the shy and uninitiated to begin their real estate writing career on Active Rain.

Ben Kinney, a Bellingham WA Keller Williams Agent - incredible online knowledge. Man, the guy even knows how to Tweet! Incredible, for a guy pushing his mid-30's . . . yes?

And the Harper College Wojcik Center- a great venue, complete with comfortable, amphitheater-style seating, with and electrical outlet and network connection for every seat. Never had this kind of thing when I went to school. You know, way back when, when Richard Nixon was (Vice) President!

You know what really hit me from the day-long Rain Camp, however? I mean . . . REALLY hit me!

Several hundred Real Estate Practitioners in the audience, mainly from the Chicago Metro Area. My friends and colleagues Larry Bettag, Judi Greenberg, Alan May, John Ziemba. Active Rain gurus Brad Andersohn, Bob Stewart, and more.

ALL WILLING TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED, and WHAT THEY KNOW! Freely! Unselfishly! Not worrying if you are going to use what you learn to compete with them.

As Master Motivator Zig Ziegler, as well as his protege and our Mentor Floyd Wickman once said, "You'll get everything YOU want, if you help enough of your clients, friends, family members, and colleagues get what THEY want!"

So True!

Because they are secure in what they know. Their systems to build their businesses. And sharing to help others succeed is how they got to the high level they enjoy today.

Come to think of it . . . isn't that true of top performers in any business? The best ones are often the first ones to share what they know. Those less productive . . . they're the ones turning the paperwork on their desks when you walk by. Make sense?

These days, Real Estate could be a hard business! Especially here in Chicago, where some Chicago Condo Priceshave fallen 50% or more from the boom times, not so long ago. Lenders are all the more scrutinous, sellers often scared to death, and buyers looking for that deal of a lifetime daily, plus a few extra bucks.

Sometimes, you just need a little help from your friends to get by! And, in the Active Rain Chicago Real Estate Community, we had that help. Flowing freely, oozing, even, yesterday at Harper College in Palatine IL.

Thanks for sharing, folks! I cherish you guys!

And appreciate your "gentle nudge" to keep me Tweeting, Facebook-ing, Linking In, and Active Raining my Heart Out!

DEAN MOSS & DEAN'S TEAM CHICAGO