ribbon cutting done...now we sleep

Well, we made it through our Killeen chamber of commerce ribbon cutting and it was a real success. We probably had 65 to 70 people, more than a dozen of which were realtors from other companies. I didn't think that was too unusual until one of the chamber ambassadors was talking to me afterward and said something I found very interesting. He said that he goes to a lot of ribbon cuttings for real estate companies and there are never "competing" realtors in attendance. He said most companies don't invite other realtors to their function.

Maybe I'm an idealist, but this makes no sense to me. These are people in our industry, people we deal with on a daily basis. Why would we not invite them to be a part of our business celebration, and that's exactly what we did. They came to support our company and help celebrate our growth. This is the relationship we foster in our real estate community. We support other agents and in turn receive genuine support from them. These are what we call our "Friends of Casa." These are the agents that give Realtors a GOOD name.

I want to thank those that came to support us and encourage everyone in our community to reach out to each other. We're all in this together. The business may be adversarial in nature, but that doesn't mean you have to be adversaries with each other.