Mario Zarantenello

HarborCountryOpenHouse has just ended and with the majority of Harbor Country Realtors reporting it seems that the event was a successful endeavor. New Buffalo and Union Pier had a majority of the homes open to the public with Lakeside, Harbert and Sawyer topping off the remainder of the beach communities. For those searching for something a little different Three Oaks offered a wide selection of properties ranging in price, style and size. The artistic and cultural community that makes Three Oaks a destination for those who are looking for entertainment and art is a fabulous alternative to the communities that rely on the beaches, marina and lake.

The afterparty at the two wineries at exit 6 was fabulous. St Julian Winery and The Round Barn Winery have proved their worth to the community by hosting the event along with many, many restaurants, deli's, vendors and suppliers.

Realtors coming together and working very hard to host HarborCountryOpenHouse proves that we are all part of one community, with one common goal, each giving their best to promote this event. Whether you spent hours planning, spent all day setting up the party, directed car parking or even blogged about it to get the word out; it is you that deserves accolades for your role.

HarborCountryOpenHouse 2010 will be bigger, better, brighter and hopefully a little drier, so plan to be there because I Mario Zarantenello will be there too!

Stay tuned.

Crains Business has written that the New Buffalo Amtrak stop will make our area a one hour train ride to and from Chicago. The time table though lacking is not unreasonable and should improve. That one could live full time in the Harbor Country area and work or go to school in Chicago, commuting daily is a very interesting and exciting idea. I suppose the, "if you build it they will come" philosophy rings true for this project, the abundance of vertical housing projects in New Buffalo just might have a chance.

The REALTORS® of Harbor Country are hosting an Open House, Saturday April 25, 2009 12-4PM Michigan time. We are expecting folks from Chicago, South Bend, Ann Arbor and any other area within 2 hours of Harbor Country.

Open to the public, located in "Harbor Country" which is where the open houses featured will be located.

We are expecting to have a minimum of 100 homes open that day. From 4PM-6PM there will be an after party for the REALTORS® and their guests at the Round Barn and St Julian winery locations in Union Pier just off exit six.

I as well as other Rubloff Residential Properties REALTORS® will be participating in this event.

The official site: http://www.harborcountryopenhouse.com

My blog: http://harborcountryhomes.blogspot.com/

Mario

Think globally and act locally! I never gave that idea much thought, hmmm I wonder why because it's a rather simple idea that's easy to do.

Think globally: What does it mean. In my humble opinion I think it means before doing something think about what it means or does outside your personal space. Something as simple as bottled water. Buy a bottle of water for a buck, drink it, throw out the bottle. What happens to the bottle? Think.

Act locally: Buy that bottle of water for a buck, drink it, save the bottle, refill it, repeat as needed. Act.

Makes sense.

Note to self: No more bottled water 1 at a time. Reuse and consider the environment.

Listen up fellow REALTORS®, the usual way of doing business is over. Don't sit at the desk during floor time waiting for the phone to ring, you need to make it ring. The way to accomplish that is to get a better presence on the internet. Blog your heart out. Blog about the weather, blog about your kids, blog about your latest tatoo and un-natural hair color.

Or better yet, blog about something relevant to your business. Such as my blog:

http://harborcountryhomes.blogspot.com/

Are you participating in any special events? If so that special event could use your efforts spreading the word about it and you just might get some recognition for those efforts.

Remember too that you help your entire community when you help spread the word about an event which may bring in some dollars to local businesses.

Our next event is harborcountryopenhouse.

http://www.harborcountryopenhouse.com/ for more info.

Mario