So we are celebrating the bountiful harvest!!!
Each year, for the last 2 years, I have been chosen to be the Mascot for our Royal LePage Atlantic Kiosk. The Kiosk is located at the local mall here in Saint John, New Brunswick, and is located in the center aisle of the mall. At our Kiosk we have photos of existing homes for sales on moveable display cases that potential buyers and sellers love to go and flip them over. We also have a computer with a countertop so potential buyers or sellers can sit and discuss any details with the Realtor. Each year, very young kids and their parents come in around 5:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m. and do their "Trick or Treating" from store vendor to store vendor... It's especially a busy place when the weather is probamatic; today being windy and rain showers.
This is a GREAT time and an effective marketing strategy for getting business cards out to potential sellers and buyer!!!
Last year I played Maleficent the "beautiful" witch from the Sleep Beauty story. This year I played "The Grinch" with a few modifications. My Grinch costume consisted of lime green tights with two pairs of socks; one with strips and the small ones with bells and finished off with elf slippers. (Had to stay comfortable!) The rest of the costume had the official Santa look with "The Grinch" written across the front, with lime green winter gloves and the official "Grinch" mask. Since the mask was warm to wear, when I had it off, I still looked like one of Santa's elves, so I could play two roles in one.
Going back to handing out business cards, this is the way I do it. I get two pieces of "Good candy" and one business card that I put in each Halloween bag. This way I feel like the possibility of getting future clients are higher, since most of the parents will check the candy, they will hopefully pull out the business card and give the candy to their kids, if they don't eat it themselves. LOL Getting the candy bags ready is time consuming, but I believe well worth it.
When I was ready to hand out the candy, it was FUN to see all of the kids & adult costumes and interact with the parents & their kids. The parents and their kids usually start out from one end and work the whole mall through. I usually stay on one side to give all the kids their treats. Today, I gave out 370 BAGS OF CANDY...
I highly recommend this to other Realtors, since it's wonderful to interact with the community on different levels, especially the "humane" and compassionate side of us. All Realtors should have fun with this day, it's a Great time to let loose and make connections with the community and at work.... especially if you've had a Halloween Barbecue at your office the day before!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN....
Canada's national resale housing activity climbed to the highest level of any third quarter on record. MLS systems of Canadian real estate boards totalled 135,182 units in the third quarter of 2009, according to statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). This is the highest level of activity on record for the period from July to September. The number of transactions was up 18 per cent from the third quarter of last year, representing the biggest year-over-year increase since early 2002. Climbing to $327,736, the national MLS® residential average price rose 11 per cent from the same quarter last year.
This information can be found on the CREA Stats website, dated today, October 15th, 2009.
http://creastats.crea.ca/natl/
Do you believe the trend will continue up?
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Hello all AR members currently online, I believe we have something in common, "The Weather"... I haven't seen that many AR members online at one time, except when the weather is either too hot or too cold with ice, snow, etc.
We currently have snow warning drifts and really bad road conditions here in Saint John, New Brunswick, CANADA. The snow began this morning around 8:00 a.m. Atlantic Time Zone, therefore, it's been snowing continuously for 8 hours (4:00 p.m. ATZ) We live in the granite filled rolling hills of beautiful Grand Bay-Westfield, NB.
The good thing about all this snow, is that my family has been fiing into our home for most of the day. My high school senior daughter, Caitlin was sent home at 12:00 p.m. My 3rd yr Business major older daughter, Jenny, was supposed to have her last final exam at University of New Brunswick - Saint John this evening, this was cancelled until tomorrow evening same time, 7:00 p.m. Most of the time, these girls are either in school or working at their part-time jobs at the local mall or movie theatre.
Myself, my Broker let us out at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon and my spouse has also been released from his job at 3:00 p.m., but currently awaiting for his arrive.
Why am I waiting for my spouse's arrival?? Well, we live on a 45 degree access hill, plus a 45 degree curved driveway. He is the only one that knows how to move the snow blower down the 45 degree curved driveway (without dropping it, like the 3 women in this home have managed to do). LOL The good news, is both my daughters went outside with a snow shovel to clear a small path for myself and him and a 10 ft distance below our driveway and on the street side to park both cars, which at the moment can't come up the driveway.
Just picture us today, both driving VW Turbo Bugs (Beetles below), so clearing most of the snow, will help us get up the driveway, after we drive down the street and come back to pickup momentum going downhill to get up the driveway. LOL
ENJOY this wonderful weather, that tends to keep families together and have fun making SNOW ANGELS, SNOW FORTS and the best part SNOWBALL FIGHTS! If you live in the warmer climates, come visit us in the Northern Hemisphere...
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Lately, I've read many articles on Realtors and their Brokers complaining about how bad their listings are going and how the economy is getting worse. Well, since at this moment in time, our hands are tied, make an effort and donate, either your time, money or service during this critical time of unprecedented times.
With the holiday season around the corner, I honesty believe the best thing you can do for yourself (as a professional) and your family, is to donate your time, money or service to:
1) "Toys for Tots" program, or the also called "Marine Toys for Tots" foundation,
2) Deliver a turkey or other food items to the Salvation Army,
3) Donate blood at your local Blood Clinics,
4) Teach a child how to read,
5) Teach a child how to do math,
6) Volunteer at your local hospital,
7) Volunteer at a soup kitchen for the needy,
8) Volunteer to visit an elderly person without a family,
9) Donate your money to the charity of your choice,
10) Volunteer for a cancer patients in your local hospitals.
Most of you have had a wonderful last few years during the holiday seasons, wonderful vacations, etc. While many of your children's friends or their friends' friends have had hardly any toys, clothing or food.
My point is it's high time, we quit complaining and actually help locally another one or two families during their financial crisis. Unfortunately, many of these families not only come from poor uneducated families, but NOW also middle and upper class educated families that have fallen on hard times.
Yes, things are bad, but now is the time for people to come together and help each other. This is like a hurricane or tornado, except it much more widespread!
Ask yourself this question: "Do our kids or other family members really need more toys, clothes or gadgets ?" If the answer is NO, then do something different this year. Helping others, also shows the human aspects of us and most importantly & I believe the BEST thing for our children is to see the real gift of Christmas, GIVING & SHARING....
Here are a couple of links that you might want to view:
Toys for Tots: "http://www.toysfortots.org/"
Salvation Army - Canada: "http://www.salvationarmy.ca/"
Salvation Army - United States: "http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/vw-local/Home"
VIP - Volunteers for International Partnership: "http://www.partnershipvolunteers.org/"
Canadian Blood Services: "http://www.bloodservices.ca/"
American Red Cross: "http://www.redcross.org/"
Canadian Cancer Society: "http://www.cancer.ca/"
American Cancer Society: "http://www.cancer.org"
Hestia House - Saint John, NB: "http://saintjohn.cioc.ca/details.asp?RSN=632"
Let me know, WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CAN DO FOR OTHER UNFORTUNATE FAMILIES WITHIN NORTH AMERICA!!!
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