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Starting the Second Week of the IGNITE Workshop ... from Ocean City, New Jersey

Ignite is a 20-day morning workshop covered in four weeks to jump-start new and experienced real estate agents through the materials which are a part of the Keller Williams Realty, Inc. This particular workshop involving about 14 participants from the "Jersey Shore Market Center is headed by our Broker, Paul Chiolo. We have participants from our Wildwood Crest and Ocean City offices.

So we have covered five sessions: Rev Up, Your Database, Open Houses, Prospecting, and Accountability ... which is always a part of the Friday session. This work includes some outstanding materials with a 30-40 page booklet for each session plus required work before and after each session. This weekend all participants were involved in "Open House" efforts plus their regular input into their data base. Our "Lead Generating" activities have certainly been challenging as well.

For me, as an older and more experienced agent; I have enjoyed comparing what I was doing before with the expectations that Keller Williams is now placing on us as a part of IGNITE. I also enjoy the new experiences for the agents just getting started in real estate.

I hope many of the readers of this posting get an opportunity to participate in IGNITE. dap

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Our "IGNITE" 20 Day Workshop Begins Tomorrow for about 15 agents in our Keller Williams Realty company in the "Jersey Shore" Market Center. As everyone knows, our national company is a teaching and learning one that goes the extra mile to provide agents with the right attitude and tools to do the job right. So even an old-timer like myself is looking forward to the challenge to try a few new ideas and pick up some additional skills to do the job even better than what I have been doing.

The other aspect of our "team effort" has been to involve about eight plus different agents in the instructional role in this endeavor. I have two sessions ... one on "open houses" and the other on "blogging." That is a very exciting factor in that so many different agents have volunteered to get involved in the instruction.

It is a mixed field of new agents to real estate, a lot of new agents to Keller Williams as we begin this process. The instruction in-house is also an effort to create a "bonding experience" for our total participating team. We are on the right track.

Finally, since our #1 Atlantic Avenue (Ocean City, NJ) office is still under renovation; about 6-7 of us will be making the daily drive to Wildwood (NJ) which is now (at present) our only area with enough space to hold the daily workshop. More details after a few workshop days. dap

I'm Back ... And if I did it right, Most of you wouldn't even know I was Away !!!

So I flew out of Philadelphia with my wife, Leslie, on February 9th to Tampa. We picked up a car and drove for a short time staying in a motel further north. We toured "the Villages" the next morning so that my wife could return while I was in my week-long workshop. That was interesting ... I arrived with some questions, leaving with some positive feelings - but still not entirely certain that would be the winter location for me. But we may stay there for a week next winter.

The annual "Keller Williams Family Reunion" was held in Orlando from Saturday through Wednesday. Along with seven of us from our south Jersey Shore Market Place, we had a great time. I was impressed with the fact that over 9,000 KW agents were in attendance. Generally, I stayed in workshop sessions through about 4:00 or 5:00 most days. These were great presentations which also included meeting a wide varitey of agents throughout the country. Of course, after reading Gary Keller's first two books; I attended every session that he had. I particularly enjoyed his first session (will cover this in future postings) and his last one where he interviewed four of the top KW agents in the country.

It was also a social gathering in that we spent a lot of time with our own group as well as meeting and talking with other KW agents. On Wednesday, my wife and I head south again staying with friends for several nights below Sarasota. We then continued north stopping to meet with several realtors (always talking about property) and arriving in Tampa.

We again met six more Ocean City people for a week-long cruise in the western Caribbean. That was the most relaxing portion of our trip. So we flew back to Philadlephia last night and drove back to Ocean City in time for the Oscars.

It's back to work for me today!!! dap

Cape May County Sea Isle City, NJ Population in July 2009: 2,914. Population change since 2000: +2.8% Males: 1,391 (47.8%) Females: 1,523 (52.2%) Median resident age: 51.3 years New Jersey median age: 36.7 years Zip codes: 08243. Estimated median household income in 2009: $49,648 (it was $45,708 in 2000) Sea Isle City: $49,648 New Jersey: $68,342 Estimated per capita income in 2009: $38,750 Sea Isle City city income, earnings, and wages data Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $625,556 (it was $257,200 in 2000) Sea Isle City: $625,556 New Jersey: $348,300 Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $689,584; Detached houses: $696,079; Townhouses or other attached units: $808,378; In 2-unit structures: $620,794; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $549,378; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $497,407 Median gross rent in 2009: $250. Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 08243 Sea Isle City, NJ residents, houses, and apartments details White alone - 2,771 (94.5%) Hispanic - 146 (5.0%) American alone - 15 (0.5%) Races in Sea Isle City detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth Jan. 2011 cost of living index in Sea Isle City: 112.0 (more than average, U.S. average is 100) Ancestries: Irish (38.8%), German (24.0%), Italian (22.3%), English (12.7%), Polish (6.3%), United States (5.0%). Current Local Time: 5:24:17 PMEST time zone Incorporated in 1907 Elevation: 6 feet Land area: 2.20 square miles. Population density: 1323 people per square mile

For population 25 years and over in Sea Isle City: High school or higher: 85.2% Bachelor's degree or higher: 28.3% Graduate or professional degree: 9.8% Unemployed: 6.5% Mean travel time to work (commute): 22.0 minutes For population 15 years and over in Sea Isle City city: Never married: 23.1% Now married: 54.9% Separated: 1.9% Widowed: 11.8% Divorced: 8.4% 94 residents are foreign born (2.3% Europe, 0.5% Asia, 0.4% Latin America). This city: 3.3% New Jersey: 17.5% According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Sea Isle City, New Jersey in July 2011 The ratio of number of residents in Sea Isle City to the number of sex offenders is 2914 to 1. The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is near the state average. Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $3,088 (0.5%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $4,231 (0.7%) Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Vineland, NJ (28.6 miles , pop. 56,271). Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (63.6 miles , pop. 1,517,550). Nearest cities: Avalon borough, NJ (2.0 miles ), Strathmere, NJ (2.0 miles) , Stone Harbor borough, NJ (2.7 miles ), Cape May Court House, NJ (2.9 miles ), Woodbine borough, NJ (2.9 miles ), Ocean City, NJ (3.2 miles ), Corbin City, NJ (3.3 miles ), North Wildwood, NJ (3.4 miles ). Single-family new house construction building permits: 1996: 74 buildings, average cost: $65,300 1997: 125 buildings, average cost: $85,800 1998: 146 buildings, average cost: $86,900 1999: 203 buildings, average cost: $97,400 2000: 240 buildings, average cost: $99,900 2001: 193 buildings, average cost: $119,400 2002: 172 buildings, average cost: $99,200 2003: 207 buildings, average cost: $112,500 2004: 169 buildings, average cost: $131,100 2005: 237 buildings, average cost: $166,200 2006: 149 buildings, average cost: $186,300 2007: 86 buildings, average cost: $181,200 2008: 86 buildings, average cost: $141,800 2009: 72 buildings, average cost: $136,400 2010: 36 buildings, average cost: $198,200