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The Gift

I am a fortunate man. As life moves on it seems the more I see, people I meet and greater experiences I have it is clear there are gifts every day to delight in. I enjoy my calling (work) and so the goal is to hone my craft, seeking more effective tools to serve the people I work with, and for, in the real estate industry. This past week I spent a few days in San Francisco at the Inman Connect Conference. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I typically have goals when I do something. My goal going to Inman Connect was first meet some of the smart people doing really cool things in real estate and second to grab a hold of more effective tools to give my clients a few more advantages in this tough market.

Within the first goal was searching out people I know through social media but have not actually met in person. It is always curious to meet people you have conversed with online but have not actually talked to in person. It was alot of fun.

To start with, the Michigan contingent featuring Mike McClure and Todd Waller at Professional One real estate were awesome to speak with. I had the chance to pick their brains about the future of real estate. These guys have a radio show with the specific goal of raising the bar in real estate professionalism, a worthy endeavor to be sure.

Another terrific agent I met was Daniel Rothamel, The Real Estate Zebra. What  a great guy to have lunch with and a very good one to hear speak as well.

The "social media man" at Trulia threw an really nice party and I was fortunate to speak with Rudy Bachraty for a few minutes. I learned that Rudy and I both are big fans of Gary Vaynerchuk and unfortunately that Rudy is a Jet's fan like @garyvee. Go Chargers!!!

Mike Simonsen, Kristen Evans and the folks at Altos Research are always helpful and my experience with them at Inman was no exception. They really go the extra mile to be supportive.

Reggie Nicolay, Nicole Nicolay and Chad Johnson are dynamic tech trio and doing some incredible work. I am looking forward to seeing how their efforts will turn out on a project we are working on.

As for some of the headliners at the event, the "Craig" founder of Craigslist was there, Robert Scoble an incredible techno man and Kara Swisher, the awesome technology writer at the Wall Street Journal. She writes some funny and insightful articles and was a amazing to see in person, very funny... speaking of amazing check one of her latest blog post on AllThingsD.com  "everything is amazing and nobody is happy" , the  video clip used from the viral video is hilarious.

I am glad to be back home safe and sound, in Carlsbad California and both goals were reached. I will have some new tools coming on line soon to benefit our clients and community.

One tool we have had for some time is our GPS home search from your Smartphone, it works with iPhones, Droids and most cell phones equipped with GPS.  So before you drive around looking for homes in your favorite North San Diego coastal town get this Home Search Application. Use it then tell me what you think by commenting here. You might just win $100 Starbucks Card to keep you awake while you are driving around looking for a home.