Blogging 401 on my three year anniversary here on Active Rain. Okay Blogging 401 is not a advanced course on how to write a blog and instantly get million dollar home buyers and sellers in your area. But if there is such a class,somebody please sign me up. 401 is the number of blogs that I have posted here ever since I have become a member of this great real estate networking site exactly three years ago today. Can you believe it? I can't. While 401 blogs are the amount of blogs Active Rain superstarts like Coach "K"aterina Gasset® ,Lenn Harley, Todd Clark (Broker) just to name a few bloggers usually write in a probably a month,it took me my whole adult life just to write 401 blogs-It sure felt like it.
Like many of you who joined this great wonderful website,I never knew what I will gain from this. When I first became a real estate agent,my addiction was Realty Times. As a newbie starving and still starving for Real Estate Knowledge,I found the website very helpful. I use to read many articles trying to learn about real estate.
But while I was on the site,I ran across an article on the site which still rings true today called http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20070330_rookieslump.htm. What she said in that article brought me to Active Rain. I also wanted to know if the person who ever wrote Mrs.Blanche Evans ever joined Active Rain? I'm curious. I didn't know that I would learn from so many super nice,knowledgeable,fun-loving,humorous,very unselfish and caring real estate professionals. If I only knew then what I know now. While I have gained a lot of knowledge from reading people's blogs,I am still learning from the great Active Rain Superstar bloggers here. Heck I have learned some stuff from newbies too.
Many of you have reached out to me...by either calling me or being very supportive of me by the comments you make on my blogs. Many of you are super nice,friendly,supportive and very helpful people like Mary Yonkers,Elizabeth Ramsey Cooper Golden,Active Brad Andersohm,Mary Douglas,Wanda Kubat-Nerdin,Nyssa Smith,Ray Nellum,June-Piper Brandon,Gita Bantwal,Gary White,Diane Rice,Renee Burrows,Jason Crouch,Jennifer Fivelsdal,Betina Foreman,Susan Mangigian,Margaret Woda,Frank Bailey,Karen Kruschka,Darleen McClueen,Renee Burrows,Matt Grohe,Sheldon"THAT BRITISH GUY"Neal AND MANY MANY MORE.......... Some of you have ever referred people to me like Audrey June Forshey,Jim Crawford,Debe Maxwell -who referred a real estate agent to me who was looking for a realtor to help his client. Even though he didn't use me because I am not licensed in VA yet,the thought of someone like her referring me is very big because she is one of the many superstars here and Mr.BJ Matson-THANK YOU VERY,VERY MUCH SIR. And C.Tann Starr who was nice enough to call me while she was in town. We had a nice conversation. Hopefully I can meet all of you all at Raincamp Washington DC. So sorry if I didn't mention you. There are too many of you all here-TOOO MANY OF YOU SUPER NICE GREAT PEOPLE TO NAME. I will be here all day if I continued mentioning names. But I had to mention some names just to let these people know that I am very thankful for supporting me.
I love being a member on Active Rain and I look forward to many more years and great things. Coming soon should be some testimonials. And to Jon Washburn and the great super staff at Active Rain-THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. And to all the real estate professionals,mortgage brokers,lenders,home inspectors,appraisers and home stagers who haven't joined this site,YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MISSING. You want to be found first page on Google,you need to become a member on Active Rain. And if you want to learn How to Create a Blog Post for Customers and Search Engines,you to be a member on Active Rain. Still don't be believe me? Type in the search engine "Top Real Estate Networking Site" and see who reins supreme at numero uno-Yeah I bet you didn't know that I speak spanish didn't you-LOL. I'm just kidding,I don't speak spanish. But I did get a "B" when I took it in high school. (I am sorry that's totally off subject of this blog). Also read the ActiveRain Success Stories.
Earlier today a good friend of mine who use to be an agent at my office called and said I typed in the search engine "Exit Premier Realty" in the search engine and your picture came up along with your contact info. I said how did I do that? I told her like I told her before Active Rain put me on Google. She said that she can't do it because she doesn't have the time to stand in front of a computer and type like that. Plus with her one year old,it would be hard for her to blog. But she said that she could only blog if she was like a receptionist or adminstrative assistant. I didn't press the issue because if I have begged you to join a site and you don't want to join,what more do you want me to do? Just five minutes before I started talking to her,someone called me from one of those "I don't know this area code so since this person is probably a telemarketer who claims he or she can get me on first page on Google why should I waste my oxygen and words communicating with this douche bag?"
This person left a voice message on my cell phone and I played it. He was iniquiring about a property. He told me that he saw a house on such website and wants to know more about it. I called him back and I told him I couldn't find it. So he told me that he is going to call the person who gave him my number. Later this person calls me back and tells me that she found me on a website. I asked him what website. It wasn't Active Rain but it is a website which was either one of Active Rain Approved Vendors or sponsors. This lady also wants to buy a house in Upper Marlboro MD for up to 200,000. After talking to her,she later tells me that the reason why the other man from NY called is because he is relocating to Maryland and he is looking for a house to buy. These two people didn't find me through one of my blogs but Active Rain played a part in those two potential home buyers finding me because the website is a Active Rain approved vendor or sponsor.
I don't know what else to say. You have two options-
Join Active Rain and make 
or get left out in the cold 
The Choice is Yours.
Thank you Active Rain. I look forward to hopeful meeting some of you all at Raincamp. I can't believe this blog was this long. Am I the new male version of WordyC-C.Tann Starr? If I can write half as good as she does,have 1/4 of her creativity and her great writing skills,I am leaving this business and going straight to Hollywood. 
Hollywood here I come.
Looking for a real estate agent in either PG County MD,Charles CountyMD or St.Mary's County MD,please go to my website at www.freelistofhomesforsale.com. And if you still want to connect with me after writing one fifth of my semi-autobiography in this blog,please connect with me on TWITTER"http://twitter.com/DCHomesforsale, LANRE FOLAYAN'S FACEBOOK PROFILE AND LINKEDIN 
. 202-378-0283 (Direct) or 301-560-6700 x1154 (Office).P.G County Maryland Homes for sale.
So I decided to click. Anyway to make this story short,Real Estate Agents should sign up on here because there is a list of I believe over 20,000+ real estate agents who have already signed up on here. All you need to do is sign in with your Twitter account and the rest is simple.
And I wanted to say more but I held my cool-I am a Professional at all times.) So I said yes this is Lanre Folayan speaking-Real Estate Professional with Exit Premier Realty. Oh how can I help you the listing agent said. I said that I wanted to know about your listing-gave him the address. Yeah! What about it? the listing agent said. I see that it is a short sale. How much was the short sale approved for? I think that is one of the first questions you should always ask the listing agent even before you submit an offer on a short sale.