I have engaged  Jim Cronin, from the RealEstateTomato ( an active ActiveRain participant ) to design a custom blog site for me . I have been in contact with Paula Henry (another active blogger on ActiveRain) that Jim just finished a site for. It is really beautiful. Mine is a bit different and unique and it is progressing along nicely. The more I learn about the spiders and crawlers of search engines the more I am convinced that this is the way to go.

When the site is up, I will also begin training classes to get a better handle on how to blog and what works best and what doesn't. There are so many issues in the industry I am interested in pursuing and I am most interested in the localism feature of ActiveRain.

I posted a bog on ActiveRain about the difference between a townhome and condominium. I didn't think to much more about it but I noticed Active Rain gave me unexplained bonus points for the post. Since I am not points oriented (meaning they are not why I am on here), I was flattered that maybe they thought it was a good post. I made that conclusion certainly not based on empirical data. Just a hunch.

According to our state professional technology magazine, Blogging is the way to stay vital with our Internet presence and I for one am so grateful to ActiveRain for making it possible for me to have a bit of a head-start. I have met some of the most wonderful people in our industry and look to those relationship as they continue to grow and enhance me as a person. Thanks to all you for always being so nice and helpful in your comments to me.