Sunday, October 22, 2006

The 2006 H.A.R. Expo . . . Be There! "Simply the Best!" by Steve Levine

It’s October and that means it’s time for the terrific H.A.R. Expo! Actually, this year the Expo is scheduled for Thursday, November 2nd from 4pm-8pm at the Reliant Center but, our October issue is always the “Expo Issue, so here we are.

As is our tradition at REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVE Magazine, we break from our format of honoring a top producer (nominated by the Publishers Advisory Board) and dedicate our front cover and cover story to our current H.A.R. Chairperson. Following that tradition, we are proud to shine the spotlight on Lorraine Abercrombie, our 2006 H.A.R. Chair and the Projects Manager for Greenwood King Properties. Lorraine is also a member of the Publishers Advisory Board.

Lorraine is a “class act” in every way, bringing the same class, knowledge, personality and charm to her positions at H.A.R. in the last seven years, as she has for the last 16 years at Greenwood King.

As is also our tradition at REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVE, we ask all of the Expo attendees and exhibitors to drop by at the expo and sign their congratulations and thank you messages to Lorraine on a cover poster at our booth. Bob Hale, President and CEO of H.A.R. and I will present Lorraine with that poster at the end of the evening. Please plan on dropping by our booth at the show (#120) to sign the poster and register for our door prize. We hope to see you there!

Congratulations are also in order for Ms. Rita Santamaria and her staff at Champions School of Real Estate on the opening of their newest campus, West Houston. The new campus is located on the intersection of Memorial Drive and Highway 6. As many of you know, most of the REE cover honorees are “alumni” and/or current clients of Champions School of Real Estate. Rita will be dedicating a wall (Champions “Wall of Fame”) in her new campus as well! Rita and I are equally proud of her alumni/clients and our cover honorees who have been honored on this wall!

In closing, try not to miss this month’s column by Ruben Gonzalez. Ruben is a Three-time Olympian and his “Go for the Gold” series of articles have become motivational “must reads” in the magazine! His article this month is entitled, “The Price of Success.”

Ruben’s article talks about how “sometimes you just have to do what you do not want to do to get where you are going”. The article references Rudy Ruettiger, the inspiration behind the movie, “Rudy,” (one of my favorites) and Ruben mentioned to Rudy that he (Ruben) didn’t like the luge all that much. Ruben told Rudy that he competed in the luge because it was his vehicle to the Olympics. Rudy got a kick out of that. Then, he told Ruben; “I never liked football. My dream was to be part of the Notre Dame Tradition and I saw football as a way to do that!”

That’s great advice from two people that I respect and admire very much!

It’s time for me to “get going!” As always, good reading and good sales! See you at the Expo!

Success to You!

Steve Levine

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