RE Bar Camp - DC

I guess the first thing anyone would ask is what is a RE Bar Camp? I had the same question and I attended my first RE Bar Camp on Tuesday. It was like the coming of Christmas for me when I was a child. The anticipation was unbearable at times waiting for the day to arrive. I had signed up for a couple others but could never pull away from my business to go. Here it was right in my backyard. It arrive just in time and it was worth the wait. I was ready for RE Bar Camp and devoted the day to just learning.

There was so much to learn from people who really wanted you to understand. There was social media networking, twittering, blogging, or vlogging. Ideas, ideas and more ideas. I left with a head full of stuff that I personally needed to sort through.

I guessing what I have never understood are the realtors resisting all of this because this is the future and it is exciting.

I left wanting more. I am a novice at this. Unsure how to use it and what RE Bar Camp told me is that there is a whole ocean of information waiting for me to throw a line in and see what I catch because there is enough for everyone to share.

The interesting thing here is that we are all competitors and at this place we are all there to learn and to interact with one another instead of keeping the secrets to ourselves. I have been a realtor a long time and I can remember being a newbie and asking a seasoned realtor how she got business and she gave a a round about non-answer. I realized then and there that it's everyone to their own.

Social media is not that. It's about sharing and making a community within our industry which allows us to give back.

I am part of the future of real estate. I am a social media Realtor.