Have you read the case study under “Keeping It Legal” in the cover story (page 13)? All I can say is that around the time in question, Mary did knit me a fabulous scarf. Forget it Diane, you can’t enter it into evidence!
Anyway, I spent hours at Agent Reboot last week, and no, I did not win the Google TV, so I left to buy an orange sweater (the color did look fabulous on Darin Persinger, no?).
Did anyone manage to get a lock of Matt Dollinger’s hair before he cut …

I don’t try to be a party-hopping, schmoozing, agent in the biz. That’s just the card I was dealt. I can’t help that I’m fun. I can’t help that people invite me places, or that people want to give me awards for all my great work. It’s just who I am. And lucky for me, and you, these parties are where I find out the best scoops.

It’s my favorite time of year, where I collect awards and accolades every time I turn around! Chicago Agent had the big top producers event at Trump this year, and my pals at the mag tell me they had so many people trying to wrangle an invitation to the soiree that many had to be turned away. Sponsors Trump and PHH Home Loans made sure the place was jumping, and I, of course, had a blast hanging out with agents of the highe$t caliber. C.A.R.’s big party at House of …

One of my favorite things about being a top producer is that I get to brag about it every time I’m meeting a new potential client – and then who could resist me? But I won’t be able to brag this week because I’ll be in Turks and Caicos enjoying the ocean views all close enough to hear the soothing sounds of international commissions. What’s better than bringing a client to South Caicos and getting advanced commissions? I may have to skip out on plans to play soccer with Sean …

Okay, I’ve been a veteran of Chicago, so I know what winter here is all about.

Ugh. As if Chicago wasn’t depressing enough with the dreary Chicago days and freezing Chicago nights, I just lost a listing to a Packers fan!  I have had it with those cheeseheads and I don’t care how many referrals my buddies up there send me, we are not on speaking terms until after the Superbowl.

I know everyone wants me to talk about the New Year and 2011 and all that jazz, but that’s what everyone is doing this time of year and I am not everyone. Instead, I’d like to point out that we are that much closer to Groundhog Day, which could mean winter is practically over. That’s right, do the math. So far this year I’ve already written 2010 on about 25 forms and checks, and I still haven’t learned my lesson. It’s not a mistake, it’s a protest.

That’s right folks, this is the last issue of CA for the entire year. Finally!! It’s not easy coming up with just enough gossip to make people laugh while still avoiding the stuff that will make people mad. You read that right, there are actually things I’m not allowed to print. If you really knew the whole story you’d be shocked. We’ll be back in January of course, but my last task before heading off to Martinique for vacay is to get this out, so enjoy the gossip and then …

I was a managing broker once. Don’t look so surprised, it’s clear I have a way with people and so I decided to give running an office a try. A week later, I realized that I actually have to listen to what others say and attend regular meetings. That was the end of that. At my current office, I have a love/hate relationship with my MB. She loves the money I bring in but hates my attitude. Luckily, money beats attitude any day. Even luckier is that she doesn’t know …

I’m an old school kind of Agent X. I like my Wu Tang Clan, Bob Dylan and my standard sales transactions. I resisted all that new fangled stuff like short sales and REOs for as long as I could. Yes, of course I know those things aren’t really new, it’s just that now every other transaction has some sort of annoying twist to it. So I did my best to lay low and ignore the calls from clients who were having financial troubles, and then I learned something extremely interesting: …