Where Did Newman Go?

So you may be wondering where Newman went? Or maybe nobody read this thing so nobody is wondering where Newman went. That is probably more so the case!

My last posting was a little over a year ago on April 26th, 2007. So what happened? Well, a lot has happened over the last year. In early May of 2007 I was offered the Branch Vice President position at my Coldwell Banker Burnet office in Chaska. It was an opportunity I could not pass up so I jumped at the chance. I have spent the last year learning my new position while maintaining and making significant (but very positive) changes to my sales career. Unfortunately something had to give so I temporarily had to suspend some things like blogging, holding online webinars, and chatting live with visitors to my website.

The time has come for me to officially make it back into the blogging world! So where to start? Well, I have a few topics in mind including "renting a summer vacation home", "buying a boat", and "purchasing a rental property" just to name a few. I will save those for future postings but for now I thought I would tell you a bit about what my new job entails.

My primary job is to coach, train, recruit, and manage an office of about 50 real estate agents in the growing community of Chaska, MN. I have very much enjoyed leading a wonderful office that includes the familiar faces of the agents and the staff that I started with when I started my real estate career back in 2001. I have implemented a lot of new policies and procedures and am working toward creating an office of the future by implementing new technologies that will enhance and grow the careers of my agents.

I also continue to sell and NewmanSellsHomes.com is alive and well. I have hired a licensed Realtor to assist me with the day to day operations of my business. It has been a lot of fun making changes to my business that have positively affected my clients. Coaching and training agents in my manager role has caused me to step back, analyze, and make many positive changes to my sales business including how I market homes.

My blog may have disappeared for a year but now that I am teaching classes on "How to Blog" I thought this would be a great opportunity to bring it back. You will see posts that will be similar to ones I have written in the past but I will also put a different spin on some of them as I relate topics to not only sales but also managment. And whether you like it or not, I will also throw in an occasional personal entry to just keep things light and hopefully entertaining.

Welcome back to Newman's Neighborhood and I hope to see you again soon!