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Jennifer Wilson - Agent Solutions
July 8, 2008 at 11:25 am
Way to go Norm and Larry! It’s great to see a couple of fabulous Canadian contributors here on AG. I look forward to reading your posts and sparking some great conversation here.
Congratulations to you both, and AG. You’ve made a perfect selection with these two.
Ciao!
Jay Thompson
July 8, 2008 at 11:45 am
Now there are a couple of FABULOUS additions!
I’ve had the honor of meeting Norm in person – In Saskatoon, in the dead of winter. He’s as nice a guy as he is wicked smart. His blog is brilliant. He may not realize it or acknowledge it, but he’s legend in Saskatoon. We have a client from Sask, and I asked them if they knew Norm. They said, “not personally, but we read his blog all the time. He is *the man* in Saskatoon”.
I don’t “know” Larry personally, but I know Yatter Matters and I’ve seen his contributions here (and elsewhere).
Welcome aboard Larry and Norm!!
Paula Henry
July 8, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Welcome Larry and Norm! I just recently had the oppotunity to read Larry at YattersMatters and was not kidding when I said I love him – It’s a long distance admiration.
Looks like Norm already has a Canadian following and I’m sure you will both have a huge following here at AG.
Paula Henry
July 8, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Ooops, that’s YatterMatters! I need a redo key 🙂
Brad Nix
July 8, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Welcome Larry and Norm. I am honored to be in such good company as the freshman class here at AG. Here are a few tips I have picked up my first week from hanging around the halls of AG:
1. The Big Kids don’t like the Small Kids picking on them
2. The teachers (writers) learn just as much as the students (commenters) do
3. There are many BMOC’s (Jay, Russell, Teresa, Daniel)
4. My mom doesn’t pack enough little debbie’s for me to share with everyone at lunch (but I may be able to sneak in you guys an extra one)
Ben Bach
July 8, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Glad to see some other Canadians here on AG – Welcome !
Vicki Moore
July 8, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Excellent. Way to go AG.
The Harriman Team
July 8, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Congrats to both and am looking forward to reading their astute words of wisdom, eh! (sorry, couldn’t help it!)
Nickie Rothwell
July 8, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Cool! Congratulations! The fun keeps growing!!
What great additions!
Bill Lublin
July 8, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Welcome Larry & Norm – Visitors from the Great White North, Eh! Can’t wait to read you.
Been following Larry on Twitter – looking forward to reading what he says after the first 140 characters 😉
Norm – Dying to know how you get Jay to Saskatoon in the WInter – He always seems so smart when he writes 😉
If Brad has trouble sneaking the Little Debbie’s I’ll try to get us some TastyKakes – (but the Little Debbies might be the move)
Mike Farmer
July 8, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Are you sure there are this many geniuses in real estate?
🙂 Hey Norm
Larry Yatkowsky
July 8, 2008 at 7:17 pm
listen up all youz geniususes,
“it’s aboot time!” — “got a beer? ”
“ok then —
that’s that then eh! – Thanks” 🙂
Norm Fisher
July 8, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. I’m really looking forward to challenging myself in a new way. I know I’ll learn a lot from the other contributors and the readers. Thanks for the opportunity.
Jay,
“wicked smart?” I need a calculator to comment on AG. Thank you for setting the bar so very high. Now I have to write something incredibly stupid to lower expectations. 🙂
Brad,
You lost me on the “little debbies” but I appreciate the tips.
Bill,
“Dying to know how you get Jay to Saskatoon in the WInter”
A top secret mission related to global warming and polar bears. That’s all I can say, because it’s top secret.
🙂 Hey Mike
Larry,
Take off, eh?
Larry Yatkowsky
July 8, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Norm,
Bob and Doug appreciate the hat tip 🙂
ines
July 8, 2008 at 10:18 pm
OMG!! this is soooo awesome! when I said “let’s cross the borders” I didn’t think I was being taken seriously – what awesome news! Woooo Hooo to Norm and Larry!
Rich Jacobson
July 9, 2008 at 1:33 am
Hey Der, Ho Der!…. Thanks for bringing some added perspective to our ranks.
Do we have to tip our beer glass, and shout “Hey, Norm!” everytime Norm posts?
Larry: Nice to have another voice from the Pacific Northwest. Maybe we could organize a TwitterFest in Bellingham?
Welcome aboard, Guys! You’re in great company!
Matthew Rathbun
July 9, 2008 at 2:25 am
Is this THE Norm Fisher!?!?! Hopefully he hasn’t forgotten that he gave me permission to do this, but I’ve been using Norms Virtual Tour of bad MLS photographs in my GRI and technology classes for the past year. It’s an amazing training tool and hopefully we can get you to write a post on real estate photography. I’m a big fan and look forward to reading from you in the future!
Larry, I agree that your commenting experience will make a natural transition to author. I really look forward to reading what you have to share!
Matthew Rathbun
July 9, 2008 at 2:28 am
Uh Brad…. No kid likes to be picked on, doesn’t matter if they are chubby or skinny 🙂
Norm Fisher
July 9, 2008 at 6:41 am
Rich,
In my former life I was a broadcast sales guy. Occasionally, I’d make sales calls with my manager. Just imagine the smiles and chuckles we got when I said, “Norm and Cliff to see _____.”
Matthew,
I’ve received more marketing mileage from that tour than anything else I’ve ever done. It’s kind of a sad statement that a marketing piece that ridicules the work of others could have such a strong impact, but, oh well. 🙂 I’m glad you’ve found a use for it and I’m honored that it’s in your tool kit.
Ines,
So, you’re responsible for this?
Jennifer in Louisville
July 9, 2008 at 6:43 am
Excellent, welcome, and congratulations to both of you!
Jonathan Dalton
July 9, 2008 at 10:48 am
Oy vey.
ines
July 9, 2008 at 11:25 am
oh no!! don’t blame me for this! 🙂
Glenn fm Naples
July 9, 2008 at 11:43 am
Welcome to Larry and Norm – based upon their backgrounds, I am looking forward to their posts, useful information, and insights regarding our profession.
Mack in Atlanta
July 9, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I swear I just saw Terrance and Phillip. Has this changed to SouthparkGenius? Oh well welcome Larry and Norm!!!
Matthew Collinge
July 9, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Great to see Larry and Norm added to the AG! I’ll have to buy Larry’s coffee in about an hour I guess.
And to whoever mentionned the Pac NW Tweetup, that sounds like a great idea.