Now That's what I call Balance

I thought I would make fun of myself today.

There have been many many posts that have been written about Activerain and the balance it should have.

Some people like to post about Real Estate. Some people like to post about their life. Some people like to post jokes and some people like to post recipes. I'm not sure if I was the first one to come up with the idea but I can tell you it is my content. Maybe I just altered it a bit. So I thought it would be nice to add balance on Activerain.

I thought it would be interesting to incorporate all of them into one post.

First my little joke or should I say someones little joke....I was driving down the highway in Florida this weekend and I didn't realize that I was speeding. I was pulled over by a police officer and I opened my window  and I handed him my drivers license and said ..."what's the problem officer?" He said "May I see your Real Estate License and insurance card?" I couldn't understand why he was asking me for my Real Estate license...he said "Well .....there are more drivers with valid Real Estate licenses then drivers licenses in Florida and they need insurance more than some of our drivers."

Now my Real Estate post....I thought a few of you would be interested in my market report that you might have missed recently.

Homes For Sale-Broward County FL -through 4/2008 

  • 17,359 Single family homes
  • 22,817 Condo/Town-homes

 Pending Sales-Broward County FL -through 4/2008 

  • 1,234 Single family homes
  • 1,648 Condo/Town-homes

Closed Sales-Broward County FL- 1/2008-4/2008

  • 1,667 Single family homes
  • 1,921 Condo/Town-homes

This information is provided by the Southeast Florida Multiple Listing Service and is believed accurate but not warranted.

 

Now my recipe for potato pancakes post.....

My recipe is quite simple...below is how I make them. Please feel free to steal my recipe if you really like my ingredients.

  • 12 Baking potatoes...peeled and sliced into smaller pieces
  • 2 large onions....skinned
  • 2 table spoons of minced garlic
  • 2 large eggs mixed
  • A dash or two of pepper
  • A dash of salt...not too much!
  • 1/4 cup of flour for binding purposes

Potato Pancakes by the Real Deal

 

Take your potatoes and run them through a food processor until they are in a paste form consistency. Do not shred them. I find this way they stay together much better and also give a different texture to it. Go through the same steps with your onions separately. Put both your potato and onion paste into a strainer and squeeze out as much of the water as you can...this will eliminate the chance of you getting splattered by the cooking oil when they hit the pan.

 

Potato pancakes 

Take your them and put them a a large bowl and mix all of the ingredients together but mix the eggs in last. You will then need a large serving spoon and a spatula. Use any kind of vegetable oil and fill a large nonstick frying pan about half way with the oil. (you might have to add additional later). Turn up your heat to about level 9. Test to see if your oil is hot enough by taking a few drops of water on your fingers and drop them into the pan. If it crackles you should be ready to go. Then use your spoon and start to shape your pancakes as you drop them into your oil. Please keep an eye on them to make sure you do not burn each side.

Potato pancakes

 

 

Once each side is golding brown you will want to put them onto a large plate covered with two levels of paper towels. then you need to turn them once you fill the plate up. Continue to add one piece of paper towel to each level until all are finished. Then take another large plate and put fresh paper towels down just to get off the excess oil. This way they won't be too greasy.

 

 

And finally my serious post about my dog Roscoe.....it was just too long to re-post it..... so just click on the link if you want to read it.

Now my only problem is..... which groups I can post this in.

For more information please contact Neal The Real Deal Bloom-Realtor® /RE/MAX Premier Associates

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64 Comments on Now That's what I call Balance

Well done and funny. Are you sure your a Realtor? Sounds like the comedy club may be in the cards for you...

04/30/2008 08:21 AM by Laura Jefferson (Asset Realty)


I like your post on many levels.

04/30/2008 08:32 AM by Melody Botting RE/MAX Empire Realty


I like your take on recipes. Usually, the end product is announced up front. Your recipe, on the other hand, was something of a mystery until the final reveal. They are cupcakes, right?

04/30/2008 08:32 AM by Rosario Lewis, GRI ~ DDR Realty, Orange County, NY (DDR Realty)


I love potatoes; thanks for the recipe!

04/30/2008 08:54 AM by Sherine Price, CRS, GRI (Metro First Realty)


OK Neal that was freaking hilarious how you put that together!  Only you would think of that type of balance...LOL!

I just had breakfast here but those thingys in the recipe look awesome!  I don't think you gave the recipe a name.  Are they Neal's Potato & Egg thingys?

04/30/2008 09:04 AM by Renee Burrows - Las Vegas NV Real Estate (Nevada Realty Solutions)


Melissa,

Who says you can't write a post about all catgories all in one post:)

Laura,

I'm a Realtor(R) but apparently I can also be a psychologist...a cook..a comedian and I can do it all right here...right now without tipping over:)

Melody,

:)

Rosario,

I'll let your imagination decide...you'll have to look up the original post to see the real answer..that was just an excerpt from it

Renee,

If you want to rename it you can...I give you permission to steal it:)

Steve,

Always with laughter.

04/30/2008 10:23 AM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Missy,

Crack? There is nothing in this post about crack...is there something you have on your mind?:)

04/30/2008 10:24 AM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Neal....okay....I'm rolling on the floor over here ... That is one well balanced post : )

04/30/2008 11:09 AM by Guilford Connecticut Real Estate Agent, Sandra Cummings (William Raveis Real Estate)


Jeremy,

I'm laughing that you really liked the recipe...it was more as a mock post:)

Sandra,

I guess you got it...I was mocking myself.

04/30/2008 11:11 AM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Nothing like variety and balance in life.  You can mix a joke with a recipe and still have the time to give us market updates.  Kudos.

04/30/2008 11:14 AM by Chris Ann Cleland, GRI (Long & Foster)


Tooo funny Neal!

Have you seen real estate agents driving down the road, talking on the phone, taking notes, drinking coffee and then missed thier exit?

Oh wait, that was me last week.

Thank goodness for full coverage!

04/30/2008 01:19 PM by Homes for Sale in Central Florida - Jacqueline Fortier (Cinderella Realty, Inc.)


Neal - I haven't been reading your blog - maybe now I will start!

04/30/2008 01:23 PM by Jason Crouch, Broker - Austin Texas Real Estate (Austin Texas Homes, LLC)


Now Neal .... That wasn't too difficult to tell a JOKE, then an updated market report (which I believe to be beneficial to the consumer) and a Reciepe (which is beneficial to those who like to cook... as for me, I just like to eat what others have cooked). Nice and beneficial combination of the three. Now for my question ..... Did you post this in the group ...ALMOST Anything Goes?

Sean Allen

04/30/2008 01:37 PM by International Financing Solutions / Mortgage Professionals


Neal - Sadly, I remember that recipe post;-)

Well, you have probably just written the Be All/End All of posts here on AR!  You missed the boat though, you should of included this in the Mortgage Pro Week In Review:-)

04/30/2008 01:56 PM by Jason Sardi, Pennsylvania Mortgage Broker (First Choice Equity Group Inc.)


Chris,

That's my menu with a lot of variety to choose from.

Sally,

Just genius for short please:)

Rich,

Brilliant Realtor(R)...brilliant comedian...brilliant cook!

Jacqueline,

Soon I'll be designing rocket ships for NASA.

Jason,

Well I must have read yours today so I appreciate your reciprocating my menu of Blogs.

Sean,

Actually I did but kept it only in Remax Bloggers. We are a tight knit group over there in the balloon.

04/30/2008 02:00 PM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Jason,

Sadly ...they liked it:) I guess I write my best half groggy at 7am in the morning.

04/30/2008 02:14 PM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Neal, that sure was balanced and was funny to boot!  It took me a minute to figure out what the recipe was for since it wasn't listed but it actually looks good and I will try it! Thanks for some humor in my day!

04/30/2008 02:52 PM by Libby Cousins- Contract Mortgage Processor (Extraordinary Processing)


Good job... keep them coming... oh, wait that was a weak comment.  Maybe I should stsrt doing drive-by posts...

04/30/2008 02:52 PM by Lane Bailey - The REALTOR for Car People (Century 21 Network Realty)


While you covered most of the bases with a well balanced post, you didn't include pictures of your listings, there is no reference to either politics or religion and there are no photos of toilets. Always room for improvement  Keep trying - you're close.

04/30/2008 02:57 PM by Gene Wunderlich - Selling Southwest California Homes / Temecula & Murrieta (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage)


You are missing someone else's listing.  That would truly have balanced your post.

04/30/2008 03:14 PM by Randy L. Prothero - Hawaii REALTOR® (Century 21 Liberty Homes)


Neal, this is just wonderful! I think you are so clever! Actually, I like the balance you provided! Sometimes one is in the mood for Hard Core Real Estate and other times I want to learn how to fry potatoe pancakes! The truth is I had already read your post with the recipe...what does that say about me?

Thank you for bringing smiles to our faces during the depth of stressful debate. Actually, I'm not stressed. I will continue to publish my dancing cows.

Thanks Neal,

Later in the rain~Deb

04/30/2008 03:17 PM by Deb at Brooks Prime Properties


Neal, I'm thinking you can post anywhere but in Almost Anything Goes.  I got this email from some grumpy guy about only posting certain things.... oh, I'm sorry.  That was you!  Just kidding, you know I think you are the best, my little brother!  I have to go back and read about Roscoe. 

04/30/2008 03:43 PM by Susan Mangigian, West Chester PA Realtor RE/MAX Preferred, ABR (RE/MAX Preferred, West Chester, PA, RS152252A)


Libby,

Good food and good humor...not the icec-ream truck:)

Lane,

May I take your order? You want some fries with that?:)

Gene,

I hate politics but I love crap:)

Randy,

Can I borrow one of yours?:)

Debra,

Wow....I'm clever and a good cook to boot. I have to stop making them for a while...my wife gets mad because we are both trying to keep our girlish figures:)

Susan,

Too funny!

04/30/2008 03:49 PM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Neal, What a great post. Man, you are making me hungry for potato pancakes! How did you know those were my favorite? Printing out the recipe as we speak!!!  I'd say you covered all the bases with your post, lol!

04/30/2008 04:01 PM by Huntsville, Alabama Real Estate Agent Elizabeth Ramsey Cooper-Golden (Remax Huntsville/Madison)


Elizabeth,

I give you the permission to steal all the above...just give me credit:) Also thanks for the comment on Roscoe...too hard to comment back:(

04/30/2008 04:10 PM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Neal I got to tell you... first somebody told that joke about the Florida real estate licenses in my sales meeting this morning.  Everybody was cracking up.  Second I really love your spirit and your writing... you got to be able to laugh at yourself sometimes.  Thats a good trait to have.  Third I am going to try that recipe!!

04/30/2008 04:21 PM by Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Agent, Kimberly Grant (Exit Leon Crawford Realty)


Neal,  This is almost like a newsletter - market info, a joke & a recipe.  :)  Those market stats do tell a lot!

04/30/2008 04:25 PM by Marc Grossman, GRI - Central Florida Real Estate Specialist (Keller Williams Premier Realty)


Neal - I believe this post qualifies for just about EVERY category!  Don't believe I've seen the potato pancake recipe before - I may have to give it a try.

Best Wishes,

Kelsie

04/30/2008 04:32 PM by Kelsie Compton, Cary NC Real Estate (RE/MAX UNITED)


Neal, I guess catorgorizing this post was very difficult! I likes it though. Made me laugh, think, cry, fall asleep and leave :) AND....I got 25 points!!! Actually should I get points per emotion instead?

04/30/2008 05:12 PM by Bryant Tutas-Tutas Towne Realty, Inc


And I get zero...Zilch...Nada...

To come in and laugh at what Blog Boy is getting ready to do to you :)

TLW...ROAR!

04/30/2008 05:13 PM by "The Lovely Wife"...Broker Bryant's Wife... (Co-Owner Tutas Towne Realty, Inc.)


Neal- What a funny way to sum all of you up in one post, funny, a realtor, and a great chef? Wow, sounds like a great agent to want to be around! Now, will this confuse the little spiders? 

04/30/2008 05:24 PM by Nestor & Katerina Gasset, Realtors® Wellington Florida Luxury Homes (International Properties and Investments, Inc.)


Finally someone sees the humor in all of these negative nancies dictating post regulations.

04/30/2008 05:25 PM by Alan Robinson (PTE REAL ESTATE GROUP)


Kimberly,

Then I guess my joke is not original:)

Marc,

I don't think my content for a newsletter would fit this.

Kelsie,

It's fattening but good!

BB,

I still don't know where to put it...I changed it to a public post...why not...it's all me:)

Billie,

Zero...zip nada.....I just lost another loan to Di-tec:)

Katerina,

I'd like to say I'm also pretty dam good looking too...go spiders!

Alan,

Nothing negative here...just like to stir the pot sometimes.

 

04/30/2008 05:46 PM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Neal,
Now you are just too clever. The potato pancakes sound delicious, maybe I'll give them a try.

04/30/2008 08:07 PM by Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor® Onslow County NC Home Specialist (Kingsbridge Realty, Inc)


Hi Neal,

You are pretty funny, now since your all about balance please tell me your gonna work out after eating those pancakes...;)

04/30/2008 09:11 PM by Suzanne Sands-Somerset, MA Real Estate (Century 21 Associates Realty)


Classic I love it!!!  What a great way to showcase both your business and personal side with a side of poking fun, This is Brilliant!!  Hopefully this will calm the war down :)

04/30/2008 09:11 PM by Justin Williams - Loan Officer (Prosperity Mortgage, an affiliate of Wells Fargo)


Neal, Potato Pancakes are one of my favorites, and I even remember the post that you first gave us this recipe. However, the joke needs a little work :)

OK let me balance out my comment with a little joke.  What is the difference between Roast Beef and Pea Soup.

Answer:  Anyone can Roast Beef :)

04/30/2008 09:42 PM by George Souto (McCue Mortgage Co.)


Hey Neal - funny post!!  Yep, I'd say you struck some kind of balance - what kind of balance, I haven't yet figured out.  And I want you to know I'm STILL waiting for my batch of freshly cooked Neal's Real Deal Potato Pancakes.......when might I expect those, please???

;-))  Ann

04/30/2008 10:01 PM by Portsmouth NH Real Estate ~ Ann Cummings (RE/MAX Coast to Coast - Portsmouth New Hampshire)


Hi Neal - I don't know if a KW agent should be reading a RE/MAX group post, but I still found it amusing. Maybe next time more Roscoe, less cooking. :)

04/30/2008 10:44 PM by John Novak - REALTOR®, Las Vegas and Henderson, NV (Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace)


Hey Neal - Bob here. Love the potatoe pancakes but theyll kill me with my high cholestoral. Uhhggg I do love em though. Funny one Neal. Your inventiveness is always refreshing. Cool

04/30/2008 10:52 PM by Pascack Valley Real Estate>> Lisa and Robert Hammerstein (Coldwell Banker)


Love it.....can I copy your Joke for my outside Blog, or should I just look in the bulk folder of my email LOL :)   Great spoof Neal.....hey why didn't you post it in "Anything goes"...oh, yea I forgot it is "Almost anything goes" now., and guess this isn't much of anything LOL :)

04/30/2008 11:34 PM by Kathy McGraw ~ Calif Broker (CELLing Realty)


Funny Neal! And those are horrible statistics. Maybe that is why so many "Cops" episodes are filmed there! :>)

04/30/2008 11:37 PM by Portland Oregon Real Estate >> Wayne B. Pruner, GRI (Oregon First)


Neal - that is balance you crack me up - thanks for the laugh, the facts and the reciepe

04/30/2008 11:38 PM by Central Oregon Real Estate | Thesa Chambers, Broker (RE/MAX Sunset Realty La Pine)


Now that's what I call a balanced post.  Perfect. 

On a serious note... that's a LOT of homes for sale.  Wow.

05/01/2008 12:16 AM by Fairbanks Real Estate Broker Jesse Clifton (Jesse & Kathy Clifton, REALTORS - 907.699.6024 - )


Neal, you've got it all in this post!  You've mastered the Yin & Yang to balance your post.  Fantastic.

05/01/2008 06:44 AM by Brian Block -- Northern Virginia & D.C. Real Estate (RE/MAX Allegiance)


Cynthia,

Fat clogged but a good fat clogged:)

Susan,

I'm going to have to run a mile at high speed after two of them and what's worse...if you add sour cream you'll have to do two times the workout.

Justin,

Now I can say I wear all the hats and have all the liability.

Kelly,

You can always count on me to throw a monkey wrench into a sad situation.

George,

Maybe you need to eat more vegetables....you are starting to lose it...maybe a pancake or two will help your engine run smoother. :)Yes thanks for reading that post...I guess someone out there knows talent when they see it.

05/01/2008 06:54 AM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Ann,

So now that you have the recipe twice then why don't you make them yourself...by the time I get you one they will be too cold:)

John,

Trader!

Robert,

Just eat pound of oatmeal and take a pill and you'll be fine:)

Kathy,

I was afraid to post it there just in case I though it needed to be deleted and would send myself a notice of deleting it.

Wayne,

It only shows that the buyers have a lot to choose from other than the short sales and foreclosures:)

Thesa,

Your the second person who mentioned crack...I wonder what's on your minds:)

Jesse,

I figured it can make you sad,happy and hungry all at the same time.

Brian,

That's me...Mr. know it all:)

05/01/2008 07:21 AM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Neal, Good for you.  I am so new that I probably would have tried to make that into 3 posts for some sort of google juice.  I need all the help I can get!!

05/01/2008 10:13 AM by Audrey June-Forshey, GRI, Gaithersburg, MD (RE/MAX Realty Group)


Audrey,

Thanks for stopping by

Shannon,

You silly for reading it:)

05/01/2008 06:09 PM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Neal - now this is a well balnnced meal - a little humour to soften the table talk about the number of properties avaiable. Then the main course of some scrumptious food (potatoe pancakes) that the dog you brought along might eat if you happen to burn them.

05/01/2008 10:42 PM by Kathy Clulow ASP® SRES® (RE/MAX Scugog Realty Ltd Brokerage)


Neal, this sure does cover all the bases!  Now that I've mastered chicken Matzaball soup, I may try out your potato pancakes!

05/03/2008 08:27 AM by Patricia Kennedy (Evers & Company)


Patricia,

Throw them into the soup...that will give you a real chicken fat meal:)

05/03/2008 08:55 AM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


Neal-  That's what I call a post with latkes information!

05/06/2008 02:56 PM by Marilyn Katz - Westport, CT Real Estate (Prudential Connecticut Realty)


Neal, Great post...thanks for the recipe...sounds reallly good, will give it a try.

 

05/07/2008 03:40 PM by Gary White~ Grand Rapids Real Estate, FLexIt Realty, a call or click away! (Flexit Realty~Serving West Michigan)


Well thanks for stopping bye guys and have a bite to eat while you are at it:)

05/07/2008 06:48 PM by Neal Bloom-Realtor ® Assoc.-CRS-Weston FL (RE/MAX Premier Associates)


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