Julia Paul's (revjules) Blog

As we finish out 2008 alot or Realtors are going to question their ability to stay in the business. You know the saying 20% of the Realtors do 80% of the business. The question then becomes ....are you one of the 20%? Having been in the business over 26 years I have seen more than than one cycle....

Having just recently returned from the Pac Rim conference held on the Big Island of Hawaii (The Big Eye) I have to say I was amazed that it wasn't better attended. This was a great opportunity for Realtors on the Big Island to attend a conference that did not require getting on a plane. This conf...

Wow! What a powerful class. Again, I can not tell you enough how valuable the Courses that CRS provide their members. The people you meet, the course material and the instructors are first class. Each time I attend another class I am reminded about the value of continuing education and what means...

Wow! Was there ever alot of Realtors in one place! I was told there were 30,000 Realtors in attendance this year and over 300 from Hawaii alone. I think a lot of people thought Las Vegas was a good venue. One of the 1st things to happen once we arrived in Vegas was the implosion of the Frontier H...

I have just returned from a CRS class on Maui that was on Listings. It is one of the core classes offered by CRS and was taught by the powerhouse, Jackie Leavenworth. Talk about a "house on fire" she is the bomb! This class has to be one of the best courses I have ever attended. Not only was the ...

I will be attending the NAR convention in Las Vegas in November as a first timer. I am excited about attending and I am looking forward to meeting other Realtors. I am planning on taking the course on diversity. This course will give me another unit towards my CRS designation. I think the trade s...

One of the reasons I took the ABR class online is my desire to obtain my Certified Residential Specialist designation. I took the online course through Realtor University. The completion of the ABR class and its elective count as 2 units for towards the CRS requirements.I recently attended a 2 da...

Since attending my first CRS class I decided to obtain my Accredited Buyer's Rep. designation. Since the course was not being offered at this time I decided to do the class online. As most of you know it is a two day class and also requires an elective course that is 6 hours. These two classes we...

Self-sufficient, not yet, too late...not really! Continuing on in the same vein as my last blog, it can never be too late to prepare but I personally feel very strongly that the time is now. We need to recognise, as islanders the need to produce more of our own food and have less dependency on th...

Recently on the Big Island and more specially Pahoa there has been alot of discussion about recent lava flows and the potential of those flows reaching the town of Pahoa and/or other surrounding areas. Those of us living in the Puna area consider ourselves Punatics and all good Punatics have an o...