Karin Cunningham

“I Have My Newborn in a Drawer!” And Other Tips On Balancing a Real Estate Career with Motherhood.
April 6, 2010 · · 3 Comments

I write this post to encourage those, who would like to have a successful career in real estate AND have a family, to give it a try. It can definately be done!

December 20, 1999 was the day my first child was born! I lived in a studio condo that my husband and I had recently bought in San Bruno. He worked in a hotel as a waiter and worked most evenings and weekends! I was a new real estate agent with just one year in the business. I wondered how I was going to pull off a successful career with a newborn!

I made a pit stop at my office in San Bruno on the way home from the hospital to pick up a cradle for the new baby boy. He was a month early so I hadn’t even made a nest! Luckily, I had a friend who brought me her hand me down cradle for him to sleep in. I looked pretty funny walking in my office to pick it up in a hospital gown and bracelet still on my wrist! That was the day that I realized that I was going to make it in this business, baby or no baby! I could take the ridicule of looking funny and winging it when time didn’t allow preparation as long as I kept moving forward.      Read more

Jean Joh

Tech Day at Prudential!
March 14, 2009 · · 10 Comments

social-mediaThis past Friday, we had a Tech Day for Prudential San Bruno agents.  This great workshop, thanks to the efforts of Michael Monozon and Mark Hasha, focused on the ever-growing phenomenon of online social media networking.  Our main speakers were the dynamic duo of Reggie & Nicole Nicolay, who are quite influential on the internet through their blogging and articles on sites, such as cyberhomesblog.com and mytechopinion.com. Read more

PruCalVoices

The New Real Estate Connection- Online Social Networking
March 6, 2009 · · 5 Comments

Michael has invited special guest  Jonathan Shaw to comment on new Real Estate trends. Jonathan shares with us a re-post of a very good article by Peyman Aleagha for RISmedia
http://rismedia.com/2009-02-23/social-networking-and-the-new-real-estate-sphere-of-influence/

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Social Networking and The New Real Estate Sphere of Influence

 Actually, we’re not just talking about “social networks,” but business networking as well. The Internet has made dramatic changes in the way the world shops, locates information, and in how they communicate with each other. Of course, e-mail is the elephant in the room. But, as we become ever more mobile and in a hurry, networking will become a many-faceted activity.

 So, what do we mean by online or social networking? It’s all about sending messages to one another in real time, and getting back responses quickly. But, it’s also about introductions. Read more