Florida Reception

Chatting at the Florida Reception during the recent NAR Mid-year meeting with Vice-Chair of NAR Strategy DJ Snapp and wife Wendy about national disaster insurance coverage for all states.

Realtor Association of Great Fort Lauderdale

On Monday April 26, 2010 the Realtor Association of Great Fort Lauderdale made it official by formally endorsing me for 2011 Vice President. This is the first time they have done there endorsement before the D.C. Meetings. "It is great to have them behind me this early in the process."

GAINESVILLE RACE

Yesterday I was in Gainesville for the some of the great Cat 1, 2, 3 and pro races on a .6 mile course in downtown Gainesville. Several of the pros from BMC, TIME, TYPE 1, and JITTERY JOES.

Talk about COLD! We rolled out at 7:30 am for 100k in the hills of Clermont. This was a timed race which included 3 zones. The first was Citrus Hill, next Buck Hill, and 3rd Sugar Loaf Mountain. I just installed my Dura-Ace carbon wheels and boy where they fast. When it was all said and done, I place 36 out of 192 in the race. This picture is of my riding partners on the very cold day. it was a long 5 hours on the bike

Everything went well at the Mid Winter Meetings. The entire 2009 Leadership team is working hard to make sure that all Florida Realtors are profitable and sound for the future. These are difficult times for every business, but we want to make sure our Realtor family is able to survive. We had about 900 Realtors in attendance, which was great! The only unexpected problem was the 20 degree temperatures that lingered around for several days.

Gainesville Cycling Festival

Well this weekend was an amazing endurance weekend for me. Last weekend I rode 125 miles to train for this weekend to ride back to back Century's(100 miles). After looking at the weather on Saturday and hearing how tough the ride was on Sunday, I decided to do the 56 mile course on Saturday and ride the full 100 miles on Sunday.

On Saturday I finished in 2:40 hr/min. and finished 2nd. On Sunday it was a whole different story with a very hilly course and a 20 mph

head wind. Needless to say I finished in 5:40 hr/min. It was a lot of fun and work at the same time.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE DAY

The big day has arrived! In less than two hours, I will be interviewing for the 2009 Secretary position. Last night I had dinner with several of the candidate's and talked about 2009. Hope all goes well.