The AZ Real Estate Blogging Network kicked off April 24th, 2008 with a big bang! The attendance was fantastic! We met at 9:00 am, Thursday at the SanTan Village Mall in Gilbert, Arizona. We mingled and enjoyed our lattes, morning coffees and sodas while settling in at 9:30 a.m. to a fabulous line-up of speakers, Teri Ellis, The Lady in Red, Paul Slaybaugh, our ActiveRain celebrity, Shailesh Ghirmire, AZ Mortgage Guru, Mike Jones, Mike in Tucson and clean up was with our local blogging celebrity, Jay Thompson! I personally want to thank the speakers for a marvelous job they did and for their expertise and willingness to make this kick-off meeting a huge success! Without you this would not have been the event it was! There was much to share and much to learn and it was great to see the p***ion and participation among the attendees. I really believe that this is going to be the monthly meeting to be at and to have such great resources available to each and everyone in attendance for free! You can't beat that! Enjoy the photos below in my slideshow and as time allows I will upload the Video footage of the speakers for those that missed it or for those that want to recap of the event.

A special 'thank you' to this month's Sponsors:

• Shelli Bates - LandAmerica Lawyers Title - 480-688-9387
• Mary Ellen Kohut - The Mortgage Advantage - 602-329-3437
• Ron Kohatsu - World Inspection Network WIN - 480-844-2882
• Jim Crandell - Homestead Appraisals - 480-390-8530

If you are interested in more information on the monthly meetings, email me direct at AZREBlogs@Yahoo.com and I will get you the upcoming event. May's meeting will be held May 29th, 2008 in the Tempe area. If you are interested in being included be sure to email me so that I can send out an invitation. Also be sure to check out our new group we just started called AZ Real Estate Blogging Network, come check it out!