Kathy Soltero:  Welcome to Metro Brokers TV, I am Kathy Soltero.  Today in the studio we have Doug Lindstrom from our Loveland office, welcome Doug.

Doug Lindstrom:  Thank you.

Kathy Soltero:  Tell us how long have you been with Metro Brokers.

Doug Lindstrom:  I opened my office December last year 2008, so just one year now.

Kathy Soltero:  Wow and what sort of features and benefits and tools I think have you found in Metro Brokers that you really value?

Doug Lindstrom:  You know so far the best value I have seen is the CTM e-contracts and the website I get a fair amount of traffic I believe from the website, so those are the tools I utilize the most.

Kathy Soltero:  Very much so with the website especially I think.

Doug Lindstrom:  Right.

Kathy Soltero:  Describe any kind of volunteer work that you may have done in the years past whether it be in the community or with real estate?

Doug Lindstrom:  Sure.  Well recently I have, I have three kids, so they are all pretty young right now.  So I don't have a whole lot of time for a whole lot of volunteer work at the moment, but in the past I have done habitat for humanity and pretty involved with my church, real estate on some of the boards and some of the committees that our board has up in Northern Colorado.

Kathy Soltero:  Tell us why you want to be on the Metro Brokers board?

Doug Lindstrom:  Big question.  My only motivation frankly for being on the board is to get a presence up in Northern Colorado.  I think we are very underserved up there personally and I think that there is a lot of; there is no saturation up there.  So I think we can definitely tap into that market, that's very unknown right now, but there is this three of us really up in Northern Colorado actually four of us up in Northern Colorado right now, so hoping to tap into that market a little bit and grow Metro Brokers.

Kathy Soltero:  That's awesome.  Tell me what sort of strengths do you have that you could bring to our board in 2010?

Doug Lindstrom:  You know I am hoping that kind of just being persistent with what the needs are particularly in Northern Colorado would be a benefit to the whole Metro Brokers community.  I think I have some leadership skills, but I also believe that more than anything else is, I don't, I am pretty persistent I just don't let things go too easily.  So hopefully that will be a benefit to all of us.

Kathy Soltero:  All right well our election is on January 15th, our annual board of directors meeting and we wish you the best of luck, thank you so much for joining us today.

Doug Lindstrom:  Thank you Kathy.

Kathy Soltero:  Thank you for joining Metro Brokers TV.

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Metro Brokers 2010 President Elect Bob Luna looks to grow outlying areas

MetrobrokersTV: Hi. Welcome to Metro Brokers TV. I am Robin Wood and I have the pleasure today of speaking with Bob Luna from Metro Brokers Crescent Properties, LLC. Thanks for joining us Bob.

Bob Luna: Good to be here Robin.

MetrobrokersTV: So, congratulations first of all for becoming the President Elect for 2010.

Bob Luna: Oh thank you.

MetrobrokersTV: For Metro Brokers Organization. How long have you been with us, with Metro Brokers?

Bob Luna: With Metro Brokers, nine years now.

MetrobrokersTV: And how long have you been in the business?

ob Luna: It's 30 years. So, a long time.

MetrobrokersTV: Different companies?

Bob Luna: Different companies. Started out with Century 21, went to RE/MAX, and finally saw the light. I think that this is the place where I am going to be for a long time.

MetrobrokersTV: Excellent. Excellent. Well, you definitely will be at the helm next year for us, thank you. So, tell me a little bit about your business.

Bob Luna: Most of my business is out of Boulder County. I manage an office in Lafayette. It's a very traditional little Victorian house. We get a lot of walk in traffic, have the little brochure boxes out front and it's just a lot of fun. So, it's antique furniture, the whole bit, but lot of technology in there.

MetrobrokersTV: Yes, there is. We do have so much technology in Metro Brokers and I imagine you will be using that to help with our membership as you take [Voice Cross Over].

Bob Luna: Well, that's what I am hoping for and promoting the outlying areas is the area that you know I think that Metro Brokers really needs to grow in, you know getting the message out. There is... we just started a Fort Collins Metro Broker office. The agent up there in one month has already gotten two leads from other Metro Brokers for two listings. So, she has gotten two listings just because of joining Metro Brokers right away. So, that's great.

MetrobrokersTV: That is great. What other areas do you think that we could really focus on trying to draw into this group, the successful Metro Brokers group?

Bob Luna: That's a good question. Colorado Springs I think is another sleeping giant for Metro Brokers. Grand Junction and again that whole northern corridor from Longmont, Loveland, and Fort Collins. So, very excited on trying to get the word out there as to what Metro Brokers is all about.

MetrobrokersTV: Now, what types of tools do you think we can use to let these areas know what we offer?

Bob Luna: Well Robin, we are in one of the best tools that they have right here at Metro Brokers TV. The other thing it's our online, the metrobrokersonline.com. That's all web based and it is all maps for the state. It has all the leads from all the MLS'. So, your searches can all be done from one place. Now, it offers lead generation and lead capture to all of our brokers. So, it's a phenomenal tool and getting that word out is the most important thing.

MetrobrokersTV: Thank you so much Bob for all that great information.

Bob Luna: Well thank you Robin. It has been my pleasure.

MetrobrokersTV: For more interviews and membership information, please join us at metrobrokerstv.com.

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Metro Brokers 2009 Board Of Director Candidate Adella Engel

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Metro Brokers 2009 Board Of Director Candidate Jurgen Denk

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