Another beautiful Friday, another high impact Valley Marketing Association meeting in Pleasanton at Tommy T's. Roy and Stephen had the stereo pumping up the volume again today. 

Roy nabbed me at the last minute to sit on a panel to discuss agent etiquette. It seems the number of complaints and or comments we are hearing from around the country about real estate agents' lack of courtesy and etiquette is on the rise. Roy scheduled this panel to bring more awareness to the situation locally as the professionals represented by this association want to raise the bar way above the national or state level.

Just yesterday, I wrote a post over on my Active Rain blog addressing this very thing and the last issue of the Contra Costa Association of Realtors newsletter had a front page article on the topic as well. I slipped Roy $10 for putting me on the panel to encourage him to put me in similar surroundings more often. The ten spot is going into the charity fund.

Today's new listings include:

• 7448 Quartz Circle, Dublin
• 5836 Turnberry Drive, Dublin
• 19873 John Drive, Castro Valley
• 3240-122 Maguire Way, Dublin
• 7036 York Drive, Dublin
• 8133 Arroyo Drive #1, Pleasanton
• 4168 Wells Street, Pleasanton
• 4330 First Street, Pleasanton

 I think everyone present would agree that the highlight of the meetig was Dick Vesperman's listing presentation. Dick brought in a drummer and a pianist and did a great take-off on New York, New York to present his York Drive listing. If real estate doesn't work out for Dick, there is always Las Vegas.