{"id":2125,"date":"2007-10-31T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T17:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2007-10-31T09:17:01","modified_gmt":"2007-10-31T16:17:01","slug":"running-with-the-hounds-and-picking-up-the-pace-introducing-geno-petro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2125\/running-with-the-hounds-and-picking-up-the-pace-introducing-geno-petro\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking up the pace: Introducing Geno Petro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we’re adding another writer to our line-up, but we’re also revealing the secret subterranean agenda of The Odysseus Medal competition.<\/p>\n

Every time I turn around, there is someone accusing me of underhanded methods. I was seeking to get rich at $6.17 a month as an Amazon Affiliate. The Odysseus Medal is alleged to be a link-baiting scheme. And — the worst of my crimes — I hogged all the good grades in school!<\/p>\n

I live in a simple world. I figure things are pretty much what they seem to be. Certainly I<\/i> am, as is anything I build. I don’t do double-talk. I don’t get it, and I don’t care to take the time to puzzle it out.<\/p>\n

So what is the real, super-secret, ultra-nefarious objective of The Odysseus Medal?<\/p>\n

To unearth and celebrate talent. Period. My secondary hope is that I might recruit talented writers whose work I haven’t seen before to come write with us. But I want to improve my own mind — as I assume you do, too — and a good way for us to achieve that objective is to tell each other about great writing and great ideas we find as we leap across these nets.<\/p>\n

Ooh… Crafty…<\/p>\n

Today’s introduction is a treat for me. I had never read him before Sunday morning. He was nominated for The Odysseus Medal, and I knew about a third of the way through his post that he had won it. By the time I had finished reading, I knew I wanted to recruit him for BloodhoundBlog.<\/p>\n

Enough. The man:<\/p>\n

Geno Petro is the voice of Chicago on the RE.net. A top-producing listing agent, he has done leasing and has worked in his own behalf as an investor. On top of all that, he is a stunningly original writer.<\/p>\n

Geno Petro is an incomparable writer<\/a>. Like Kris Berg, he takes you right into his world, and, while you are there, you cannot even imagine any other, so completely is it realized.<\/p>\n

I love what we do here, but one of the things I love best is that it makes all of us stronger. We all have to run Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today we’re adding another writer to our line-up, but we’re also revealing the secret subterranean agenda of The Odysseus Medal competition. Every time I turn around, there is someone accusing me of underhanded methods. I was seeking to get rich at $6.17 a month as an Amazon Affiliate. 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