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Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor®, Rothwell Realty Inc. CA#01968433 Carmel-by-the-Sea

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Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
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I'm at the office everyday, and just don't care to go out.  We have a great cafeteria in our building; however, I prefer to bring something from home.

Aug 25, 2016 06:09 AM
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Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Used to do this as spending 10 bucks a day for chow adds up. Now, no prob

Aug 25, 2016 07:24 AM
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Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

I work out of the home so this is a non subject for me... and I barely have time to walk over to the kitchen to eat next thing I know it is like 3pm and I am dizzy from hunger....Endre

Aug 25, 2016 04:47 PM
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Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
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Nope, I just walk downstairs to the kitchen and take what I need! LOL

But sometimes I get too busy and just don't eat during the day

Aug 25, 2016 10:59 AM
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Hella,

We work from home, and eat lunch out twice a week.  The other days, we just prepare something, and then go sit out on the deck and eat our lunch and smell the ocean breezes.  A

Aug 25, 2016 06:42 AM
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Jessie Cochran
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Panama City Realty Group

Only if I'm staying there all day - otherwise, I like to take a break and get out of the office to re-motivate and refresh

Aug 26, 2016 12:31 AM
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

I prefer my agents and employees not eat in the office Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor® 

Aug 25, 2016 11:53 AM
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Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

I run over to a place called "The Booeymonger" that has totally amazing sandwiches and is a block from the office.  

Aug 25, 2016 11:19 AM
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
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I never eat lunch unless I'm taking one of my referral partners to lunch!  Unlike Kathleen Daniels, I do the unhealthy thing - I eat one meal a day and it's typically after 8PM!!  (Yes, I'm hanging my head!!)

Aug 25, 2016 10:26 AM
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Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Never, food should be enjoyed and savored.

Aug 25, 2016 08:43 AM
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Lynnea Miller
Bend Premier Real Estate - Bend, OR
Premier Real Estate Service in Central Oregon

Almost always. :)

Aug 25, 2016 08:39 AM
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Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Yes, I love good deli food, but cost, time and health takes my back to my roots.  My mother, who grew up on farm during the Great Depression, made us pack our brown bag lunch everyday in high school rather than eat in school cafeteria.  Old traditions still apply today.  Even when Dave & I travel we brown bag for lunch and treat ourselves for dinner out when we arrive at our destination 

Aug 25, 2016 08:17 AM
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Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

What is lunch I ask myself.

Aug 27, 2016 01:26 AM
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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

We eat lunch out most days.  Every day, something different.  Yesterday it was classy upscale French.   Today we ate Barbecue from a banged up trailer /smokehouse that sits in a parking lot. 

Aug 26, 2016 08:34 AM
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Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

I keep a granola bar in my car for times I can't take a break

Aug 26, 2016 12:18 AM
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Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Never been a fan of the "brown bag" so I just skip lunch if I get busy!

Aug 25, 2016 11:14 PM
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
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I've never brown-bagged in my life. My office is in my house and when I want to eat, I walk over to the kitchen... when I worked in the corporate world, there was always a good cafeteria on the premises that cost less than brown-bagging. Of course, I virtually never eat lunch unless I have a lunch date and even in the corporate world rarely had more than a cup of soup unless I had a lunch appointment with one of our bankers.

Aug 25, 2016 09:22 PM
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Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
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I'm on a diet, so lunch is usually a SlimFast shake for me.

Aug 25, 2016 09:18 PM
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Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

I am a snacker( eat many times but little) so I take a long lunch only if it is business or with friends. 

Aug 25, 2016 04:47 PM
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Sandy Williams
eXp Realty, sandy@sandywilliams.com - Sarasota, FL

If I go to my office, I always take my lunch with me.  I look at time as an opportunity cost, if spent somewhere, it must be given up somewhere else.  I would rather spend that time at home, after work with my family.....besides its cheaper and usually healthy.

Aug 25, 2016 02:33 PM
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Melissa Jackson REALTOR
Trinity Premier Properties - Azle, TX
Helping You Make The Right Move

I arrive with lunch.  Takes too much time to stop and go eat.  Plus our location is congested!  

Aug 25, 2016 02:21 PM
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Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

All the time Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor® 

Aug 25, 2016 01:36 PM
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Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
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No,  we have access to our kitchen at our home office.

Aug 25, 2016 01:31 PM
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Evelyn Johnston
Friends & Neighbors Real Estate - Elkhart, IN
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I work out of my home, so I guess you can say we do.  The kitchen is right here...

Aug 25, 2016 01:29 PM
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Silvia Dukes PA, Broker Associate, CRS, CIPS, SRES
Tropic Shores Realty - Ich spreche Deutsch! - Spring Hill, FL
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I rarely have lunch, if I do, it's a working lunch.

Aug 25, 2016 01:22 PM
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Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
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On those busy days I seldom remember to take a break for food, just makes that  late night dinner taste much better after a 15-18 hour day of forgetting to eat.

Aug 25, 2016 01:15 PM
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Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

I have terrible eating habits- I should stop and get a salad but I don't - usually I am not in the office at lunch though 

Aug 25, 2016 12:57 PM
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Frank Rubi
Frank Rubi Real Estate, LLC - Metairie, LA
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I am never to busy to stop and eat lunch. Its another one of my marketing tools. 

Aug 25, 2016 12:51 PM
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Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I brown bagged today because I had some good stuff from hoem I wanted to eat. I keep crackers and a jar of peanut butter for those days that I am stuck.

Aug 25, 2016 11:55 AM
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Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
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No, I do not have an ofice, other than my car, so often I skip lunch entirely rather than pay for over-priced garbage on the road.

Aug 25, 2016 09:13 AM
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Debbie Laity
Cedaredge Land Company - Cedaredge, CO
Your Real Estate Resource for Delta County, CO

I do bring my own lunch quite a bit. I can get some work done while I'm eating. That's about as good as I get at multi tasking. 

Aug 25, 2016 09:11 AM
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Thomas J. Nelson, REALTOR ® e-Pro CRS RCS-D Vets
Big Block Realty 858.232.8722 - La Jolla, CA
CEO of Vision Drive Realty - Coastal San Diego

I walk home for lunch and make a nice meal when I'm not having lunch with a client or networking partner. I was able to lease an office 3 minutes walking distance from my home 

Aug 25, 2016 09:10 AM
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Yes plus a snack. I work from home now & it is much healthier that way.

Aug 25, 2016 06:21 AM
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
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Hella, I seldom eat out.  I cook meals at home and make fresh organic salads and green smoothies.  

Aug 25, 2016 06:14 AM
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Sharon Altier
Coldwell Banker Realty - Elmhurst, IL
Luxury Property Specialist, CSC, SFR

I try to keep snacks around....I chill grapes in the fridge and pack a baggie full for the car...baggies of things here and there (i.e., nuts, fruit...)..and then force myself to get out, if I haven't eaten in a while. 

Aug 25, 2016 06:12 AM
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Sybil Campbell
Fernandina Beach, FL
Referral Agent Amelia Island Florida

I ususally try to keep a couple of lean cuisines at the office.

Aug 31, 2016 01:11 AM
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

It depends.  I may bring a snack or just skip lunch.  

Aug 29, 2016 12:44 AM
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Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

No

Aug 26, 2016 10:30 PM
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William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I always have a back up supply of quick eats

Aug 26, 2016 12:05 PM
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Wayne Zuhl
Remax First Realty II - Cranford, NJ
The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate

I brown bag is every day. 

Aug 26, 2016 07:17 AM
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Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

My office is my home (or is that my home is my office?) so I always have food available.  Deli does sound good though...  there is one close by.

Aug 26, 2016 03:19 AM
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Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

I always eat at my desk when I'm in the office.... I have a fruit bowl in my office and I replenish it with fresh fruit every three or four days.... I eat 5 apples a day so I don't lose anymore weight....

Aug 26, 2016 02:52 AM
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Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Zone bars have often been my lunch.

Aug 25, 2016 11:48 PM
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Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

Every day that I will be in the field will have a bag of food.

Only if I will be in certain areas will I partake of local eateries.

Aug 25, 2016 10:04 PM
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Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Yes - but then again - my office is in my home!

Aug 25, 2016 09:52 PM
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Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

I brown bag it--leftovers are great in the microwave.

Aug 25, 2016 09:40 PM
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Dennis Swartz
Full Circle Property Management - Columbus, OH
MBA, GRI...experience counts!

I brown bag it every day or I will be huge!

Aug 25, 2016 07:43 PM
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FN LN
Toronto, ON

A brown bag can be considered to be a regular lunch by many.

Aug 25, 2016 05:08 PM
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Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Hella M. Rothwell, Broker/Realtor® - I do suggest our small group members to bring in their 'brown bag lunch' at some monthly meetings....

More like 'Lunch-n-Learn'.

Aug 25, 2016 04:11 PM
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Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
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All just skip a meal.....

Aug 25, 2016 11:48 AM
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Sandra Steele
Wise Choice Properties, Sedona/Verde Valley Branch - Cottonwood, AZ
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I now work from home with a full blown set up including mls and other client information on a large flat screen tv.  I have everything to work in a professional manner.

Aug 25, 2016 11:01 AM