There were about 40 entries for this week’s Carnival of Real Estate. That may be a normal amount for all I know but there was a lot of good writing to sort through. I feel a little inadequate after reading some of these great articles.
I sorted them into four categories: Real Estate Agents, Mortgages, Technology and Other.
Real Estate Agent Category… I had to give Broker Bryant first place. He had my whole family in stitches.
Lead Or Prospect, Are You Buying? by Broker Bryant at BrokerBryant.com
Market Your Home Like A Rock Star by Brian Miller of RealEstateEntropy.com
Top 100 Reasons To Use A Real Estate Agent by Michael Krotchie at michaelkrotchie.com
Salesperson or Consultant by Sandy Kaduce at northsoundpropertynews.blogspot.com
Mortgages
Just Because Compensation for a Loan Isn’t Disclosed Doesn’t Mean It’s Free by Dan Melson at searchlightcrusade.net
The 3.6 Million Dollar Mortgage by Tim Abbott at abettermortgage.typepad.com
Technology
How The I-Phone Can Revolutionize Real Estate by Oliver Muoto at vflyerblog.com
To Map or NOT to MAP - That is the question? from realtorgenius.com
Other Real Estate Related
5 Things Buyers Should Never See in Your Listings by Kimbely Wester on Active Rain
Building an audience: Using blogging, social networks, email newsletters and viral marketing instead of SEO by Brian Brady on Bloodhoundblog
Does Size Matter: How Small A House Are You Willing To Live In? from thedigeratilife.com
Housing and the age of Affluence from drhousingbubble.com
Transparent Honest Negotiating by Christopher Smith at EquityScout.com
I felt that everyone who contributed should be listed, so here are all the other blog posts. Some of these are likely as good or better than the ones I chose. It depends on your perspective.
Check them out:
Seven Ways to Tackle The Garage by Jennifer Steck at centraldenverblog.com
Motivated Seller, Come Back Next Year by Aaron Dickinson of Aaronsold.com
Home Pricing Strategies by Ben Kinney on Active Rain
These Ladies Mean Business by Dr. John Yacenda at renorealestatevoice.com
Why Real Estate Is Bubble Proof by Tonja Demoff at TonjaDemoff.com
Condo-Hotel Concept Is It Worth Checking Out? from Plus6.com
10 Mistakes Everyone Makes When Buying-Selling Real Estate by Ant at TheBeefJerkyBlog.com
Exploring A Slice Of Subprime Space by Niki Scevak at blog.fortiusone.com
Time To Buy Or To Buy Time by Matt Johnson at zillowblog.com
Why Build a Custom Home by Mark Donovan at homeadditionplus.com
Does a Bi-Weekly payment plan save me enough money to make it worthwhile? by John Barker at barkerblog.com
7 Steps To Buying A Home by Doug Trudeau at tucsonrealestateblogs.com
What Housing Derivatives Really Mean For You by Fritz Siebel at housingderivatives.typepad.com
Stocks Versus Real Estate Investments by David at ww-success.com
Almost Debt Free: How to Save for a Down Payment on a Home by John at queercents.com
Is George Washington Selling Your House by Toby Boyce at delawareohrealestate.com
Ask The Agents: Where Are The Good Neighborhoods? by Jay Thompson at pheonixrealestateguy.com
How Much Is Your Home Worth? by Andy of moneywalks.com
How Much Should Your Monthly Mortgage Be by Tushar at residentalien.blogspot.com
Why Redfin Will Succeed by Lani Anglin at realtorwives.blogspot.com
Real Estate Search Marketing, A VC’s Take by Cliff Jacobson at webhomeusablog.com
If You Were Designing The Real Estate Industry From Scratch, Would It Look More Like Coldwell Banker Or Redfin? by Kevin Boer at 3oceansrealestate.com
Inspire Me! 2 Tips and a Website by Shaun McLane at poshd.com
July 9th, 2007 at 5:31 am
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July 9th, 2007 at 7:56 am
[…] The 49th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate, back from its 4th of July break, is posted over at ValleyMarket. Marty Van Diest, a real estate agent for RE/MAX of Wasilla in Alasksa, did a great job sorting through 40 selections to categorize and highlight his favorite posts — take a look! […]
July 9th, 2007 at 8:58 am
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July 9th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Good job with the Carnival Marty. Happy to hear my little video gave you a good laugh. It was very hard keeping a straight face while making that. It was fun though!!!
July 9th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Hey Marty thanks for the mention! But I think somehow the blog links got mixed up, my blog link points to the wrong site. The buy has a neat hair-do though!
July 9th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
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July 9th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Marty, There are so many great posts to choose from. I don’t know how you did it. Each of these is on my reading list for the rest of the week. Thanks for all the hard work.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
Broker Bryant…Thanks for stopping by. You are a celebrity by now. Pretty soon you will be able to sell those videos at the NAR convention.
July 9th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Hi Jennifer, you are right, there were a lot of blog posts to read. I read them all, most of them more than once. I did learn a lot.
Your post about the garage was one of the top ones. It was hard to decide.
July 10th, 2007 at 3:20 am
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July 11th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Carnival of Real Estate #49…
Great post. Thanks! I’ll add a link to your post….
July 15th, 2007 at 5:54 am
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July 16th, 2007 at 4:57 am
[…] With 19 entries we had to get a little creative in creating the bracket, all (but one) entries were plugged into random spots, which makes this a little more challenging than the “true” match play where players are seeded based on their abilities (as determined by past experiences). I wanted to seed but realized that just getting this to come out would be tough-enough. The only person to have a pre-set?”bye” was Broker Bryant in honor of his being named the winner of the 49th Carnival of Real Estate as hosted by ValleyMarket. […]
September 17th, 2007 at 8:20 am
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October 1st, 2007 at 9:57 pm
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November 10th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
Great post. I followed several of the links on here.
December 21st, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Wow this is a very complete list. I will have to bookmark it. Great stuff and lots of idea’s. Thanks.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Greattt post sir. Thank you! I?ll add a link to your post ok!
Anthony Brunetti
Real Estate Postcards