Carnival of Real Estate #49 July 8th, 2007

Categories: Wasilla Real Estate News

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

 

Written by Marty Van Diest 22 Comments »

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  5. Broker Bryant

    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!!!

  6. Michael Krotchie

    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! ;)

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  8. Jennifer Steck

    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.

  9. Marty Van Diest

    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.

  10. Marty Van Diest

    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.

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  20. Gregory Garver

    Great post. I followed several of the links on here.

  21. Alex - Portland Real Estate

    Wow this is a very complete list. I will have to bookmark it. Great stuff and lots of idea’s. Thanks.

  22. Anthony Brunetti

    Greattt post sir. Thank you! I?ll add a link to your post ok!

    Anthony Brunetti
    Real Estate Postcards

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