Carnival of real estate #54
In one of the best looking CoREs it's up at Realty Thoughts. Some outstanding and timely posts this week.
2000 posts
I feel as if I should have something profound to say after blogging about the Charlottesville region's real estate market for 32 months, but as with most any other milestone, it's just another day. Actually, this is post #2001. Hopefully the next 2000 posts will…
What did I learn at Inman Connect that I couldn’t have learned if I hadn’t gone?
The simple answer is - what other people look like. There is so much more to learn from others with whom you have relationships when you actually shake their hands. Real estate blogging can help to establish relationships with other real estate professionals, potential buyer…
Notes on Inman Connect Part 2
Perhaps one of the best presentations so far was that provided by Safa Rashtchy titled User Generated Content: You Are No Longer in Control. not so much because of the content, very little of which was groundbreaking news or information. What was interesting was how…
Notes from Inman Connect Part 1
One of the most difficult parts of listening to the panelists is not being able to respond and participate in the conversation. A few thoughts of my own for beginning bloggers - - Be yourself - Focus on building long-term, loyal readers and commenters -…
Off to San Francisco
Last year I followed the happenings at Inman's Conference from Charlottesville. This year I'll be a panelist at Inman's Bloggers Connect and attending with my wife. The events I am most looking forward to are the social gatherings where I'll be able to actually meet…
Perhaps the nicest thing ever written about me
Imagine my surprise, when flipping through this week's C-Ville today, I was surprised to see a review of RealCentralVA.com. 1. It is an unsolicited endorsement. 2. It takes up a quarter-page in one of the two prominent weekly newspapers in Charlottesville. 2. It accurately captures…
The Carnival of Real Estate #51
Is up at Rain City Guide. There are plenty of posts worthy of reading by real estate-related professions, but also for real estate consumers and voyeurs, notably: Half-assed service Divorcing the real estate commissions ... Expected rate of decline of home prices in the next…
Crafty SEO tactics for real estate bloggers
I feel like I'm being gamed. Maybe it was the title of the article, "Is Real estate blogging advertising?" or maybe I just got lucky, but one of the comments on my post the other day appear to be a new kind of comment spam,…
Is real estate blogging advertising?
Or is it both advertising and journalism? What rights should bloggers have? How does one define "advertising?" When contemplating this article, more questions than answers presented themselves, ultimately arriving at the most appropriate answer to the title question - "maybe" and "it depends". Painting all…