Project Bladder
John Lockwood has been actively commenting on Realtor Wives as of late, namely on the "Know Your Identity" article. If you haven't read it, back up and take a look before continuing... I'll wait... As...
View ArticleState of the Blog Report- Unhealthy Competition
Several bloggers are observing the problems with RE blogging of late, namely the abuse of the forum. People have been accused of censoring, being inappropriate and vulgar, inflammatory and the like for...
View ArticleA Buyer Who Never Turned His Car Off
Last week, my husband closed a beautiful new home in a new subdivision. The buyer (we'll call him JR) reads this blog (being a tech-savvy guy and a new friend of ours), so he'll get a kick out of it...
View ArticleYOU'VE BEEN REDFINNED!
UPDATED AND EDITED PER REQUEST:Today, a temporarily (by request) unnamed site coins a new term- "Redfinned." MTV may have Punk'D, but the Real Estate industry has Redfinned. This word is an adjective...
View ArticleNotorious B.I.G. Said "Mo Money, Mo Problems"
Notorious B.I.G. said "Mo Money, Mo Problems" and I agree. In the blogosphere, the bigger you get, the more bold you become and it leads to enemies whether you like it or not. Instead of talking...
View ArticleCarnival of Real Estate- Sock Puppet's Turn
This week, The Sock Puppet hosts the Carnival of Real Estate aka "CoRE."If you haven't started participating in the Carnival of Real Estate, it's a great way to find great bloggers to add to your feed...
View ArticleWhat In The World Is "Deck"?
Don't know what "deck" is? You're just not hip... I'll clue you in! Liz Barkdale writes my absolute favorite article written thus far in 2007; click here to read on!Anywhere in Austin south of the...
View ArticleAttention Newbies
I have had several emails lately from new bloggers asking what direction to take (and I'm no specialist, but I'm always happy to share links to any of the 92 blogs on my feed reader)... there are so...
View ArticleWorld's Best Photographer
I don't often use this blog to promote non-Real Estate material, but I've been meaning to tell you all about Emma Smallbone of BarebonePhoto, the World's Best Photographer. Okay, so I don't think...
View ArticleRE WEBLOGGING 101
Realtor Genius has sniffed out a great new site by TheGreg over at Bloodhound:Weblogging101 opened today, and to be honest there is just so much information it would take several days to plow through...
View ArticleA Loud 10 Year Old
Realtor Genius and I have a beautiful, intelligent, newly 10 year old daughter who recently took an interest in blogging. We set her up with an invitation-only Blogger site and she has blogged like a...
View ArticleConfessions of a Lifehacker Addict
Thanks a lot, Larry... as if my time wasn't monopolized with Real Estate, blogging, family and a stubborn dog, you got me hooked on the crack that is Lifehacker! If any of you aren't reading, it is a...
View ArticleTop 10 DIY Mistakes
Yahoo blipped this article across my screen and it embodied many things we frequently tell those clients that are preparing to begin flipping/renovating/fixing their new purchases. Maybe you'll find it...
View ArticleOnly Room For One More Blog!
Today, I added the 99th blog to my Bloglines feed reader. When I started this whole blog thang (yeah, that's spelled with an "a"), I set several goals. My number three goal was to keep my feed reader...
View ArticleCarnival of Real Estate
Altos Reasearch hosts this week's Carnival of Real Estate.My thoughts:(1) sweet- Greg Swann has his own blog category (although Mike had to sidenote that he was half kidding about that),(2) Altos...
View ArticleThe Realtor Wives Feed Reader Hits 100!
Well, it had to come sometime- the obstacle is now here... how do I keep this feed reader under 100? As I asked this week, who should be the 100th blog to read every day?Realtor Wives added Rebekah...
View ArticleTo Capthca or NOT To Captcha
Many of us (myself included) opt to include the captcha so that the spambots can't infiltrate our beautiful blogs. I'm on Google's Blogger, and I've learned that Blogger sometimes cops an attitude and...
View ArticleWhy Redfin Will Succeed
Kevin Boer at 3 Oceans Realty poses the question, "If You Were Designing The Real Estate Industry From Scratch, Would It Look More Like Coldwell Banker Or Redfin?"The consensus so far is that if we...
View ArticleHow Not To Screw Up...
I came across an article recently about 10 dating disasters and immediately thought of what so many Realtors do incorrectly (or "do wrong" if you're here in the South). I thought I would modify the...
View ArticleWhat's A Bawldy?
So, this week, Realtor Wives achieved a highly sought after milestone- earning a Bawldy! What's a Bawldy? Well, Jeff Brown at BawldGuy.com links daily to his choice of the best Real Estate articles of...
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