from The Real Estate Solutions Guide 2008 | page 31 | by G.M. Filisko

Blah-Free Blogs

Looking for some fun real estate reading? Here are a few Realtors® with compelling reading.

Every few days, both of these Realtors post well-written and in-depth articles about real estate in their respective areas. Tampa’s Terry Ward
www.tampa-bay-real-estate.blogspot.com/

Key West’s Gary Thomas
http://keywestproperties.blogspot.com/

San Diego’s Jim Klinge works hard at his blog by posting daily and adding variety with things like contests.
www.bubbleinfo.com/journal/

Lee County’s James Weidl only posts a few times each month, but keeps the tone conversational and writes about topics buyers and sellers would find useful.
www.floridarealestatenews.blogspot.com/

Posting market data can be deadly boring, but Minneapolis’ T.J. Larson adds energy, fun and local insights to make it interesting.
http://tcrealtor.blogspot.com/

Miami’s Rick Garcia and Ines Hegedus-Garcia make their fun and popular blog the home page for their real estate Web site.
www.miamism.com/

Texas’ Rochelle Fitzgerald turns her blog over to her customers to build referrals and testimonials.
www.realtorrochelle.blogspot.com/

Judging by the high number of comments,
Oregon’s Thesa Chambers gets a big following with her personal, helpful and lively writing about local topics.
http://activerain.com/blogs/thesa

For a new blogger, Bradenton’s Becky
Troutt gets lots of comments about her daily (and sometimes hourly) posts.
http://activerain.com/blogs/beckytroutt

To influence public policy about a controversial real estate issue, this real estate professional and anonymous blogger posts out of passion, not promotion.