Columbus Bloggers  Are You an A-List Bloglebrity?  It's based on Technorati score

I'm merely a C- list Bloglebrity... this B is for RealTown Blogs as a whole...Congratulations Real Town Blogs. RealTown Blogs is a community of blogs, mostly real estate related.

From Kineda,  an "Entertainment, Pop Culture and Lifestyle" blog.  I found it on Future of Real Estate Technology  (he's a B-list Blogger congrats.)  

The list of B-list bloggers on Kineda include:
"Nick La (N.Design Studio), Todd Friesen (Oilman), Mack Collier (The Viral Garden), Kim Krause Berg (Cre8pc), James Joyner (Gone Hollywood), Meme (Girl Spoke), Joshua Holmes (Bumpshack), Jessica Cutler, Shane Ede (Thatedeguy), John Thomas (JohnTP), Mark Ghosh (Weblog Tools), Ed Kohler, Saakshi Juneja (To Each Its Own), Rick Bruner (Business Blog Consulting), Joseph Scott, Paul Scrivens (Wisdump)"

Not one of whom I recognize... but hey they'd never recognize me either as I am merely a C- list blogger.  I recognized some on the A list, Robert Scoble, Darren Rowse and Seth Godin, blog royalty.

"The High Authority Group [B-List Bloggers]
(100-499 blogs linking in the last 6 months)
The third group represents a decided shift in blog age while not blogging much more frequently than the last. In keeping with the theme of the maturation of the blogosphere, it seems evident that many of these bloggers were previously in category two and have grown in authority organically over time. In other words, sheer dedication pays off over time.

I could not find an A list Real Estate blog.  Other B list real estate bloggers...  Rain City Guide, Sellsius° Blog.

To get a feel for what Kineda looks like if you have not clicked on the link.....imagine Barbie's Dream House 2006.  The image adorning 'Are You an A-List Bloglebrity?' is Paris Hilton.  Self described : "Created December 29, 1997, Kineda serves as one of the web’s premier blogs* focusing on Entertainment, Lifestyle, and Pop Culture. Designed with a bold and provocative look and format, Kineda has become the insider’s guide to what’s hot, new, and undiscovered for the past eight and a half years."

The blogs  "Recent Writings" include "Jessica Alba Voted Sexiest Substitute Teacher, Jay-Z Coming Back in Full Force, Holly Valance DOA Bikini Fight Scene, Name Your Porsche, Stop Touching Me!" 

Congratulations RealTown Blogs. 

The Real Estate Bloggers is "Real Estate, Mortgage, and Development News"  

 Last week The Real Estate Bloggers posted: 10 Riskiest Housing Markets Fall 2006 -  Columbus is NOT on the list! 

Followed by 10 Safest Housing Markets Fall 2006 - Columbus IS on the safest list

According to The Real Estate Bloggers:

"The percentage is the probability determined by the PMI Institute that housing prices in that market sector will go down 10 percent or more in the next two years. Pittsburghs chance of losing 10 percent is 6.1 percent making the city the safest investment according to the PMI Group. "

        c. 2006 Columbus Best Blog                                

 
Lest you think you've wandered into People Magazine... just keep repeating "there's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.... " Sunday Christine Aguilera, Jack White and Buddy Guy jumped on the stage to perform with the Rolling Stones for former president Bill Clinton (enuff name dropping?) It did not happen in Columbus....

I probably wouldn't even notice the above "news" if my friend Maureen Francis in Michigan had not blogged about Jack White of the White Stripes (wouldn't know his music if I heard it..) selling his Detroit Michigan home.... A gorgeous nearly 6000 square foot historic home, built in 1914 in Detroit's Indian Village, a very urban area. Edsel Ford lived in Indian Hills "back in the day." The listing agent on Jack White's house,  Mike Kramar of Coldwell Banker Callan, Realtors has done a gorgeous online brochure about the property and it's history.  "1731 Seminole is being offered at $930,000.00. "

Take a tour Maureen has a link to the listing brokers stupendous tour on her Michigan real estate blog.

I have heard of Jack White, I have read about him.... I have a friend who is a fan...  I know about the black and white and red thing, aren't those kitchen counters green?   I remember the thing about "are they husband and wife or brother and sister?"  ...I am so impressed the house in Indian Village is still classy....  and decorated in what looks to me like appropriate to 1914 style.   Michigan bloggger Maureen who is not a fan of Jack White or the White Stripes gave this intro on her blog: Metro Detroit has a rich musical history. Think Motown, Bob Seger, Kid Rock, Eminem, Ted Nugent, Mitch Ryder and The White Stripes. My non-hipster self has to confess that though I have heard of The White Stripes, I know more about them from reading about them in the papers than I do from listening to their music. My radio is generally tuned into NPR and I don’t own an IPOD. The horror. I must be old."

And I am even older.

A site I enjoy...even if I don't always agree or even "get it"  Black Table said of the state of Michigan:   "No, most people probably think about the birthplace of the automobile, Eminem, Kid Rock and The White Stripes. But there's so much more to the Wolverine State than greenhouse gases and white-trash musicians."

Is white-trash a music category?  I can't keep up... It seems Jack White moved to Nashville and at least one fan is thrilled:, "Jack White, Won't You Be My Neighbor"  Kelly has details of his new 3. something or other million dollar abode, complete with red door. 

Where would a rock star live if they were going to buy a home in the City of Columbus?

A German Village 3,250 square foot home? It is only on a  32 x 82 city lot.   Built in 1870, it has a very open contemporary interior, priced within $20,000 of the $930,000 price on Jack White's home...   There are four more German Village homes under $1,500,000..  A couple of months ago when the NY Times did a what can money buy in various markets... the Columbus answer was a listing in German Village...  we need more than one cool area. 

Or would a rock star be forced to go suburban in Columbus? 

• A 5,612 SF two story in Worthington Hills (Perry Township, Worthington School district), built in 1966 remodeled in 2004... remodel won awards in 2004.. on a .38 golf course lot.
• A 4 bedroom 3 1/2 bath one story home with a walkout basement in Tucker Estates in Worthington buit in 1949.  ?? An agent in my office was name dropping about who the neighbors were  when he had a listing in the area...  captains of industry, sports big shots... hey this is the same house, at least the rock star would have nifty neighbors.... probably a little stuffy and staid for a rock star though!
• A two story in Upper Arlington  on a  212' x 179' foot lot  built in 1975? 5392 Square feet plus a walkout lower level...
• I can't see a rock star in any of the four New Albany Homes priced within $20,000 of Jack White's Detroit  house or for that matter in the other higher priced New Albany homes...

Maybe the one mansion off E. Broad Street...there is one on E. Broad too 

or a Bexley mansion...  (somehow suburban yet urban.)

A newer downtown Columbus condo or loft rather than single family? Allow the 'rock star' to jet off to NYC, LA, etc. rather than be stuck at home in Columbus mowing the lawn...  

When the topic of Jack White's house was posted on Active Rain under Detroit Metro- Michigan it generated a boatload of comments, many from people in California,  Florida, etc. about how reasonable Detroit real estate is...  they ain't seen nothing... when they have not seen Columbus Ohio, have they? Where would a rock star live in Columbus? In Franklin County?  Looking at a list of musical Columbusites in Wikipedia:

"Bow Wow (1987 - ) (formerly known as "Lil' Bow Wow"), rapper
Jay DeMarcus (1971 - ), bassist in the country group Rascal Flatts
Ekoostik Hookah, musical group
Fatty Koo, musical group
Gary LeVox (1970 - ), lead singer of country group Rascal Flatts
Michael Feinstein (1956 - ), singer
Howard Jones, heavy metal singer
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935 - 1977), American jazz saxophonist
Joe "Foley" McCreary, bass player for Miles Davis
Phil Ochs (1940 - 1976), folk-protest singer
O.A.R., roots rock band
Ovarian, rock band
RJD2 (1976 - ), real name, Ramble Jon "RJ" Krohn; hip-hop producer
Saving Jane, alt rock band
The Sun, alt rock band
Twyla Tharp (1941 - ), dancer and choreographer
Nancy Wilson (1937 - ), singer
Dwight Yoakam (1956 - ), country singer "

I am struck by "I think they all left..... "   for NYC, LA, Nashville, or even Detroit..... hey I know of a great house in Indian Village in Detroit...    

"1731 Seminole is being offered at $930,000.00. "

c. 2006 Columbus Best Blog

 Halloween all over the US.... haunted homes, hotels and it's not just for Halloween....

1. Teresa Boardman's Pumpkin Carving Contest - Pumpkins from around the US gather in St. Paul....

1.5  St. Paul's Teresa Board and Bonnie Erickcson collaborated on new song lyrics for Monster Mash edited in...because I can't resist catchy song lyrics. The song lyrics competed in the Halloween Carnival on The Real Estate Tomato Blog. Good luck ladies.... and they won... second edit The Halloween Carnival of Real Estate Winners including the grand prize winner Bill Williams on Active Rain... I have a link to Bill's spooky open house story somewhere on Columbus Best Blog earlier this month. 

2. Haunted Home -Pittsburgh  From Pittsburgh Homes Daily

3. 10 Greatest Ghost Photos Ever Taken from Sellsius Blog

4. Top 10 Haunted Houses in America (included Columbus' Dead Acres, formerly The Haunted Hoochie) from The Real Estate Bloggers.  

5. Idaho's Haunted Places by Lance and Elaine Wells on Active Rain

6. The REAL Haunted Mansion is up for Sale from the Christian Real Estate Network on Active Rain

7. A haunted hotel in California and I have been there.... Content is King--Even if It's Haunted from Roberta Murphy via Active Rain.

8. House not selling could it be the spirits?    Who you gonna call?  Peter Willner on Active Rain says:  "House cleaner or spirit cleaner.........which do you use?"

9. On a more serious note Haunting Disclosures: Death On Property from Ken Smith on Active Rain.  I remember a friend's trauma about a stigmatized house and I once owned one myself... but my lips are sealed.   

10. A New York Ghost Story  from Sellsius° Blog a true haunted house story.

Central Ohio - Previously on Columbus Best Blog

"My World and Welcome to it"

Central Ohio Friday the 13th

 Home Haunters

Best Ghost Tours in Columbus!

Anyone else in the spirit?