Grand Prize winner in the RealTown/Inman Connect Blog Contest is Monica McNamara, a novice real estate blogger who makes a statement about professionalism in real estate with a new blog, My Hometown Ocean City, Maryland. Her winning post is What Would I Want If I Was a Buyer? The grand prize is a Full Conference registration to the Real Estate Connect Conference in San Francisco sponsored by Inman News.

John Reilly, e-PRO, Vice President of Publishing of InternetCrusade, home of RealTown, said: "Monica's enthusiastic writing style is a prime example of what we at RealTown have maintained for the 13 years we have provided community-generated content, namely, the fact that there is a wealth of undiscovered talent waiting to be published. Blogging definitely provides that platform. Congratulations, Monica."
 

 
Today's semifinalist in the RealTown/Inman Connect Blog Contest is a new real estate blogger, Monica McNamara, (shown at right) and the winning entry is her FIRST blog entry, What Would I Want If I Was A Buyer?

Meritorious Mention: 

• 8 Mistakes Sellers Often Make by Phil Kretchmar
• What Happened with the Land Auction by Lisa Delzompo
• A Historical Perspective by Joshua Keen

NOTE: Semifinalists and Bloggers who win Meritorious Mention will receive autographed copies of The Real Estate Technology Guide by Saul Klein, John Reilly, and Mike Barnett.

If you see a worthy RealTown Entry this week, nominate the blogger for a chance to win a Full Conference registration to Inman Connect in San Francisco later this month. Send the URL to Editor@RealTown.com.