Articles by Frances Flynn Thorsen

Web Women Giving Circle publishes two blogs to raise money for CARE and humanitarian relief. The group won the More Magazine Giving Circle Challenge for 2006 for raising the most funds for CARE; members of the group will travel to Peru in the spring for hand-on volunteer experience.

Oregon attorney Matt Farmer tells association executives that changing tides in real estate and the diminished value of public listing display from MLSs makes it wise to reconsider sources of non-dues revenue.

New Jersey Blogger Ed Chaparro has been blogging for two short months, but his blog reads like a veteran. Nice eye-catching graphics and clean, well written text make this blog one to bookmark and watch.

Mary Warren publishes a RealTown real estate blog that is the essence of blogging. It offers transparency about the real estate process, salient information about issues and trends impacting local markets, and clever and witty posts sprinkled in the mix.

Big Sky country has been a place for pioneers from the days of covered wagons all the way to Web 2.0. Montana Assn. of REALTORS has charted a new outpost in the Blogosphere, with a Risk Management tool for its members.

Hanan Levin of The Champion Real Estate Company in Riverside, CA, publishes one of the oldest real estate blogs in the world, the most unique, beautiful, and thoroughly blogalicious experience of a lifetime.

Federal regulators take action to stem the tide of "exploding" adjustable rate mortgages that are seen to be a major trigger in dramatically increasing foreclosure rates throughout the United States.

Julie Woodward-Trenker offers good reading, sage advice, and an impressive list of credentials to the buyers and sellers in her marketplace.

RealTown Blogger Julie Emery reaches out to her Northern Virginia readership with engaging content, real estate tips, and personal observations about a changing paradigm in real estate marketing.

RealTown community listserv diva takes buyer evangelism to the blogosphere in the Blog of the Day. Thoughtful, well written content, stunning photographs, impressive statistics, and maps to die for are weaved into a blogalicious concoction known simply as "Lenn's Blog."