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Dec. 14, 2006

The Wandering Jay

This entry is not about Columbus real estate.  Real estate is local.  Jay Thompson real etate blogger from Arizona is attempting to set a world record today...leaving comments on blogs. 

Active RainI misunderstood it when I left my official guess of how many comments he would leave throughout the day.  I thought he would be leaving the comfort of Active Rain and going out and wandering the blogosphere, leaving comments as he made a mad dash from one real estate blog to the next.  He's attempting the record in the climate controlled atmosphere of Active Rain....

Oh well he'll be easier to track this way. 

I may have to reasses my guess of  how many comments Jay can leave in 24 hours.  I have until 10 AM to do so.  40 AM EST?  10 AM CST? 10 AM whatever time zone AZ is in... Active Rain is based in the PST zone but the servers are located in CST? It is MST...( I went back and reread.... for content this time...)

If you work in the real estate industry and are not a member  of Active Rain - Join. 

Jay's already left two comments on my Active Rain blog.... leaving his mark...

" A World Record for blog commenting!  <-- Not a link...

http://www.ThompsonsRealty.com
http://www.PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com  "

Jay's other blog, The Phoenix Real Estate Guy is on my blogroll.  Reading the entry about the attempted record on that blog I understood.. to see all the comment you gotta be an Active Rain member....

Rereading the Active Rain blog....I still don't see where it says he will just be wandering Active Rain....

 c. 2006 Columbus Best Blog

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Nov. 24, 2006

B - list blogger

B-List Blogger

 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!" 

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 If the pink badge doesn't feel right remember Sellsius° Blog and Rain City Guide have an identical Pink B.

Robert Scoble, Darren Rowe and Seth have a Barbie Doll Pink Letter on their chests....   

 

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Nov. 21, 2006

Columbus close but no cigar

Monopoly houses on mapNo this has nothing to do with the recent Ohio smoking ban, or even the ban in Columbus which has been in place since last year?  Beginning of this year?  For awhile now.   

This is about real estate.  This is about a new internet search.   Sellers and real estate agents search for buyers on the internet.  I put in the zip 43085 (Worthington Ohio ) and came up with a match, rodharris,  (4 out of 5 little Monopolyish green houses, the scale used by Buyer Hunt)  and found rodharris for homes between $200,000 and $300,000.  Since it is a buyers market now in much of the US how about searching for buyers?

4 out of 5 houses......

"What Rod wants:  
 
Price Range: $0 - $225,000
Property Type: Single Family 
Bedrooms: 3 (minimum)
Baths: 1.5 (minimum)
Sq. Ft.: 1,500 - 
: No
 
 
Features Additional Preferences
Parking: 2 Car Garage
 
 
Additional Information Mesa Greenbelt preferred or no neighbors behind."

Columbus MapMesa Arizona? Not even close.  Do you think Worthington Ohio might be outside of the area Rod would consider?   Maybe something down Grove City way would be more convenient for Rod    I came up with a bunch of buyers, none were in Central Ohio. 

At the very bottom there is a testimonial from a REALTOR® named Rod... Rod H.

"I found my buyer an unlisted home just 6 days after posting a Buyer Profile!" -Rod H., Realtor®  Darn Rod Harris may not even be real... 

"rodharris
Buyer Home Town:  AZ 
Profile Name:  Steven Williams 
Created:  2006-10-02 17:33:47
  "

Maybe rodharris comes up on every search.

It is an interesting idea.  There are maps. It showed me a map of Columbus.  It showed me a map of Mesa Arizona.  It would not add more than one zip code for me.  It is a beta.  There are no pictures of the buyers either.  Pictures have been so important in searching for homes on the internet.  If Real Living had a local search for buyers looking for homes in Central Ohio would you sign up for it?

Search for homes... pictures.  You don't need to sign up... you can if you want to.

Thanks to Inman News for reporting on BuyerHunt.com

c. 2006 Columbus Best Blog

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Oct. 30, 2006

real estate blogs in the spirit

 jack o lanternHalloween 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?  

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