Carnival of Real Estate - The Green Awards

Drew Myers (Zillow renown) asked if we’d fill in this week as the hosts of the Carnival of Real Estate and we jumped at the opportunity.  
This will be the 3rd time we have, and they are always a blast.

For those who aren’t quite hip on the blog carnival -click here and read.

We love hosting the Carnival of Real Estate Because…

…of the Traffic surge from the RE.net.
…of the inbound links from participants and fans.
…of the chance to catch up on relevant topics.
…of the nudge to be a little more creative that normal.

 For anyone who would like to host their own CORE, you gotta start here.

I threw out a tweet looking for some suggestions on the theme for the conspicuously inspiring date of our carnival: 4/20.

Lorenzo Montezemolo had the best suggestion: “I think your theme should be “Go Green!” since 4/20 is only two days before Earth Day :)”

I took his idea and twisted it up a bit more.
This week will are rewarding each outstanding post with the association of something known to be ‘green’.

This week’s overall winner is the last in the outstanding posts.
The others that appear above our winner are being recognized as ‘runner-ups’ and appear in no particular order.

Our Runner-Ups:

It’s Not Easy Being Green

The Kermit Award goes to Shawna Ebersole for her article which cleverly spun the inspiring preformance by Susan Boyle into recognizing how valuable continued education is in the RE Industry.  It didn’t hurt that her site has the word ‘green’ in the name as well.

Website: IShopGreenwood.com
Article: How To Silence Your Biggest Critic 

“He can change into anything”

Someone as ubiquitous and well connected as Dustin Luther definitely deserves the Gumby Award.
His entry was a great post on why agents need to leverage Facebook’s Business Pages.

Website: 4Realz.net
Article:  7 Things Every Real Estate Agent Should Love About Facebook’s Business Pages.

“What we take for granted might not be here for our children.”

Heather Levin at The Greenest Dollar picks up the Al Gore Award for her Earth conscious, green post.
And her site’s name also has the word ‘green’ in it.

Website: TheGreenestDollar.com
Article: 7 Eco-Friendly Tips To Sell Your Home

Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry. 

The Hulk Award goes to Jay Thompson for pointing out that his site is the biggest and baddest place to search for property in greater Phoenix
(PS - His site has a lot of the the color green as well) 

Website: PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com
Article: Where to search for homes online.

“HO! HO! HO!”

The  Jolly Green Giant Award: Dan Green stands tall with his post about Messing With The Mortgage Gods.
And heck, his name is GREEN! 

Website: TheMortgageReports.com
Article: 9 Different Ways Your Mortgage Approval Could Go Bad

“Ah, an angry face in a beautiful place - heaven.”

Jim Marks gets the Oscar the Grouch award for documenting the online mud slinging and cage fighting between Trulia and Zillow.
It’s getting hot in there. 

Website: VirtualResults.com
Article: Trulia - Zillow Spirited-SEO-Discussion

“All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m fine.”

Jeff Spicoli Award Goes to Handy Saputra for sending in 5 entries to the CORE.

I’m going to chalk it up to short-term memory loss, and not an attempt to actually get all 5 in the event.

Here’s your link… we’ll let the audience find an article of interest.  

And our Carnival Winner: 

“There’s a drive… way back!… way back!… GONE!”

Green Monster and Overall Winner goes to Lauren Mitchell for her well written piece chocked full of sound advice for sellers.

Congratulations, Lauren! 

Website: LivingInTheNeighbourhood.com
Article: Oh Honey, No.  The Amazing Ways Toronto Sellers Tank Sales.

With 47 entries, this is the largest Carnival turnout that we have had, and it made for a ton of great reading.
Thanks to all those that participated.  We truly appreciate the effort.
Also, a big thanks to those that link to our post - these contributors deserve to be read.

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Here are a list of submitted articles that certainly deserve a mention:

The Basics of Online Influence in Real Estate Marketing

San Mateo, Foster City, Burlingame & Hillsborough - Do You Know What Anniversary Is Today?

SEO with Social Media - It’s All About Building Your Brand

12 Things That You Aren’t Doing For Your Rental, But Should Be

What is a Boulderite? Download Boulder Colorado Relocation Guide

Top 3 Mistakes Home Buyers Make

Technology, A Social Media Primer

The “who is who” of real estate: 4 generation profiles

Alaska Alternative Energy

How To Find The Bottom Of The Real Estate Market

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Comments

[Doug Willis]

Jim,

You do such a great job hosting the carnival. Its so nice to see all of the thought and creativity you put into your summaries. It only costs a little bit more to go first class and see someone practice what they preach.

[Jay Thompson]

I've always wanted to be like the Hulk.

Thanks for the mention Jim, and nice job hosting.

[Kevin Sandridge]

Jim! Thanks for the mention here. I'm a Carnival Newbie and appreciate the chance to show up here!

[Aaron Catt]

I can't tell you how nice it is to get the mention here on your site! Thanks a ton!

When I saw the invite, it not only made me think about which article was the best, but it gave me a different perspective on what is and isn't worth writing about in the future.

Thanks!

[John Alexander’s Foreclosure Fortunes]

Hey this is really a nice site.. Its a nice Carnival of Real Estate. The carnival is done great..

[Lauren Mitchell ~ Toronto Real Estate]

Jim,

Thanks so much for the Green Monster Award; I ran the bases twice in celebration!

Also, congratulations on such a beautifully-presented Carnival. Can't wait to dig into all those Green posts.

[Portland Real Estate]

Hey, Interesting carnival. I liked several of the articles. Thanks for the post.

[Richard Silver]

Hey Jim,

Thanks for the mention. You might want to follow up on what is happening here in Ontario. After years of encouraging GREEN initaites at all levels of Government, we have a Provincial Bill that would MANDATE Energy Audits within the Agreement of Purchase and Sale. As you can imagine, REALTORS are generally not happy with this move and because so little of the housing stock changes hands every year, it is good politics for the movement but not the environment (certainly not for Buyers, Sellers and Realtors). Keep in touch as this is definitely a worthwhile goal but the wrong approach. Be careful what you wish for...

[Sarah Meloche]

That is a great insight on Carnival of Real Estate. I will be sure to check that out!

Keep up the posts! I enjoy reading
them!

[Luis Pezzini]

very creative!it really fascinates the readers .

[Reverse Mortgage]

You have done great job to host the carnival.Thanks for post. you are doing nice job

[Eric]

Thanks for hosting the Carnival once again.