Zillow conducted a new poll of real estate blogs around the country, click here for link.
The San Diego results were as follows:
1. Team Aguilar Blog – 86.81%
2. The San Diego Home Blog – 9.89%
3. Bubbleinfo.com – 1.1%
I am glad to have been in the running, thank you Zillow!
Hat tip to CVS for sending in the results!
Looks like Team Aguilar campaigned for votes. I would have voted for bubbleinfo if I knew about the contest.
Jim,
I’ll take quality over quantity. Keep up the good work.
Atlanta, Ga.
WTF is Team Aguilar Blog?
These online popularity contests are a joke.
Which blog has more traffic, more regular visitors, and more mentions from highly esteemed sites like Calculated Risk (not to mention lots of mentions in the Dirty MSM)?
Jim,
The smart money follows you. I live in Phoenix and read the Phoenix blogs, but even the best of them does not compare with you.
You also have – hands down – the best posters.
And then there is the added pleasure of an occasional beach video. (I still can’t believe I have to drive to the next state to go to the beach.)
I like yours the best:)
I never even heard of this Aguilar blog. JTR is the best!
let greenland finish melting, you will have your
beachfront property within 90 miles.
There’s no one else like JtR! His integrity, 25 years in real estate, his ability to give the unvarnished truth about properties in today’s real estate market and his videos are what sets him apart. I love that he really is the “anti-realtor”.
And hats off to the regular posters! Every time I come here, I always, always learn something.
*Chuckle* Yep, if Jim had groupies, I’d be one of ’em…
Thanks everyone, I’ll keep ’em coming!
Susie, how much notice would you need to be able to travel to SD for a bubbleinfo gathering? Although I’m not opposed to a mid-Cali beach get-together either. I’ve beeen to Cayucos and Santa Barbara before, and can hang with the mood.
Just looked at the other blogs for the first time. They’re nicely written but otherwise worthless to me (no offense.)
This blog is in a different league.
*Grin* Well, Jim, I’m involved in a real estate adventure at the moment. I was about to make an offer at the end of the week (just needed a few more questions answered) and the price was raised $15K. Obviously, the fact that it’s a serious buyer’s market where I’m looking hasn’t gotten through to the seller yet. It is August, right?
There’s more to the story, but too much drama for me! (Please don’t mention the city, Jim or “clearfund”). I highly doubt I’ll even make the offer now.
I’m in the middle of some exquisite red wine, so tomorrow morning I may ask you to delete this post. I’m off to bed; who knows what tomorrow will bring in real estate land.
Seriously, JtR, I don’t know how you’ve done this for over 25 years and kept your sanity…
Unrelated, but FYI…
http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/vulture-investors-are-back-and-making-a-bundle
A veteran real estate broker and investor, he has switched from buying mostly foreclosures and repossessions to short sales almost exclusively. That’s because the inventory of distressed properties available in Vegas is way down, to about a two-week supply.
“The banks make better profits with short sales, so they’re not foreclosing,” Plantone said. “They’ve switched staff to processing short sales and they’ve gotten faster at processing them.”
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Since prices have fallen about 70% in some Vegas communities and rents have only declined by about 20%, it’s possible for his investors, who are cash buyers, to make money from the first month the homes are rented.
“We’re getting cash flow (net return on investment) of 12% to 14%,” he said.
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It’s the income from rentals that’s paramount right now.
The beauty of cash flow, of course, is that even if the prices decline another 10% or 20%, the investors should be able to live with that.
“I tell them to plan on holding for five years,” he said. “With cash flow, there’s no need to worry about price drops.”
You do good work here, Jim. I went over to the TAB and scanned it. The picture of all the unlabeled lockboxes is great. I may have to add that to my list of “Ways to know your listing agent is costing you money.”
Ditto comment #5, except for the part about having to cross state lines to hit the beach. I come here as much for the expert comments as I do for the original posts.
And which of the other two blogs have regular readers in South Africa?
Your cynical sense of humor is unmatched, Jim! 🙂
This is the only Realtor’s blog I read. Thanks for keeping it up, Jim!
And what other REblog features ice-cream trucks? I rest my case.