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Active Rain Week in Review 8/12/2007 - 8/19/2007

Beach Smile When Neal Bloom asked me to do the Week in Review, I offered to hang up my beach towel and take a Sunday off from my favorite beach to read all your articles. So, today, no beach and umbrella drinks for me, however I have the honor of bringing you my favorite articles from the past week.

Leah's Beach Forecast: Active Rain

Beach Blogging:

Have you thought about using a blog to benefit your neighborhood? ~ Joanne Hanson

Joanne gives insight on a creative way to use blogging to build goodwill in her neighborhood. A great members only post that everyone should read.

An Alphabet of Localism Post Ideas (S) ~ Mariana Wagner

Mariana has put together an excellent alphabetical listing of ideas to cure the bloggers writers block.

Blogging Trends -- Magical List of Woman Bloggers ~ Colleen Kulikowski

Colleen shares what she discovered on an outside blog. A special dedication to Women Bloggers.

The Problem With Alexa Rankings - Accuracy ~ Jeff Turner

A view into Jeff's research on Alexa's accuracy.

AR Blog versus Outside Blog - My list of Pro's and Con's ~ Cyndee Haydon

The question still remains, Active Rain versus outside blog...Cyndee gives us her professional insight.

BLOGGING WILL NEVER CATCH ON WITH REAL ESTATE AGENTS ~ Lenn Harley

Blogging for Business...Why All of Us Have a Head Start...

Surviving the Rough Waters:

Sellers should answer this question...Do you want to own your home or do you want to sell your home? ~ Neal The Real Deal Bloom ®

Neal explains how the "dust" in the listing market can be cleaned up with the help of professional advice.

What My Kitten Will Teach You About This Market ~ Sarah Cooper

Need to figure out how to survive this market...get free advice from Professor Thor.

Doctor, Doctor! Give Me the News, I've got a Bad Case of Real Estate Blues! ~ Teri Eckholm

Teri answers the question...is there a magic pill for this market? Is it blue, yellow or white?

Putting On The Red Shoes ~ Maggie Dokic

Like Maggie's hot red shoes, what do you have in your business tool closet that you may have forgotten about?

Financing Fun in the Sun:

Alt-A -- What is it, and does it still exist? ~ Joe Kupiszewski

Joe puts together a good explanation of the types of Alt-A mortgage loans that may or may not be available tomorrow.

FHA Streamline Refinances -- knowing your options -- Part 2 of 2 ~ Jeff Belonger

Jeff puts together his final article in the series on FHA streamline refinances. A great informational article for consumers interested in exploring all the options.

The Stockdale Paradox ~ Mike Mueller

Mike gives us a creative twist on the pre-approval process

Mortgage Advice for Hurricane Season ~ Matthew J Blum

Matt gives us all the "need to know" information as it pertains to your mortgage and our current hurricane season.

The Beaches Love Eco-Friendly:

Tech-savvy and Eco-friendly in Albuquerque ~ Ashley Drake Gephart

Ashley shares some ways we cdan be Eco-Friendly and still be tech-savvy

Schools Earn Cash for Trash ~ Susie Roscoe

Another article focusing on Eco-Friendly ways to be involved.

Sipping Umbrella Drinks:

Financial Advice In A Short, Classic SNL Video ~ Cheryl Johnson

Debt management the Saturday Night Live way. This advice is "priceless".

Cheers and happy Beach reading from your Tampa, Florida Mortgage Source!

Posted by Leah Ross ~ Tampa, Florida Mortgage on 08/20/2007 02:08 AM

Comments (43)

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43 Comments on Active Rain Week in Review 8/12/2007 - 8/19/2007

AUG

2007

Thanks Leah, do you mean to tell me that they don't have WiFi at the beach? I guess I'll find out at the end of the month when I come down. If they do, my wife just might bury my laptop!! Thanks for the review.

This is a nice review of the week. Thanks for going through all the work of getting all the posts here on your blog. I have read most of these this week. Katerina

Excellent week in review, Leah. I have read most but missed a couple. I always like these so I can learn from those I missed.

Andrew ~ Some beaches have WiFi...Guess it depends where you are going and what your family will allow you to do!

Katerina ~ Thanks for the comment ~ gladd I have hit the majority of the hot articles for everyones review!

Missy ~ Thank you for your comment. I love having the opportunity to do a review because I have the chance to read so many articles I normally don't during the week!

with no wifi, can we use messages in bottles? That might switch us to month in review

Stephen ~ Great point, where would we be without technology...even on our beaches!

Thanks for the mention Leah, and for losing a day at the beach to do it all! Now I had better get busy and read the ones I missed!

Hi Leah, great job on the WIR! I will have to check out some of these.

Leah - I bet it take a wole day to put this together. Thanks for the recap! i will go check out those I missed, especially the mortgage ones. With so much going on lately, I like having the AR experts to go to for their viewpoint.

AUG

2007

Leah, beautifully done. I have to say I missed a few of these, but now I have your list.

Leah - Your Active Rain Beach review rocks! Great theme - enjoyed it thoroughly - You did a fabulous job - as always.

Leah,

Great job, cute theme. So far I've only read about 1/2 of these, thanks for the re-cap.

Leah I love the beach theme! Thanks for the mention on my eco post. Now go have a day at the beach after all your hard work on the WIR!

Leah - nice job - I know everyone will say that but really I love your layout and all - thankfully I got most of these already - whew -

Thesa already said what I wanted to -- Ironic time to post the Hurricane Evacuation Route Sign.

Leah, Great Week in Review. Thank you for the mention. :-)

Leah-- Thanks for the mention! You did a great job!

Thanks for giving up a Sunday on the beach for us :) Your week in review turned out great! I think I hit all of these, too.

Joanne ~ I am happy to do it! Don't need all those sun rays anyway ;)

Stephanie ~ Thanks for the comment!

Paula ~ So True. With our mortgage market right now, it's a great time to be paying attention to the mortgage posts!

Mana ~ Thanks for the comment!

Jack ~ You know I love the beach! If I couldn't go there, I will just bring the beach to WIR!

Lynda ~ Thank you for taking the time to read them!

Ashley ~ Us beach goers love everything eco-friendly! Great job on posting information that most people wouldn't think about!

Thesa ~ Thank you for the comment! I am glad the beach layout is fun for everyone to see!

Paul & Michelle ~ l appreciate your comment! I think I may be using the hurricane evacuation picture again in the next week.

Matt ~ You are welcome! Thanks for the great article!

Colleen ~ Thank you for the comment!

Jim & Maria ~ I am glad you found most of them! I was happy to give up one beach Sunday for this task :)

Well done Leah. This is quite the undertaking to weed through all the posts on AR. Good job. Now take toady off and head to the beach:)

Leah--What a fun angle on the Week in Review...Perfect for mid-August. Who needs a novel when there is so much to read and learn on AR?

Leah,

Very Well Done,good job,spuer...need I say more? and thanks for the mention and the help doing the review!

Leah,

Thanks for posting the week in review.

Leah - what a great job. Guess it was worth missing the beach for a day. Thanks for the terrific list of posts (some I missed) to read.

Jeff

Leah..... thanks for putting this together. I know everyone says that,but this is a lot of work. Besides, I haven't read about 60% of what you listed, so this is good. And thanks for the mention.

jeff belonger

Leah, great job...tons to read inbetween clients. Thanks so much for the summary.

Leah... thank you for this undertaking. It's a great way to catch some great posts! I was a bad reader this week, so I've missed many of these.

Leah-great week in review....I have missed a couple....Thanks it takes a lot of effort....

Thansk for the great recap. I read most of these posts, but missed a few. I'll check them out now.

Leah - Thanks for the mention. I have to deflect the credit to Tony Gallegos as I had just read his post, identified with it, then realized I was embodying the theme of his post. But I'll take the mention anyway!

Great Job Leah...you gave up fresh tan lines for THIS!! We appreciate it... and thanks for mentioning MY TRASHY article! ha!

Leah. Thanks very much. I greatly appreciate the notice. I worked hard on that post and I'm glad it was well received.

Lenn

Leah,

Thanks for the week in review. I look forward to these. I bookmark them and catch up reading on them later. Thanks for taking the time to put this all together. Take care.