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Sparky & Buckwheat win Magnificent 7 for 2007 Awards!

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Real Estate Agent with Fathom Realty West Sound WA State 52404

Sparky (aka Yours Truly) and Buckwheat (aka Mark Flanders) of SOUNDBITEBLOG fame, have both received the prestigious Magnificent 7 Award from Larry Cragun of RealEstateUndressed!

 Every year, Larry scours the Blogosphere, looking for the best of the best in consumer-oriented real estate articles. Each month he selects 7 articles from among the hundreds that he reads. At the end of the year, he goes back and selects 7 winning articles from among the 84 that were selected throughout the year.

Mark won for his article, "Ten Commandments for Mortgage Applicants."

I was chosed for my article, "Putting the Cart before the Horse: Making a Contingent Offer."

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Other well-known Rainers also honored included:

Ardell DellaLoggia, for her Rain City Guide article, "The Flip Side of the Sub-Prime Story."

Kelly Koehler, the Housechick, for her article, "17 Reasons to have New Construction Homes Inspected."

Steve Leung, for his article, "Real Estate Myths Home Buyers Fall in Love With!"

And two, count them, Two articles by Rhonda Porter, "Picking your next mortgage by rate shopping? You might as well be playing Liar's Poker!" and "Mortgage Interest Rate Locks 101."

Congratulations to all the winners, and our special thanks to Larry Cragun for sponsoring such a valued contest!

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Rich Jacobson is a REALTOR® and licensed Broker with Fathom Realty. He's a Crab Hunter, Clam Digger, and Oyster Shucker, skilffuly vanquishing anything in a shell! He is the Social Media Evangelist for Life on the Kitsap Peninsula & The Western Puget Sound in scenic WA State.

Maureen Francis
Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel - Bloomfield Hills, MI
Coldwell Banker Weir Manuel

Congrats to you and Mark for the well deserved recognition.

Jeff, Teresa Boardman and I won last year, so I think he ventures at least as far east as Michigan ;-) 

Feb 10, 2008 03:49 PM
Nancy Brenner
Referral Associates of Georgia, Inc. - Roswell, GA
Roswell Georgia Real Estate Agent

Very cool, you guys!  I missed some of those and will go back and read them later today.  Congrats and leep up the good work!

 

Feb 10, 2008 04:00 PM
Alan 'AJ' Nisen California Contra Costa Mortgage Officer
A Large Bank in America - Lafayette, CA
Rich, Magnificent!  Well Deserved. I bet it is very sweet to be recognized for all your hard work. AJ
Feb 10, 2008 04:54 PM
Bill Gassett
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Hopkinton, MA
Metrowest Massachusetts Real Estate
Rich - Congrats - That is awesome! Thanks for mentioning the other as well -  I have a little bit of reading to do.
Feb 10, 2008 11:06 PM
Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor® Onslow County NC Home Specialist
Kingsbridge Realty, Inc - Hubert, NC
Rich,
You go guy!  I must say I am humbled to be in the presence of greatness.  :0)
Feb 10, 2008 11:07 PM
Jason Sardi
Auto & Home & Life Insurance throughout North Carolina - Charlotte, NC
Your Agent for Life
Rich - Very cool man!  Congrats to all of you for continuing to be some of the very best at what you do!
Feb 10, 2008 11:50 PM
Monika McGillicuddy
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Verani Realty - Hampstead, NH
Southern NH & the Seacoast Area
Awesome Rich...Congratulations...very well deserved.
Feb 11, 2008 12:29 AM
Diane Aurit
LKN Realty, LLC - Mooresville, NC
Lake Norman Real Estate
I just want to add my congratulations to all of you...it truly is well deserved!
Feb 11, 2008 12:33 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital
Rich, congratulations are in order!  What an honor!  That'll give the rest of us something to aspire to!
Feb 11, 2008 01:39 AM
Bill Roberts
Brooks and Dunphy Real Estate - Oceanside, CA
"Baby Boomer" Retirement Planner

OK Rich, You've given me more things to read. If you weren't out there beating your own drum I might have missed these.

Congratulations on the recognition.

Bill Roberts

Feb 11, 2008 02:19 AM
Fran Gaspari
Patriot Land Transfer, Inc. - Limerick, PA
"The Title Man" - Title Insurance - PA & NJ

Rich,

Speaking of 'our gang', is my sandwich ready yet!!! LOL, Thanks,   Fran

Feb 11, 2008 02:25 AM
Colleen Fischesser Northwest Property Shop
NextHome Experience - Chelan, WA
A Tradition of Trust in the Pacific NW since 1990!

Congruatulation Rich, well deserved recognition. I'll be sure to check out some of these other posts as well. Now for the really important question, "what do you get for winning" ;-)

Kidding!

Colleen

Feb 11, 2008 02:37 AM
ARDELL DellaLoggia
Better Properties Seattle - Kirkland, WA

Congrats, Rich.

Seemed a bit odd that 5 of 7 were from two WA sites, 3 for RCG and 2 for Sound Bite.  Not sure about the other two.

I never thought of Larry as being so provincial.

Feb 11, 2008 02:58 AM
Rich Jacobson
Fathom Realty West Sound - Poulsbo, WA
Your Kitsap County WA Real Estate Broker

ARDELL - neither did I. Maybe it's in the water?...Congrats to you as well!

Feb 11, 2008 03:32 AM
Robert Hammerstein -
Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ
Bergen County NJ Real Estate
Rich - {Bob here}Congrats to you and the other Rainers. You just get better and better. It must be that pure Wash. water or something eh? :-) You deserve it.
Feb 11, 2008 05:51 AM
Robert Hammerstein -
Christie's International Real Estate - Hillsdale, NJ
Bergen County NJ Real Estate
Hi Rich (Lisa here)  Loved yours and Mark's posts and they are very deserving for their notoriety. Warm congrats to you both!
Feb 11, 2008 06:38 AM
Gary Bolen
McCall Realty - South Lake Tahoe, CA
CRS - Lake Tahoe Real Estate Information

Cool Rich, and congrats for Mark too. Sooner or later you gotta consider taking this blog thing seriously.

cheers 

Feb 11, 2008 07:10 AM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
Rich, A Big Congratulations to you and all the other "Rainers" for winning this award!
Feb 11, 2008 07:45 AM
Irina Netchaev
Pasadena Views Real Estate Team, Inc. - Pasadena, CA
Pasadena CA Real Estate
Rich, congratulations!!! Quite an honor! Off to read these posts...
Feb 11, 2008 11:30 AM
Marlene Scheffer
Realty Station - Bremerton, WA
Realtor to Kitsap County, WA
Congratulations to both you and Mark!
Feb 12, 2008 06:17 PM