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Writing a real estate blog post - how many words are necessary?

I have written a few 2000 word posts, they were a waste of my time since my readers ignored them or said that they were bookmarking them to read later.
I am convinced that people in Active Rain would like to read posts that are between 50-100 words.
Every one is pressed for time and the quicker that they can read them the better.
Remember when the gurus said a web page or blog post needed to be 200 words in order for Google to pay attention? 
Then do you remember when that increased to 400?
And now, although he does mention some high ranking sites with few words and many photos, Neil Patel recommends writing 2,000 to 3,000 words. He says that not only gives the page a higher ranking, it results in more comments.
But... I wonder. 
Neil writes about a topic that is far different from real estate.
He's teaching his readers how to do some complicated things to create revenue from their websites. His topics almost require a great number of words in order to convey his message. People don't browse through his messages, they study them. 
Since our content is of a different nature, do his thoughts ... more

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