The Top 35 Real Estate Blogs Revisited almost 3 Years Later

by Joshua Dorkin on May 20, 2009

Back on August 25, 2006 we put together a hugely popular list of The Top 35 Real Estate Blogs, which continues to drive great traffic to those on it today.

What is astounding is how quickly sites are falling off the list!

Since its initial publication, the list has been trimmed down to twenty (20) blogs. We’ve removed sites from the list for several reasons:

The blog was completely dead (9 blogs – 26%)
The blog was rarely updated (5 blogs – 14%)
The blog’s content was no longer what we’d deem amongst the tops. (1 blog – 3%)

The current list still contains many of the top real estate blogs, but many have changed focus, become overly corporate (focused only on that company), or just gone down in quality.

What does that tell you?
I think it says that we’re still an immature industry, and as time goes on, we’ll see which sites have the ability to sustain both quality content, purpose, and posting frequency. Blogging is not easy, and maintaining a top site is even tougher.

What do you think?

Looking Ahead to the Top Real Estate Blogs of the Future

We’re going to rebuild a new top real estate blogs list soon. Many of these sites will come from the current list (certainly not all of the 20 remaining, though), but I think we’ll be seeing a great new crop to join them.

Help Us By Suggesting Top Real Estate Blogs for our New List
Here are some criteria:

They are updated with regular frequency (at least a few posts/week).
Their content is completely unique, timely, and relevant
They focus on real estate, and real estate related industries.
The site is not your own. If your blog is good, others will share it. If you can’t help yourself, you’ll just reveal your selfish nature. Help others in the community by giving them some props!

Please leave comments below with your suggestions or send them to us on Twitter by using the following “Top #BiggerPockets Real Estate Blog Suggestion – URL HERE – @BiggerPockets“

We hope to announce the new list soon!

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Article Author: Joshua Dorkin

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1 Jay Thompson May 20, 2009 at 10:41 pm: If I were building a Top 35 real estate blog list, I’d put this one in there:
http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/
Seriously.
Jay Thompson’s last blog post: You Have Full Permission to Advertise My Listings
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2 Joshua Dorkin May 20, 2009 at 11:06 pm: Thanks, Jay. I appreciate it. Got any other suggestions?
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3 Thomas May 21, 2009 at 9:10 pm: Isn’t it funny how something can be considered so popular yet a year later no longer exist. The majority of blogs seem short lived – which is quite sad.
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4 Scott Costello May 22, 2009 at 8:21 am: the two best blogs I read everyday are
flipthiswholesaler.blogspot.com and http://www.123flip.com
Scott Costello’s last blog post: House Research and Seller Questions
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5 John Wake May 23, 2009 at 3:05 am: http://www.realestatebloglab.com/
It’s totally focused on real estate bloggers, especially the techie stuff.
John Wake’s last blog post: The “shadow market” of foreclosed homes in Phoenix
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6 Joshua Dorkin May 23, 2009 at 9:42 am: Great suggestions so far, everyone! I’m pretty surprised that none of the blogs I’ve got in mind have been suggested yet, though.
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7 Dave Gilliland May 23, 2009 at 1:16 pm: Information is powerful… lack of information is probably going to cost someone a lot of money. Having information like this and the blogs which you are showcasing here is so valuable ins such an important segment of our economy… way to go. I applaude your efforts.
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8 John Wake May 23, 2009 at 4:28 pm: It’s already on your list I’m sure but my most visited real estate blog is Jay’s and then AgentGenius. Don’t forget Calculated Risk.
John Wake’s last blog post: The “shadow market” of foreclosed homes in Phoenix
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9 Peter Kolat May 24, 2009 at 9:28 pm: Hey guys,
This is Peter Kolat. My vote goes out to JP’s blog, reitips.com. He is one of those rare people that actually cares about his readers and provides great service to them.
Also, I second the vote for Biggerpockets blog.
Peter Kolat’s last blog post: How To Avoid a BIG Real Estate Website Mistake – FREE Audio
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10 J Scott June 26, 2009 at 3:58 pm: Thanks Scott…
I think it’s important that we mention yours as well:
http://www.strugglinginvestor.com/blog/
Fantastic resource for those looking to get started and need motivation…
J Scott’s last blog post: House #12: Flood Zone!
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11 Joshua Dorkin June 27, 2009 at 10:02 pm: Eric – You sure you don’t want your post removed? Did you read the entire article including the criteria we were searching? The whole point was to share the love and nominate anyone but yourself.
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12 Dale Monroe July 28, 2009 at 9:12 am: Kudos. This is a great list of real estate oriented blogs. I found this list to be a treasure trove of valuable links. Nice job!
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13 Matt September 22, 2009 at 9:26 pm: http://buyandsellwithshannon.com is a real estate blog from a realtor in Spring, TX. She just won the “Best Real Estate Blog in Texas” award from the Mays Business School Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. It is updated 6+ times a week. She would be a great addition to your list.
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14 Eric Schwager February 2, 2010 at 12:56 am: I don’t know if it’s on your list, but Real Estate Tomato is pretty good. At least, it used to be. I love the look and feel of it with their tomato theme, but I think they’ve shifted to more supporting blog services for real estate agents, and I’m not sure it always used to be like that, but I could be wrong, maybe I just didn’t notice before.
I also like the content of BloodHound Blog a lot.
Bigger Pockets by far is the king, and I think that research on backlinks and traffic will back that up.
Short Sales Riches by Chris McLaughlin gets a little repetitive in terms of mentioning themselves but they post every few days like a machine and the commentary is always broad and insightful.
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15 Mario June 13, 2011 at 3:15 pm: Thank you for your efforts. This is an extremely useful post / list for me as a director of a real estate company in Croatia. Unfortunately, not many good real estate blogs in Croatia. Thanks
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16 Michael Lewis White October 15, 2011 at 5:02 am: Another vote for Bloodhound Blog, Google at least loves them.
I think so many Blogs fail, because the owners give up on them before they can produce results. Most real estate blogs are started by agents looking to get traffic to their site, and when that doesn’t magically happen they give up after a few months. It is hard to continually provide content that nobody reads…
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