This has been an interesting past few weeks. I guess the blogging world is pre-empting the entertainment business with its awards season. This blogging award season has been kind to us so far, as I’ve been blessed with some very generous honors that I thought you’d like to hear about.

First, as many of you already know, we were nominated in two categories for the 2007 Real Estate Blogging Awards. The nomination alone was wonderful, and it helps inspire me to continue with the mission of this blog. I think today is that last day to vote, so if you haven’t done so already, you should.

This morning, I opened my email to see a message from a great blogger who many of you are already familiar with, Teresa Boardman. She told me that I should take a look at her blog, as I was named one of her 10 good men. It is quite an honor, and I’ve found myself in some wonderful company.

Here is a blurb from her site:

“As I announced last week the St. Paul Real Estate Blog would like to recognize 10 good men who have consumer oriented blogs, today I present 9 good men. My origional criteria was that the blogs should be at least six months old, post on a regular basis and that the content be consumer oriented and “low ego”. The six month requirement was removed because blogs are still new in our industry, and a few good men would have been left out. I could write an entire post about each of our winners and maybe some day I will.

So here are 10 very good men

Josh Dorkin - Real Estate Investing For Real, The BiggerPockets blog is among the top 5 in the nation, with advice and news for everyone interested in real estate. Amazingly low in ego considering the size and reach of the blog. Josh is a very nice person and is a good net citizen, helping and encouraging other blog writers.”

As I mentioned in my comments on her blog post, I have been humbled by this wonderful honor. It does mean a lot to me. I did think that it was worthwhile to mention the other bloggers in the list, as they are all worthy:

Larry Cragun -Mortgages Undressed & RealEstateUndressed
Jonathan Miller -Matrix Blog
Doug Quance - Brokers First Realty Atlanta
Alex Stenback - Behind the Mortgage
Norm Fisher -Saskatoon Real Estate (Check out Pimp my Igloo!)
Noah Roseblatt - Urban Diggs
Ed Rybczynski - Title-Opoly
Erik Hare

I feel like many bloggers don’t have enough focus on the consumer, and I’m happy that I’m not alone in this. Its great to see these other guys really doing their thing. Congrats to the rest of you as well for all your work!

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Recognize Great Marketing When You See It
When someone has a good idea, you have to acknowledge them. As a long-time real estate blogger (that is in relative terms), I’ve seen thousands of blogs pop up throughout the past year. Many have been good, but I did not really take notice, as I currently subscribe to hundreds of real estate blogs. A few days ago, I was told that BiggerPockets was nominated for the 2007 Real Estate Blogging Awards (the REBAs).

I was not fully aware of these awards, so I took a look at the site offering them, Housing Wire. The site has been around since December, and according to most measures, was not very highly ranked. Over these past few days, I’ve watched the site quickly climb in traffic (according to several sources). I must applaud their efforts, because it takes a TON of hard work to create a popular blog, and they are well on their way thanks to this little Award idea. I guess the lesson here is that linkbaiting does work for real estate (we all knew that anyway).

Now that you know about this smart marketing move, I thought it was a good time to let you know what we’re nominated for:

Best Overall Blog
Recognizes the best overall real estate blog, regardless of how much traffic or what focus the blog has.

AND

Best Corporate Blog
Recognizes the best real estate-focused blog sponsored by a traditional media outlet or other corporate entity.

I am honored, regardless of who established these awards. It is nice to be recognized by your peers for your work. I guess we’ll find out who the winner is of the awards after the 10th of January, since that is that last day of voting. . .

VOTING???
That’s right! You can actually vote for your favorite blogs (you can even vote for us, incase I haven’t gotten my point across). Since we’re already nominated, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to win . . . so, that’s where you all come in!

Take a minute out of your day and let everyone know that Real Estate Investing For Real is your favorite blog in the above categories! Make sure to do so by January 10, 2007, though.

Yes, I realize I’m being a real shill here, but I’ve been having a terrible day, and I wouldn’t mind having a little award on the mantle or something. It may make all the bad feelings go away, sorta like a cone of mint-chip ice cream. Make sure you vote in all categories, or the votes don’t count.

Whether or not we win, the only real recognition we need is your support! Keep coming back to our site and our blog, and I’ll be content!

Thanks everyone!

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