With this post, this little puppy is making sounds like a grown-up hound dog…
BloodhoundBlog began five months ago as a Phoenix-area brokerage-oriented real estate weblog. We became a sort of hybrid group-blog when we added mega-producing Phoenix-area Realtor Russell Shaw. We stuck another paw in the water when we invited San Diego-based investment broker Jeff Brown to come play with us in the Dual Agency Smack-Down. And that went so well that we decided to grow BloodhoundBlog into a true group-blog.
We’ve always been national in the scope of our interests, but now we are truly national (or at least bi-coastal) in our reach. Moreover, the webloggers we are adding will continue the BloodhoundBlog tradition of rigorous real estate analysis — thoughtful without being dour, informative without being pedantic, disagreeing, where we must, without being disagreeable.
These are our contributors:
Jeff Brown is a San Diego-based real estate investments broker. He makes millionaires of his ordinary-investor clients. If that’s not enough to make you smile, his sage, folksy wit should do the job.
Cathleen Collins is a Phoenix-area Realtor. With a background in hi-tech project-management and a deft hand in customer service, she is building a respectable listing practice in the Historic Districts of Downtown Phoenix.
Tony Fredericks is a San Francisco-area roofing contractor who is using his surplus income to build a real estate investment empire. Tony is a wine aficionado who brings a fine discrimination to everything he does.
Richard Riccelli is a Boston-based direct marketing guru. His advertising agency specializes in magazine circulation, but here Richard will deploy his vast expertise and rapier wit to real estate marketing issues.
Russell Shaw is a mega-producing Realtor working in Metropolitan Phoenix. He and his team close approximately 400 transactions a year, consistently putting Russell among the top 30 Realtors nationwide.
Greg Swann is a Phoenix-area Realtor and real estate broker. The most prolific of our contributors, Greg is not completely happy with anything until he has picked it apart and put it back together in his own way.
Room for one more? We are interested, now and always, in considering new contributors. If you can write with style, grace and good humor about some aspect of the real estate industry, and if you think your work belongs here, speak up.
Likewise, if there is something we should be covering — or covering better — say so.
Our goal is to be daily must-reading for real estate professionals everywhere — Realtors, lenders, appraisers, investors, vendors and technologists.
Never doubt it: There is always something to howl about. We hope you’ll come back every day to see how much noise a pack of big dogs can make…
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Dave Barnes says:
You need to have someone from Florida.
Certain parts of Florida appear to be in complete meltdown and it would be good to have an expert providing commentary.
P.S. I have “captchas”
November 27, 2006 — 8:31 am
Yogsoggoth says:
Hey Swann-
How is the Phoenix market going? How are the ghost towns? How many angry buyers are calling you because you conned them with your NAR talking points? How do you look at yourself in the mirror when you know you are selling people crappy homes that are going to drop in value for the next 10 years?
It is never different this time
November 27, 2006 — 8:54 am
Todd Tarson says:
The bases are covered and it looks like you assembled a great team. All the more reason to check in on the Bloodhound Gang on a daily basis.
November 27, 2006 — 9:43 am
Joe says:
Well, you’re certainly right about one thing, Greg – this blog sure is a lot of noise. I wish there were a little bit more signal among all that noise.
November 27, 2006 — 11:16 am
Anonymous says:
Swann,
I have quite a bit of money for a new house and in the market for a good agent who can help me buy a great property. But, I have been reading so much about the bubble that I’m worried that I might be making a mistake.
What do you think?
November 27, 2006 — 12:06 pm
Mike Bliss says:
It’s never a bad time to buy if you plan on living in the condo or house for 3 years or more.
November 27, 2006 — 1:37 pm
David G from Zillow.com says:
NICE !!! Best wishes (especially to the newcomers in trying to keep up with you) …
November 27, 2006 — 3:36 pm
Galen says:
If the new contributors are 1/4th as productive as Greg, there is no way we’ll be able to keep up! I look forward to more great posts and meaty arguments.
November 28, 2006 — 12:54 pm
Greg Swann says:
> I look forward to more great posts and meaty arguments.
We have another surprise tomorrow morning. Soon enough, I’ll be the weakest link around here.
November 28, 2006 — 1:11 pm