{"id":1883,"date":"2007-09-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2007-09-02T11:59:28","modified_gmt":"2007-09-02T18:59:28","slug":"the-peoples-choice-award-voting-is-open-vote-for-your-choice-of-the-best-renet-posts-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1883\/the-peoples-choice-award-voting-is-open-vote-for-your-choice-of-the-best-renet-posts-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The People&#8217;s Choice Award voting is open: Vote for your choice of the best RE.net posts this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The voting for this week&#8217;s People&#8217;s Choice Award is open. The short list is not short &#8212; 24 entries &#8212; but it&#8217;s rich in quality writing.<\/p>\n<p>Voting will run until Monday at 12 noon PDT\/MST. <a href=\"http:\/\/bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/PeoplesChoice.php\" target=\"_blank\">The ballot form<\/a> will permit you to read every article, but here are the links to the nominated posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dan Green, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themortgagereports.com\/2007\/08\/randy-woolridge.html\" target=\"_blank\">Professor J. Randall Woolridge Warned Me About This In Penn State Finance Classes<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Michael Wurzer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flexmls.com\/blog\/?p=175\" target=\"_blank\">Can there be listing aggregation without cooperation?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jillayne Schlicke, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raincityguide.com\/2007\/08\/31\/fha-secure-a-political-power-move-disguised-as-a-helping-hand-to-those-in-need\/\" target=\"_blank\">FHA Secure: A Political Power Move Disguised as a Helping Hand to Those in Need<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Bach, <a href=\"http:\/\/kwmarketwatch.wordpress.com\/2007\/08\/30\/is-your-portfolio-ready-to-reitre\/\" target=\"_blank\">Is your portfolio ready to retire?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Athol Kay, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reagentinct.com\/2007\/08\/28\/realtorcom-blogs-the-horror\/\" target=\"_blank\">Realtor.com Blogs&#8230;. The Horror<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lani Anglin, <a href=\"http:\/\/rerevealed.com\/?p=156\" target=\"_blank\">Craigslist- Buy A Home OR A Hooker<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kris Berg, <a href=\"http:\/\/sandiegohomeblog.com\/2007\/08\/28\/august-showers\/\" target=\"_blank\">August Showers<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rhonda Porter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raincityguide.com\/2007\/08\/29\/what-is-your-mortgage-exit-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\">What is your Mortgage Exit Strategy?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Teresa Boardman, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpaulrealestateblog.com\/st_paul_real_estate\/2007\/08\/has-mar-forgott.html\" target=\"_blank\">Has MAR forgotten who pays the bills?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Morgan Brown, <a href=\"http:\/\/blownmortgage.com\/2007\/08\/27\/taking-advantage-of-convertible-home-equity-lines-of-credit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taking advantage of convertible home equity lines of credit<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Dalton, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daltonsazhomes.com\/blog\/08292007\/since-when-does-nar-care\/\" target=\"_blank\">Since When Does NAR Care?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kris Berg, <a href=\"http:\/\/sandiegohomeblog.com\/2007\/09\/01\/ode-to-summer-and-labor-day-resolutions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ode to Summer and Labor Day Resolutions<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Dan Green, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themortgagereports.com\/2007\/08\/is-it-time-for-.html\" target=\"_blank\">Is It Time For National Real Estate News To Go Away?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Michael Price, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekestateblog.com\/bright-ideas-with-web-20-37-signals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bright Ideas With Web 2.0 &#8211; 37 Signals<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jay Thompson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekestateblog.com\/realtorcom-blogging-for-the-masses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Realtor.com &#8212; Blogging for the Masses?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Robert Ashby, <a href=\"http:\/\/floridamortgageplanner.typepad.com\/certifiedmortgageplanner\/2007\/08\/are-mcmansions-.html\" target=\"_blank\">Are McMansions in Danger of Losing Their Tax Benefits?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Greg Tracy, <a href=\"http:\/\/blueroof.wordpress.com\/2007\/08\/27\/people-dont-buy-homes-online\/\" target=\"_blank\">People Don&#8217;t Buy Homes&#160;Online<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jason Mook, <a href=\"http:\/\/generouspeople.wordpress.com\/2007\/08\/27\/why-touring-your-home-isnt-renet-compliant-and-other-re-fallacies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Touring Your Home Isn&#8217;t RE.net Compatible and Other RE&#160;Fallacies<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sondra Johnson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbusrealestatevoice.com\/2007\/08\/28\/hey-respect-my-housework-please\/\" target=\"_blank\">HEY! Respect My &#8216;Housework&#8217;, PLEASE!<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Brian Brady, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1866\" target=\"_blank\">Active Rain Unleashes Impression Advertising<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Russell Shaw, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1867\" target=\"_blank\">What Should a New Agent Do? How About Paying Showing Agents by The Hour?<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kris Berg, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1873\" target=\"_blank\">Individual success is not a collective endeavor<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Brown, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1876\" target=\"_blank\">Come On People &#8212; NAR Hasn&#8217;t Made A Hill Of Beans Difference Since I Was 18<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Michael Cook, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=1880\" target=\"_blank\">The &#8220;Very Best&#8221; Alternative to the National Association of Realtors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Odysseus Medal competition is a weekly carnival of the very best weblog posts in the RE.net. If you would like to compete &#8212; or to nominate someone else&#8217;s excellent work &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?page_id=1755\" target=\"_blank\">this is the nomination form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll announce this week&#8217;s winners tomorrow early afternoon.<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The voting for this week&#8217;s People&#8217;s Choice Award is open. The short list is not short &#8212; 24 entries &#8212; but it&#8217;s rich in quality writing. Voting will run until Monday at 12 noon PDT\/MST. The ballot form will permit you to read every article, but here are the links to the nominated posts: Dan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3,6,5,23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1883","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blog-carnivals","7":"category-blogging","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","10":"category-the-odysseus-medal","12":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1963,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1963\/voting-for-the-people-choice-award-the-long-and-short-of-short-listing-odysseus-medal-nominations\/","url_meta":{"origin":1883,"position":0},"title":"Voting for The People Choice Award: The long and short of short-listing Odysseus Medal nominations","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 23, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Week by week, I'm seeing more and more great Odysseus Medal nominations. 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This week's Short List is all Zillow Mortgage Marketplace posts, all of them written by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog Carnivals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog Carnivals","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blog-carnivals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2448,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2448\/the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open-13\/","url_meta":{"origin":1883,"position":2},"title":"The Odysseus Medal competition &#8212; Voting for the People&#8217;s Choice Award is open","author":"Greg Swann","date":"December 30, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Only seven entries on the short list this week, but the long list was barely 25 posts. Vote for the People's Choice Award here. You can use the voting interface to see each nominated post, so comparison is easy. Ahem: Please don't spam all your friends to come and vote\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog Carnivals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog Carnivals","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blog-carnivals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2474,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2474\/the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open-14\/","url_meta":{"origin":1883,"position":3},"title":"The Odysseus Medal competition &#8212; Voting for the People&#8217;s Choice Award is open","author":"Greg Swann","date":"January 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A total of 15 entries on the short list this week, out of a long list of 55 posts. Vote for the People's Choice Award here. You can use the voting interface to see each nominated post, so comparison is easy. Ahem: Please don't spam all your friends to come\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog Carnivals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog Carnivals","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blog-carnivals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2651,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2651\/the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open-21\/","url_meta":{"origin":1883,"position":4},"title":"The Odysseus Medal competition &#8212; Voting for the People&#8217;s Choice Award is open","author":"Greg Swann","date":"February 24, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"We have 16 entries on the short list this week, out of an astoundingly long long list of 104 posts. I've already decided on the winner of the Odysseus Medal, so I'm not linking that way. 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