{"id":2013,"date":"2007-10-07T12:10:13","date_gmt":"2007-10-07T19:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2007-10-08T12:13:38","modified_gmt":"2007-10-08T19:13:38","slug":"the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2013\/the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odysseus Medal competition — Voting for the People’s Choice Award is open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Redfin’s financial underbelly, the top-bazillion-bloggers and leftovers from last week’s ActiveRain thunderstorm. These are just some of the topics addressed in this week’s Odysseus Medal competition.<\/p>\n

Vote for the People’s Choice Award here<\/a>. You can use the voting interface to see each nominated post, so comparison is easy.<\/p>\n

Voting runs through to 12 Noon PDT\/MST Monday. I’ll announce the winners of this week’s awards soon thereafter.<\/p>\n

Here is this week’s short-list of Odysseus Medal nominees:<\/p>\n

< ?PHP\n$AltEntries = array (\n\"Pat Kitano -- Active Rain\tWhat Active Rain should do now”,
\n“Kris Berg — Soledad Mountain\t\u201cThey made such a beautiful home.\u201d<\/a>“,
\n“Dan Green — Jobs Report\tMeasuring The Statistical Insignificance Of The Monthly Jobs Report (October 2007 Edition)<\/a>“,
\n“Jim Watkins — Lenders\tWhen Lenders Mess Up, Everyone Suffers!<\/a>“,
\n“Dan Melson — Foreclosure Scam\tThe \\”We’ll Keep You In Your Property\\” Scam<\/a>“,
\n“Jay Thompson — WordPress 2.3\tUpgrading to WordPress 2.3<\/a>“,
\n“Jonathn Dalton — Weblog Comments\tWhy Do We Allow Comments?<\/a>“,
\n“Sandy Kaduce — Redfin Financials\tDr. Kelman–Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Redfin<\/a>“,
\n“Michael Seguin — Central v. Distributed\tCentral vs Distributed – a familiar cycle<\/a>“,
\n“Kevin Boer — Redfin Financials\tHow Come Redfin\u2019s P&L Looks Distinctly Unlike<\/i> That Of A Traditional Real Estate Brokerage? Because Redfin Is Actually A Brokerage, Not A Landlord!<\/a>“,
\n“Brian Boero — Online Marketing\tOnline real estate marketing made simple<\/a>“,
\n“Alex Mather — NAR\tREALTOR This, REALTOR That, An Open Letter to the NAR<\/a>“,
\n“Jillayne Schlicke — FHA Reform\tFHA: A Siren Who Just Might Break Your Heart<\/a>“,
\n“Michale Wurzer — Phoenix MLS\tBig News<\/a>“,
\n“Glenn Kelman — Redfin Financials\tFinancial Models for Underachievers: Two Years of the Real Numbers of a Startup<\/a>“,
\n“Lani Anlgin — Aaron Anglin\t\u201cThank You\u201d is not enough<\/a>“,
\n“Kris Berg — The Inman 25\tThe Honor is All Mine!<\/a>“,
\n“Greg Perry — Buyer Turnoffs\tThe TOP 10 Most Offensive Buyer Turn-Offs<\/a>“,
\n“Greg Tracey — Real Estate Market\tThings I Like About the Current\u00a0Market<\/a>“,
\n“Kris Berg — Birthday\tBrass in Pocket<\/a>”
\n);
\nshuffle($AltEntries);<\/p>\n

$radioGroup = “”;
\n$num = count($AltEntries);
\nfor ($i=0; $i< $num; $i++)\n\t{\n\t$pieces = explode(\"\\t\", $AltEntries[$i]);\n\t$radioGroup .= \"

  • “;
    \n\t$radioGroup .= “$pieces[0], “;
    \n\t$radioGroup .= “$pieces[1]”;
    \n\t}<\/p>\n

    echo (“<\/p>\n