Once again, I’m honored to be included with the other nominees of Larry Cragun’s Magnificent 7.    The post receiving Larry’s nod is one that I wrote in early August at Rain City Guide, If your loan ain’t vanilla, you may be in for a rocky road.

If you’re looking  for some excellent consumer content, you may want to visit Larry’s site, Real Estate Undressed, to check out his recommendations.

How about checking out all of the post nominated for The Peoples Choice Award at Bloodhound Blog.   I am very honored that an article I wrote at Rain City Guide: What is Your Mortgage Exit Strategy is in "the running".   

You have until Monday at 12:00 PDT/MST to vote for your favorite one.

West Seattle Blog just sent me an email (these guys are the BEST) 

"Been meaning to write and say congrats for being the Citizen Rain blog of the week. Your mortgage information is endlessly fascinating…"

Apparently The Mortgage Porter is their "Blog of the Week".   

"With foreclosures rising, this Seattle blog keeps readers in the know."

I am so honored!  If you caught Mortgage Porter’s spot on King 5 news…please let me know.

Larry Cragun of Real Estate Undressed has the second round of nominees for the  2007 Magnificent 7 awards.   He has 10 new post featured and he is requesting your help in narrowing down the selection to 7.   I’m very honored to have another post in the running…especially with such great competition.   Please take a few moments to read these articles that are packed with consumer content and vote for your favorite.

Larry Cragun of Real Estate Undressed is asking for your help in selecting the finalist  for the Magnificent 7.   I am once again truly honored to be associated with the group he has assembled.    There are currently ten articles contending in Round 1 that need to be narrowed down to seven.   

Please check out the competition and let Larry know who your top choices are by clicking here.

On Thursday evening, KOMO TV invited who they considered to be the "who’s who" of Seattle area bloggers to a "meet up".   Parking was validated, they had great snacks and beverages.   Why on earth would they do this?   According to the Evite:

"KOMO-TV is interested in getting to know bloggers in the area, and what better way to do that than with a little party….Fisher Communications recognizes the significance of the personal media revolution, and they want to listen and pay attention to what you’re saying. I think this is a good way to start."

Many of the real estate bloggers are in San Francisco at the Inman Bloggers Connect…so they missed out on this local function.  Fellow real estate bloggers that were in attendance:  The Tim from the Seattle Bubble, Alex Garcia in Seattle and Deborah Burns, fellow contributor to Rain City Guide. 

Ron Holden of Cornichon, one of the top food blogs on the internet, doing a report on wine from the anchor booth with me.

The mysterious West Seattle Blog was not there…darn it!   But they did send a fellow blogger from West Seattle to say "hello".   

It was a very interesting evening to say the least.   

I had the chance to chat with Terry Heaton for a little bit who has been organizing bloggers with news media in other parts of the country.    Chris Pirillo also seemed very involved in orchrastrating this event…I didn’t get a chance to talk with him unfortunately.   As you can see, there were a lot of local bloggers there! 

Larry has such dedication (not to mention wit, style and knowledge…you really should check out his blogs) to review consumer related real estate content month after month to award his Magnificent 7.   I’m honored to have Joe Buyer and the Lending Treehouse of Horrors: Part 2 included along with the following July’s nominees:

Condo sellers – review rules and bylaws by Teresa Boardman

How to use interest only loans to your advantage when planning your finances by Dan Green

Don’t hire an agent who lets you shoot yourself in your foot by ARDELL

New appreciation for the sandwich generation by Lisa Dunn

10 lessons learned by moving last week by The Housechick

Property flipping by Teresa Boardman

Thanks, Lar!