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!   

Ping pong anyone? (sent from my treo)

No…I didn’t win a prize but this was my first time trying out my luck with the Real Estate Carnival hosted by ARDELL at Rain City Guide.   I’ve never played at the Carnival before and I’m not sure why that is.    Any recognition that Mortgage Porter has received thus far has been from readers on their own; nothing that I applied for or sought out.   I have to say, I’m very surprised and tickled pink like a swirl of cotton candy that I received an "honorable mention" for How an Overdue Library Book Declined a Mortgage.

Here are the real winners of Carnival of Real Estate #51:

1. Brian Brady "Selling Like a Catholic School Girl"
2. Peter Comitini "Co-ops Losing Clout with Luxury Buyers"
3. Jay Thompson "The Combination Real Estate Agent/Lender: One-Stop Shopping, or Half-Assed Service?"
4. Frank Llosa "Reject THROW-UP Listings.  Do it RIGHT, not RIGHT NOW!"
5. Brande Bradford "Top Ten Tidbits for Success"
6. Silicon Valley Blogger "Expected Rate of Decline of Home Prices Next Year"
7. Greg Swann "Divorcing  the real estate commissions is simply a matter of HUD-1 bookkeeping effected by the mortgage lender"
8. Richard Kruse "It’s a Bloodbath and Time to Swim with the Sharks"

Hats off to ARDELL who not only hosted this festival but did so while preparing for Blog Tour USA to land in Seattle with dinner at her home on Thursday.   A woman after my own heart!

And I can’t think a better way for Mortgage Porter to celebrate it’s 200th Post!

I’m doing a little tidying up around The Mortgage Porter.   You may not even notice…so I thought I’d point it out.  I’ve swapped the list of monthly Archives for one link to the archived post.   

Currently, after you click the link (located on the left side of the page) you’ll be redirected to a list of all my old post.   The "Months" have active links…I’m still working on adding links to each title (in my spare time).   

It was actually pretty fun to do (listing out all of the articles I’ve done).   Showing how long you’ve been posting does seem like a well earned badge…but it’s nice to polish up the blog a bit, too.