Larry amazes me.   Not only does he have several great blogs including Real Estate Undressed, Mortgages Undressed and Issaquah Undressed; he somehow manages to devour thousands of articles to provide his monthly nominees.  Larry selects seven posts once a month and recognizes them as the Magnificent 7 for that month.

June’s Magnificent 7 Nominees are:

David Porter:  How to protect Your mortgage practice from Credit Burueaus selling your clients mortgage inquiry

Jessica Beganski: Six Things to Know About a Condo Complex Before You Buy

Kristal Kraft:  Win-win Wins

Bigger Pockets:  How to Home Buyers can stop real estate deals from collasping during an inspection period

Brian Brady:  On Title but not on the Loan?

Sparky of Sound Bite Blog:  Earnest Money: "Are you a ‘SERIOUS’ real estate buyer?"

I’m extremely honored to have two posts included with this great group:  When an appraisal comes in low and What’s wrong with calling lenders for rates?

Larry, it’s YOU who deserves a prize and recognition for all that you do.   

Long Beach Real Estate– Laurie Manny

Sacramento Real Estate Voice– Gena Reide

Luxury Home Digest– Roberta Murphy

Henderson Real Estate– John Novak

Manhattan Beach Real Estate– Kaye Thomas

Eastern Conecticut Real Estate– Linda Davis

Charlotte Real Estate Voice– Leigh Brown

Virginia Real Estate Homes– Lenn Harley

Columbus Best Blog– Maureen McCabe

Manhattan Blog– Mitchell Hall

Destination48009 – Sara Lipnitz

3 Oceans Real Estate – Kevin Boer

Bloodhound Blog – Greg Swann

Real Estate Undressed – Larry Cragun

The Phoenix Real Estate Guy – Jay Thomson

Just in case you’re considering a move away from Seattle…it’s sunny today so wait until it rains again (tomorrow).  Here are some great real estate blogs from across the nation.   

I feel pretty special when Larry Cragun of RealEstateUndressed presents his monthly nominees for his Magnificent 7…especially when my post are included with some pretty good company.   He focuses on consumer friendly content, just like I try do.

Larry has selected 8 posts from May that are worthy of reading…somehow, three of articles are written by me.  Do check out everyone else’s worthy reads and give Lar a visit.

Update:  I did this post from my new Treo…photo and all.   My kids say that it’s especially sick that I blogged during a picnic for bloggers! 

It was so much fun to meet the people behind the blogs…I can’t even remember them all and I’m not sure that I want to try naming them in fear of who I might leave out! 

With three (pretty patient) teens…we had to leave after a couple hours…I believe the picnicking is still going strong.

Happy First Birthday, Active Rain!

PS:  Lydia, your guac rocks!

Here are more photos of the Active Rain event courtesy of Betsy Talbot.