Mardi Gras Carnival of Real Estate in Sacramento
February 16th, 2009 categories: Fun Things
Welcome to the February 16th 2009 edition of the Carnival of Real Estate.
Sacramento Real Estate Voice has the honor of hosting and serving as Queen of the Carnival of Real Estate (CORE) #129 where bloggers from around the world submit their best entry for consideration.
This year’s #129 Carnival is the
Sacramento Carnival de Mardi Gras
where on Bourbon Street, Awards will be given for:
- Best in General Real Estate
- Best in Investment Real Estate
- Best in Real Estate Market
- Best in Real Estate Professionals
and a new category… I added
- Best Real Estate Impression
The Mardi Gras floats of Real Estate winners are about to be revealed
.
Let the band lead the way down the French Quarter on Bourbon Street and St. Charles Ave, with beads thrown from the winning article floats.
“Laissez les bon temps rouler!”
There were 30 entries and the BEST of the BEST will now come down the Sacramento Real Estate Voice Lane and entertain you with their knowledge, their wit and insight.
See how many beads you catch with each passing entry…
HERE COME THE WINNERS…
Winner of the Real Estate Market Float
President Obama’s Mortgage Czar, Roberta Murphy of Luxury Home Digest wrote a sensational article (if only we could)… All Mortgages Are Now Assumable
Do you have Obama’s ear, Roberta?
Roberta is a Real Estate Broker with the Murphy Group located in San Diego, CA.
Winners of the Real Estate Investing Float
Due to 2 articles being of quality and insight, it is the opinion of the host, to call a tie for:
Your IRA and 401K Can Buy a House! Five Ways to Become a Landlord on Someone Else’s Money which can be read at Lifestyle Denver by Gretchen Faber.
Gretchen is a Broker Manager with Ketwood Company in Cherry Creek.
Investors may not know about this alternate way of financing investment property and Gretchen does a great job of explaining some alternatives.
and
The Downward Spiral of Financial Death at Minnesota Investment Real Estate by Scott Ficek who is an agent with Re/Max Advantage Plus and owns 28 units in 15 buildings, including duplexes and 4–plexes townhouses and single family houses throughout Minneapolis.
Be sure to read Scott’s article and find out why you don’t want to just let your property go when the value goes down. It turns out to be a BIG deal!
Winner of the Real Estate Professional Float
A collaborative work of 9 bloggers, A Look Inside the Mind of a Real Estate Blogger – Is This You? at the Real Estate Tomato won me over with the way blogging has broadened these Real Estate agents and opened up a world of possibilities. The collaborators are:
Daniel Bates – MyMcClellanville.net
Geordie Romer – IcicleCreekRealEstate.com
Judy Peterson – MainlinePAToday.com
Bruce Lemieux – MocoRealEstate.com
Lenore Wilkas – WilkasGroup.com
Fran O’Neal – RealEstateInChantilly.com
Rod Herman – HomeSection.com
Ryan Rockwood -RockysMLS.com
Mark Madsen – MortgageSalesBlog.com
Together they make quite a team! Separately, they will go far within their communities…
Winner of the Real Estate General Category Float
Dan Melson of Searchlight Crusade 
has the winning article, Investment Property and Loan Originations.
I believe Dan is a Realtor and Loan Officer at Clarion Mortgage in San Diego
Although I would have enjoyed some photos and more breaks in the verbiage, Dan gives some good advice on stated income loans, portfolio loans, leveraging, FHA and VA loans plus more.
Jammed packed and full of info.
Best Impression Blog Float Winner
While reading 30 entries with 9 additional supportive blogs, I must say that I was most impressed and had to add an additional category for our Mardi Gras float winners…
Home Section – by Rod and Jamie Herman of Benicia, CA is an Impressive Blog. Every aspect for the reader is covered and they do an exceptional job of providing quality information to home buyers, sellers and those relocating to the Solano and Contra Costa areas. The design of your blog is exceptional. Kudos to you, both!
I want to thank all who submitted their articles.
Now, we’ve come to the end of the Sacramento Mardi Gras Carnival of Real Estate. Hope everyone has enjoyed the fun and the excitement of finding new bloggers in the blogosphere.
It was my pleasure to host #129 Carnival of Real Estate for February 16th, 2009.
Here are prior Carnivals of Real Estate and winners for your reading pleasure:
123- real/diaBlog
124–RE Revealed
125– Laguna Niguel Real Estate Finder
126 – Exit Real Estate 540
127 – Reaveal Real Estate
128 – Arizona Mortgage Guru
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Great job hosting Gena! LOVE the photos. Roberta is looking GOOD on that float!
Yes, she is. There were some entries. ALL winners! Thanks for popping by.
Wow! I’m thrilled to be included with all of these fabulous bloggers. I love the Mardi Gras theme, and the way you highlighted each article in a clear and succinct way.
Just a very minor correction – I’m Broker Manager at our office, and always looking for a few good Denver Realtors to join our team!
Have a great Monday.
Gretchen,
You are most welcome. Hope you enjoyed the theme!
I have made the correction on the blog. I got my information from your “about” on your blogsite. Sorry.
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Gena: I can’t imagine how much precious time you donated to this cause–and am so honored to have my own float! It’s a rainy San Diego day, and reading these blogs will be a sure way to brighten it.
Hope Sacramento’s top Realtor has recovered from her Mardi Gras parade!
Gena-
Thanks so much for the mention! I love the cut out pictures. Good hunting to find mine on Facebook. I don’t have my picture on any of my real estate stuff!
Roberta,
Too long!!!
Needed to put a few beads on your chest…it was showing too much!
Thank you for entering and providing all of us with a quality journalistic view of your new position as Obama’s Mortgage Czar.
Enjoy your rainy day!
Scott,
There were a few of you who make your photo an Easter egg hunt…never fear, Gena’s here. Good article and worthy of the win!
Gena ~ Nice work! You really had many good entries, it must have been difficult picking from the group.
I like your graphics too!
kk
Thanks, Gena, for taking the time to host this week’s event and for the nice comments about our blog site. I just read several of the other award winners’ posts and picked up some great kernels of information…so you did a great job of selecting the winners! It was a pleasure to participate in this week’s contest.
- Rod
Thanks for coming by KK. Glad you liked the theme and yes there were lots of entries to read. All good things come to an end…
Rod, it was my pleasure. Your blog site is excellent so much so that I couldn’t let it go by without notice.
Hi Gena,
Job well done my friend! Looking forward to reading as much as I can.
Great choice for Mardi Gras as your theme! Loved your “Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez” is one of my favorites. As for the Big Easy, the food is so good it’s ususally about a 5 lb. trip for me.
Thanks for all your work!
Lynda Eisenmann
Hi Lynda,
Glad to see you here! Only 5 lbs? Those french donuts on the corner will put on 5 lbs all by themselves…Sounds like we could eat our way through New Orleans. In my younger years I think I drank my way down Bourbon Street…
Hope you enjoy reading all of this great blog articles from some excellent bloggers.
Looking forward to your guest appearance here on Sacramento Real Estate Voice.