Just What We Need…Another Local Real Estate Blog
March 12th, 2008
I’ve noted before that the Portland metro area real estate blogosphere has blossomed over the past couple years, adding fresh voices to the chorus of brokers and real estate professionals working throughout PDX and surrounding environs each month.
Well, I am pleased to highlight the launch of (yet) another local real estate blog, The Property Blotter.
PropertyBlotter will focus on the Lake Oswego real estate market, a community that is often targeted by relocation candidates and homeowners looking for a close-in Portland suburb with an abundance of natural beauty, good schools, and strong neighborhoods. (The Property Blotter title is a bit of an inside joke to LO residents–back in the day, the local newspaper’s police blotter used to be the highlight of the week for scandal-seeking neighbors.)
I am delighted to be joined in this venture by a couple Lake Oswego real estate specialists (and residents), Linda Trotta and Dianne Gregoire from our group at Advanced Real Estate Services.
They are champing at the bit to write up advice about navigating the Lake Oswego market, helpful neighborhood profiles, frequent market updates, and more. I’ll be supporting with technical advice, market analysis, and the occasional observation on the site.
Besides re:PDX, this is the third real estate blog I’m involved with…please don’t forget our West Linn site, move2westlinn.com co-authored by Jody McLeod, who also writes the pdxmojo.com blog.
For any real estate-related practitioners reading, we’ll all be at the PDX RE Meetup at the end of March. Come join us.
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7 Comments Add your own
1. Joel Burslem | March 12th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Nice work Ron!
2. Ron Ares | March 12th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Thanks Joel.
My guess is with 4 bloggers and 4 blogs, our little real estate brokerage has the highest ratio of RE bloggers in PDX.
3. Mike | March 12th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
At first I thought you might be bashing the arrival of a new blog which I thought was out of character but then as I read I saw you were be self-effacing. There should be more localized blogs to help buyers learn about a specific area.
4. Ron Ares | March 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Thanks Mike.
I think there are some great opportunities in geographic RE blogging and niche-blogging. Some ideas:
* architecture-specific: bungalow, old-pdx, modern
* investor properties or fixers
* relocation
* condo
and so on…
5. Jeff Kempe | March 12th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Ron, Dianne, Linda …
Congratulations! I think the more (real) blogs the better, the better it is for our customers, thus the better it is for our industry. And, yes, with four bloggers from Advanced Real Estate Services your ratio is probably the highest in the universe. Well done.
Jeff
PS Anything you need to know about LO, I’m here to help.
6. Ron Ares | March 12th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Jeff,
You are kind in your comments and generous in your offers of assistance
7. Jeff Bernheisel | March 13th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Congrats guys! I look forward to finally meeting some of you at the RE meetup later this month. Till then…
Take care,
Jeff
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