Carnival of Real Estate

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We're pleased to host this week's Carnival of Real Estate, a weekly rundown of blog entries from across the country, hosted by Zillow.

We received many (many!) contributions, so to make it magageable, we separated the posts into several categories: 1. Video, podcasts & multi-media, 2. Real Estate 2.0 and 3. Comedy:

Real estate video, podcasts and multi-media:

Rudolph D. Bachraty III presents How Video Makes Real Estate Agents Stand Out posted at Sellsius� Real Estate Blog.

David Kimball and Richie Tatum submitted a link to their new online comedy series devoted to the world of real estate, so this entry straddles both video and comedy. Two investors trying to flip houses. Filmed in a style like "The Office" or "Best in Show." Here's the link to Flipper Nation.

Will Chen presents Must watch video for new real estate investors posted at Wise Bread.

Joel Burslem on Future of Real Estate Marketing offers options for Realtors who want to use multi-media to market properties in "Video Hosting Alternatives to Youtube"

And the post I found the most interesting was from Derek Burress, a hearing impaired real estate agent from North Carolina , who discusses how podcasting and video blogs are cutting Realtors and other real estate professionals from reaching out to a large group of deaf and hard of hearing individuals by not providing transcripts and other written forms of communication along with their podcasts and video blogs. Derek Burress presents Podcasting and other Hearing Impaired Issues in the Real Estate Industry posted at Derek Burress.

Real Estate 2.0

Heather presents Viral Growth- More Than a Buzzword posted at Trulia Blog.

Michael Price presents HAR Paves The Way, Again. posted at Mike's Corner Web 2.0 For Real Estate Pros.

Cliff Jacobson presents Disintermediation: Travel Agents, Realtors, Realtor.com. Who's Next? posted at WebHomeUSABlog.

Jim Cronin presents Business Plan 2007: Blog For Leads posted at Real Estate Tomato.

Jim Duncan presents Zillow cannot adapt posted at Real Central VA.

Larry Cragun presents Consumers: Since you have to live with Zillow you better hire Zorro posted at RealEstateUndressed.

Ardell DellaLoggia presents Zillow, Redfin and Us? posted at Seattle's Rain City Real Estate Guide.

Real Estate Comedy (drum roll, please!)

Marcus Burke on CondoMetropolis wrote a satirical article about Orlando's "Feed a Realtor" program for agents, "It's the Onion for Realtors".

Joseph Ferrara presents Real Estate Horror posted at Sellsius� Real Estate Blog.

Brian Brady presents Borrow Money Like Would Buy A Cell Phone posted at America's Most Opinionated Mortgage Broker.