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First I want to quickly say that we’re very happy to host the Carnival of Real Estate this week.  This is your Shmandlord’s second time hosting the Carnival, the last was Carnival  #17 back in 2006.

Before I list this week’s picks, I would like to say that it’s great to see that the Carnival of Real Estate is still going strong, and I strongly encourage all Real Estate Bloggers to submit their blog entries to next week’s Carnival.

With no further ado, here are this week’s picks:

1. (The Winner) Shauwn Digman over at Lifestyles Unlimited gives rehab advice in the article Estimating and Executing Rehab on a Single-Family Investment Property.  These are very sound pieces of advice, and pertain to many areas of business besides just Real Estate.  Even if you aren’t into Rehabs, I recommend giving this article a read!  Great post Shauwn!
2. Roy Landers over at Renegade Foreclosure Fighter gives some advice to those facing foreclosure in his post How To Fix A Foreclosure.  While you may not personally need this advice, you should forward it to anybody that might.
3. Silicon Vally Blogger over at The Digerati Life tell us How To Buy A Short Sale Property.  This is a very cursory overview, but worthwhile if you’re new to short sales.
4. Stan Humphries over at Zillow gives us a run down on August Housing data, as well as a forecast for the next several months, in his post titled August Data: Another Month of Better News.  Due to the nature of their business, Zillow has a good understanding of the national real estate market.  So it’s always interesting to hear their take.
5. Daily Morgage Reports has a quick overview of foreclosures by state, in Foreclosures Per Household Data Shows The Way To The Homebuying Bargains.  While many of us know the main states with foreclosure trouble, the data are still interesting.  Woot Vermont!

That about sums up this week’s CoRE.  Again, please participate next week!

The Carnival of Real Estate turns 21 this week over at the Property Monger. Go check it out! One of Shmandlord’s posts even made the top 10 = )

Hi all, welcome to the Carnival of Real Estate Investing. Thank you to everybody who participated in this week’s Carnival.

The pick of the week goes to:

• Paul’s Tips has a great recommendation on How to deal with information overload. This is obviously exceptionally important in today’s world because, and Paul offers a great way to think about it.

The remaining posts in no particular order:

• Stock Market Beat discusses Blackstone Groups’ acquisition of Sam Zell’s Equity Office Properties Trust, “the nation’s largest office-building owner and manager” in When Zell Sells, We Listen
• SharpBrains has a post about emotional self-regulation and biofeeback. I feel that as a real estate investor, it is very important to keep in control of your emotions. When looking at a property to purchase, you need to remain calm and logical. It is too easy to get emotionally swept into a purchase, which will most-likely result in a bad investment.
• Michael Emilio gives us Five Reasons Why Real Estate is the Ultimate Investment.
• Musings about Money gives us Don’t Invest in Texas… But Consider Moving There
• Rob Thomas Blog gives us Property prices and low cost airlines which discusses how cheap airline tickets will effect real estate prices in Europe.
• Debt Free gives us Different Real Estate Retirement Strategies - Pros and Cons which is a good overview of three different ways to invest for retirement using real estate.
• Mortgage Lowdown gives us the very thorough 43 Must-Know Tips (and Resources) for Every First-time Home Buyer. This is a must read for any would-be or soon to be first time home buyers.
• The Landlord Blog gives us Working With an Out of State Property Manager which details a few tips about working and coordinating with remote property managers.
• Worldwide Success gives us The Truth About Rich Dad Poor Dad - What Robert Kiyosaki Does Not Want You To Know

Thanks again to everybody who participated

The Carnival of Real Estate Investing is a much needed Carnival because of the many people who can benefit from the REI knowledge that exists in the blogosphere. Look for the Carnival next week on BiggerPockets. Make sure to submit your post by December 12th at noon.

Thanks chris_starscream for the image.

Anesia over at The Landlord Blog just started the The Carnival of Real Estate Investing.

Check out the first edition here!

There were lots of great posts this week, and it’s been hard picking which ones to include. I was very impressed with the breadth of topics, and feel that we, the Carnival of Real Estate community, should continue to encourage posts regarding all aspects of real estate: realtors, mortgage brokers, landlords, stagers (yes, there was a good post on staging this week), etc.

I am going to list my top 5 and then include the remaining posts in no particular order. Here it goes:

1. The Pumpkin That Sold Me a House describes how a realtor can differentiate him or herself. Whatever industry you’re in, it is always important to focus on the customer’s experience, which is something that is too often forgotten. This post is short, but illustrates how one realtor, without exerting much effort, is reaching their customers in a very effective way.
2. Ugh. True Gotham has a really great read about a frustrating mess, at Co-op Board Antics-Redux.
3. In Defense of Landlords over at hotpads.com explains why rental prices are rising.
4. Mike’s Corner Web 2.0 for Real Estate Pros has some good commentary about adapting to change in Change is a good thing.
5. Transparent RE makes many much needed points in An Open Letter to the Title Insurance Industry.

Additional Posts:

• This Old House is Worth $1.23 Million compares two houses, each worth the same, in two different parts of the country.
• Are Zoomf and Nestoria imitating Trulia? What are British real estate sites like?
• The National Association of Realtors Takes an Ad in the Wall Street Journal. “It’s a great time to buy or sell a home”? Doesn’t sound like sound economics to me.
• Bloodhound blog refutes some of the ridiculous claims against Zillow by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition in Defending Zillow.
• We often don’t hear from Stagers on the CoRE, but this week Home Staging, Rants & Ravings submitted a list of reasons to stage in Stagers.. are we red headed step children that get no respect?.
• What’s the difference between the rich and the ultra-rich? Wisdom From Wencypoo’s Mental Wastebasket describes it in A Revolt of the Fairly Rich.
• Zillow blog gives an overview of the Blog Business Summit containing many good tips for using your blog to help your business.
• Nubricks.com has a little insight into Parisian real estate at The future of immobilier in the Paris property market.
• Always a great read, The Landlord Blog has (one of many) great posts about Sifting Through Property Manager Candidates.
• YoChicago today on What does it mean when a Chicago developer moves into his or her own building?
• Real Central VA has a short but good post on Brand loyalty and quality customer service stemming from a recent consumer experience.

Thank you everybody for submitting the wonderful posts. Also, thanks to everybody who stopped by for the Carnival of Real Estate. Next week, the Carnival will be hosted at True Gotham. Please submit your posts by Sunday, November 12th.

Real Central VA is hosting the 16th edition of the Carvival of Real Estate. Also, check out The Real Estate Tomato’s Halloween Carnival which will be posted, appropriately, tomorrow.

Landlord Shmandlord will be hosting next week’s Carnival. If you would like to participate, please submit your best post by Sunday November 5th.

The 11th editon of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted over at Matrix. Go check it out!

This week’s Carnival of Real Estate is up at The Future of Real Estate Marketing.