Has real estate blogging reached a plateau? If I had to guess, I’d say maybe. Since last years Top 10 Women Real Estate Blogger award, there has been a tremendous surge in real estate bloggers - both male and female. The ladies have really stepped up to the plate and have been producing outstanding content. Ok, to be fair, the guys have done OK too 
So why the surge in real estate bloggers?
Real Estate professionals have realized that we have a voice. We have the local knowledge and experience that consumers crave. Blogging has given us a cost effective avenue to relay that information directly to buyers and sellers in a non- salesy way. This two way conversation sure beats postcards doesn’t it?
One year later, we’re proud to see that last year’s group of women has continued to flourish. Some beyond everyone’s imagination. The power of the written word in a virtual world has the potential to reach millions of people. Priceless.
As we made our travels across the nation this summer on Blog Tour USA, we met with hundreds of real estate bloggers. The majority happened to be women. This is no surprise. Some of our industry’s greatest leaders are women. We just need to get some of them into NAR to shake things up a bit, if you know what I mean. Many of this year’s favorites met up with us on our blog tour. One day, we hope to share their wisdom with you, which we captured on video. It’s timeless.
Finding this year’s top female real estate bloggers was not difficult. Narrowing the list down to 10 was. So, we decided to make this year’s group a little bigger - and then there were 12. With 12 months in the year, we wanted one top lady blogger for each month. Why? We’re going to put together a calender to promote each one of you. Now all you have to do is decide who gets which month. The choice is yours. Play nice ladies
Having personally met each of the women within this elite group, we can honestly say that they all possess the very best qualities that we’d expect in a real estate professional. More importantly, they are fantastic human beings. Ones we’re proud to call our friends.
Without further adieu, please welcome our Top 12 Women Real Estate Bloggers of 2007:
Regarded by some as the queen of real estate blogging, Teresa has perfected the hyper-local real estate blog concept with her St Paul Real Estate Blog. She has a strong knowledge of the historic homes in her market. Plus, she grills a mean weenie.
Favorite Post: Don’t Let the Big One Get Away
As a great wordsmith, Kris captures our attention unlike any other with wisdom and wit. She introduced the stick figure style of blogging. Kris’ skills can be found on The San Diego Homes Blog. She also adds class and style to the Bloodhound Blog.
Favorite Post: Amazon.com and the MLS: Reading Between the Lines
As one of Ann Arbor’s finest real estate bloggers, Missy really knows her local real estate market and shares her insights on her Active Rain Blog. She is a natural behind the microphone, as we discovered on our visit to Michigan. After one interview, she even got a prospective client. Skills.
Favorite Post: My Favorite Technology and Time Saving Tools
As the Founder and co-author of the Reno Realty Blog, The Biggest Little Blog in the World, Diane is a geeked out Realtor®. Her blog has enormous consumer popularity in Reno. Read the comments to see how she heats things up in the desert.
Favorite Post: Gifting Listings - The End of Denial
Welcome to Miamism! Ines is not only a gifted blogger but she is an active part of the social networking community. Her positive attitude is contagious. She gamely sought an interview with Ami James from Miami Ink when we caught up with her in South Beach. She missed him but he called back. Who wouldn’t?
Favorite Post: Why Blog? Why MIAMISM?
MiOakland County blog is everything a real estate blog should be and more. She’s funny, tech savvy and knowledgeable about her local market. Best of all, she’s a lady, whoa, whoa, whoa she’s a lady.
Favorite Post: Ten Tips for Michigan Home Sellers
Kristal’s Denver real estate blog is a fantastic resource for anybody looking for Denver real estate news and information. Although a little camera shy, Kristal is known for her unique sense of humor and is a popular Active Rainer.
Favorite Post: Homebuyers find Alternatives with Colorado Finance Authority
Laurie is the talented real estate broker and author of LongBeachRealEstatehome.com, an über popular hyper-local Long Beach real estate blog. Laurie is always willing to share her internet marketing tips. We think she owns page one of Google for Long Beach.
A former New Yorker, she is outspoken and opinionated– and usually right.
Hey baby!
Favorite Post: Long Beach Homes & Condos - 7 Steps to Pre-Home Purchase Preparedness
As the author of Luxury Home Digest, Roberta covers the San Diego luxury home market with style and class. She’s one top tomato
Favorite Post: New Real Estate Danger: Cancellation Fees
As the team leader for her family real estate brokerage, Sharon leads by example. Her knowledge and passion about real estate is unrivaled. At one time, Sharon was the #1 blogger on Active Rain. She is a tech savvy internet marketer– a plus for her clients.
Favorite Post: Perceptions - Part II
As author of the Mortgage Porter, Rhonda dishes out timely tips and advice about mortgage related issues. As one of the stars of Blog Tour USA, Rhonda interviewed the infamous “Clogger” and “Zillawyer” in front of the Zillow headquarters. Priceless.
Favorite Post: There’s No Love for the SubPrime Borrower
Known to many as the original Fairy Blogmother, Frances is one of the pioneers of real estate blogging. She coached Mary Pope-Handy to win the Active Rain Project Blogger competition. Her involvement in the blogging community is unrivaled.
Favorite Post - Maybe if I can Master the Artful Demi-Plie, I Can Call Myself a Real Estate Consutant
To all the Ladies - Thank You!
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Glad Kris finally made it on SOMEONE’s list!
Man!
That is an EXCELLENT list! Standing Ovation to all of these AMAZING Lady Bloggers!
Congrats to the 12.
A Women of Real Estate Blogging Calendar? Cool! Sign me up. Just leave Tom Jones out of it, ‘K?
Congrats to all.
Aren’t you two just the sweetie-pies of the year. Thank you very much for this honor. Outspoken and opinionated - who me? LOL! Must be why Brian and I get along so well, hahahaha. Thanks again,
Hey Baby - I’ll take June.
Hey, it looks like Michigan is the epicenter of the female blogging re.net! Or something like that. What a great group. Thanks for putting me on it.
WOW, I’m in shock,and it’s not too easy to shock me as a mother of five. Thanks you two. Yea, I’m a blog alcoholic but to be mentioned with all the people above is truly unbelievable.
Formerly a very active ActiveRainer, I’ve come to know several of these magnificent blogger-ladies. To all I offer my congratulations on this special recognition, and to Teresa, Ines, Maureen and kk, a special warm congratulation to these special friends! You ladies Rock!
<> Outstanding choices!!!
Congratulations to the 2007 honorees!
These ladies deserve every bit of recognition you’ve given them. They do a fantastic job of inspiring the rest of us! Thanks for putting this together.
Wow! I am honored….not only because you guys picked me, but to be in such esteemed company. You guys ROCK!! And you know I would interview Ami anytime….if given the opportunity.
Awesome ladies and terrific choices wtg to all of you!
Wonderful. I know all of these talented and hard working bloggers. This is a very special group.
Congratulations to all.
Lenn
wow - i wake up to find 16 comments - i thought i was the only one who didn’t sleep.
phil -
mariana - so many great women so little……..
lar - the magnificent 12?
jay - right on! but no tom jones? i better cancel the private concert then.
laurie - right back at cha…. it’s our honor to know you. we loved ya since the minute we met you. but you already knew that, right?
missy - you deserve it. you have such a wonderful aura. when we met with you you just made us feel welcomed. that meant a lot to us. plus, you’re great behind the camera
jay - we agree, the ladies rock. thanks for stopping by.
linda - thanks for the support.
colleen - ditto!
leanne - it’s our pleasure.
ines - well, you rock harder
miamism is just fantastic - thanks for being so creative. i have a feeling ami will grace the pages of miamism pretty soon…….
Guys, great choices. There’s only one on the list, Diane Cohn, whom I have not readd. I guess I now have some reading to do.
You Guys are the best. I am surprised and honored to be associated with this group of Ladies…thank you very very much!
Thanks to ALL the wonderful women bloggers out there, including the ones who made our list for this year.
Having met most of these wonderfully talented women, the pleasure is that much greater to acknowledge their contribution to the community.
All your clients are very fortunate to have your knowledge and expertise working for them, and we the honor to know you.
What deserving recipients of your great honor! A calendar must be made!
Congratulations to all these excellent bloggers! Each one is so very deserving! I’m thrilled to see my mentor, Fran, make the list!
I’m especially happy that Ines gets this honor. Her blogging work is fantastic. Her architectural posts are my favorites. On top of that she’s just a nice person too…
Thanks gents! I am honored to be listed with the greats. There are several people on this list who are special to me. They have each taught me something that I needed to learn. Hard to leave a serious comment on your blog, I think this is my first.
Speaking of bloggers, Thanks for your support, it has meant much to me over the past several months. I still call you the gentleman of the re bloggosphere and I mean it.
Can I be Mrs. March?
Thanks Sellisius! What a great thrill to be included with these terrific gal bloggers! Meeting you two at the Fiesta was the highlight of my summer! Perhaps we shall meet again in NYC…
kk
Congratulations to the “Top 12 Woman Real Estate Bloggers” and to everyone else who contributes to the blogging world. Your all great resources and awesome people. Keep on Blogging!
What an awesome group of ladies! Congratulations to all! I feel like I know so many of you …I’m so proud of you all!
jeff - as a fellow geek, i think you’ll appreciate diane’s work
rhonda - you’re very welcome! when i want to get the inside poop about what’s happening in the mortgage world, i go to the mortgage porter. hey, i can’t wait to show everyone the “clogger” and the “zillawyer” footage……[i’ll the months up to you all to agree upon]
bonnie - as one of the original “top 10″, you’re wish is my command - a calendar will be made. and, we’ll have a special section for last years group too…….
mary - congrats to you on project blogger! frances is one of the original serial bloggers - blogholics. she inspired us early on with the real estate blog squad - always loved that name. ines is miamism!
ok, let’s try it again. who would have thought that blogging would bring so many like minded people together? amazing. thanks for always making us smile. love ya!
teresa - you’re too much - we don’t know how to be serious with you either. seriously though, stop being so darn serious
I know several of those on the list and say a big congrats to each and everyone. However, there is one person who made the list that is very special, Ines. She was my apprentice during the Project Blogger contest at Active Rain and what an apprentice she was! We enjoyed our partnership in that contest immensely and grew to be friends as a result. Way to go, Ines! You (and all the others on the list) certainly deserve it.
I should know better than to comment on anything at 3 am. What was funny to me then, well, isn’t now. I know both Missy and I were glad you made it up here this summer.
I really do appreciate being included on this great list. It is an honor to be mentioned alongside women I consider friends and mentors.
kristal - you’re very very welcome. highlight of your summer? i’m blushing. you know, i went through all my photos and did not have any close ups with you - sad
. that’s why i used the photo that i did. i also remember you “playfully ” scolding me to stop video taping you at the blog fiesta, maybe i should dig up that footage? hmmm? regardless, we’d love to see you in nyc. thanks for inspiring so many bloggers kristal. love ya!
amanda - blog on! by the way, who are you? i never met you? say hi to mary, john, david, and jessica for us will ya?
monika - how are you? you know, ines never stoped talking about you on the rv. hopefully, we’ll get a chance to meet one day. stay well.
Congratulations Ladies!!! I think we should have a podcast of each of them dancing to that Tom Jones song. Can’t wait to read each of the winning blog posts.
So happy to see some of the super ladies you don’t hear enough about, honored here.
maureen - crap! i missed replying to your original comment. my apologies. epicenter or not, you and missy are fantastic. our time with you, missy and todd was one of our highlights. thanks for spending the time with us. we’re so glad to have gotten to know you on a more casual level. that’s what friends do right? oh, and how can i forget dmitry - while we were off having a grand ol time, he was busy working on deals in the office. you guys are a great team!
Fantastic! Can’t wait to see that calendar…keep it clean, guys!!
Congratulations to all the ladies. What a wonderful group. Excellent choices!
I’m ok with the calendar thingee, but I reserve the right to use a body double. The movie stars do it so I’m entitled to a break too!
Congratulations to each of these terrific ladies! The recognition is well deserved!
This is a fabulous list of some of the absolute best in the biz!! I am constantly learning from these ladies every day. Congratulations- each of you have earned it!
What a talented, and innovative group of Bloggers! Congratualtions to you all for being such leaders…you all inspire me!
Congratulations to the Top 12 ladys of Real Estate Blogging….
Wow! What an honor to be among such great people!
Thank you, Sellsius, and Thank you, all you commenters.
Thank you too to the Other Eleven - may we all keep up the blogging!
Rudy - can I have November on the calendar??
Have already had a couple of e-mails congratulating me on the honor - that’s how come I stopped work mid-day and came to read it.
L’chaim!
Thank you Rudy and Joe! What a magnificent surprise and honor to be included in such a terrific group of bloggers.
Guess I was the last to know. That’s what I get for working instead of blogging.
Choose a month? I’ve always wanted to be a calendar girl. March?
Thanks again!
Congraulations Sharon [Simms], top women Real Estate bloggers …and Selsius for great coverage
Great list of ladies! I’ve read most of them and partied with a few too! Congratulations everyone!
Awwww, shucks. Thanks guys. But come on, a calendar? That’s so old-school. I like Ardell’s dancing to Tom Jones idea, only you put it on a widget that gets distributed throughout the blogosphere and of course you serve ads around it at the point of distribution and hey, btw, I want my 1/12th share…
Great list- #13 should be April Groves
HIP HIP HOORAY FOR KRIS!!! Finally- the fact that she knows people has paid off!!!
Not only does that list keep growing, it keeps getting better!!
Congratulations to all the women out there - I read each and everyone of you!
Where have I been all day? Thanks, Joe and Rudy!!!
Now, either replace that hideous photo IMMEDIATELY (my guess, from the “Too Many Beers With Bloggers” event at Inman), or there will be hell to pay.
Great list, and I am HONORED to be included. I’ll take the left-over month. Glamour-shot jpeg is in the mail.
Congratulations to all these great women. They each operate very successful blogs in their own right, but I’d have to say Diane Cohn’s renorealtyblog.com is hands down the best. Diane (and her co-author) really take things to the next level with their views on the Reno RE market. Diane and her co-author’s timely and spirited discussions of the Reno RE Market are sometimes controversial, sometimes provocative, but always informative. Congratulations, Diane! Keep up the good work.
p.s. Rudy, I loved the video and especially the Tom Jones clip.
Rudy and Joe - It was great meeting you all on the BlogTour this summer and what a great group of women you selected - I know it wasn’t easy - many of these women have inspired and mentored newer bloggers along. - Cyndee Haydon
Congratulations to the Top 12 Ladies. I’ve read most of their blogs and also think they’re great. I followed many of them through the Project Blogger contest and am constantly trying to improve my own blog and website.
Congratulations Sharron,
You are great and I’m continually amazed at how much I learn from you. You are not only a wonderful person, an excellent Realtor, but a good friend. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations ladies…Looks like I have some catching up to do and learn from the best!! Congrats Missy Caulk…I have read your blog in the past. Yeahhhhhoooo!!
Congratulations to Diane and the other great bloggers! You are a great inspiration and a wealth of knowledge. Rudy and Joe- it was great to meet you this summer in Tahoe, and hope to see you at the next inman conference!
Diane Cohn is not a geek realtor. She’s a really smart and inspirational real estate blogger babe and a heck of a giving sharing professional. I like the idea of a calendar. I’d vote for Diane as Miss January.
WOO-HOO to all of these ladies!! I know a number of them and they are great bloggers. Several are particularly good friends and I’m so thrilled for them!
Congrats Ladies!!
Congratulations to these amazing women! I have been a follower and friend of many of these rmarkable ladies on Active Rain. They set the bar high for all of us!
Congrats to the “Sellsius 12″. Found a few blogs to look at that (surprised I missed them). Nice to see some familiar faces getting recognition too.
Absolutely Fabulous Bloggers~
I love the “Sellsius Awards” for the best blogging in America and the choices this year are outstanding.
I am especially thrilled that Diane Cohn was awarded because she is truly an inspiration for us at Chase International and my personal blog mentor. She was the catalyst for my joinging this community and wow what a great ride it’s been. When you drop in to see Diane, do visit me at www.RenoRealEstateLogic.com for some lively thoughts.
And I am looking forward to meeting you all in person this year at the NAR Convention in Vegas. Go bloggers!
Michelle D. Plevel
You guys did good.. Every one of these women are outstanding and deserve to be recognized as The best!
Simply great choices…all are well deserved and serve as mentors and role models for so many!
Mhy goodness, thanks!!!
I think the calendar is a GREAT idea … Rudy and Joe rock!!! … and so do the rest of the ladies here … and the surrounding community!!! What on earth did we do before blogging?
Luv you guys at Sellsius … I was thinking about you earlier this week when I was in NYC … am back in Tucson where the temp is 95 degrees and I can hear the pool calling my name
Congratulations to the Top 12 ladies of Real Estate Bogging….You prove that women also can in a “men dominated area”
Congratulations to all you of you. I have read quite a bit of your material through Active Rain. This is great recognition for a lot of hard work!
Congrats to the top 12 Ladies on this years list…from the looks of your blogs yoiur all deserving of the honor for sure. Don’t forget some of the best lady bloggers exit up here in the Northwest…
Hi,
Congratulations to all of you and u have proven that womans can also establised in real estate business, hop u the best for your future.
So glad to see some of my cyberspace friends on this list. Congratulations!
I’ve read many of these bloggers material and they are fantastic!
Thanks for this list. I will certainly learn from these top real estate bloggers as I start to do more real estate blogging
Excellent Choices, congrats Ladies
hey, i want to be a part of this…..i don’t even have a website of my own, help please!!
I know personally Kris Berg and she is very nice woman, thanks for mentioning her! And here are some quotes from me:
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
Life without love is like a tree without blossom and fruit.
Life is what happens to you while you’re working for your future.
Echoing what Sundream said, it’s almost shocking to see how successful many women have found themselves in real estate. Amicable personalities, extensive neighborhood knowledge, and great networking and customer service skills are the key. Couple those with the pretty faces on this page and they’ve got the whole package