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\"\"<\/a>I’ve never taken part in a “blog war” before and I don’t really know what one looks like, but after witnessing the events over the past few days I’d say we’re in the middle of one.<\/p>\n

You might have seen Rain City Guide’s recent post by Galen Ward<\/a>, “There will never be a real estate bubble” and the comments that followed.<\/p>\n

It appears that Galen<\/a> posted the above article simply as a joke about the heat over Susan Ryan’s post “Just Say No to Bubble Talk” post<\/a> as well as others<\/a> over on the Seattle PI-sponsored Seattle Real Estate Professionals<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n

Side Note: Notice<\/a> how Susan Ryan’s latest posts do not allow comments and contain very long images that scream “Get thee behind me, and much further down the page ye satanic bubblehead posts!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Rain City’s Galen e-mailed me, wanting to know why his post had irritated me so. I responded that I felt the blog appeared to be a REIC cheerleading forum (seems like a reasonable assessment if you take a gander at their authorized bloggers<\/a>) My apologies to Galen for misinterpreting his post as potentially malicious.<\/p>\n

Here is part of his response: <\/p>\n

“My take on our blog is this: we have 2 tech people (myself and Robbie) who rarely talk about real estate specifics, a lawyer who talks about lawyer crap, Dustin who has posted one negative story in his life, and Ardell and SeattleEric.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I accept this and move on until this evening when I find this puff piece<\/a> posted on Rain City. Ardell writes a completely benign article about the shocking truth of banks owning a large portion of our assets (unless you happen to be wealthy).<\/p>\n

I noticed this quote right away: <\/p>\n

“I was perusing The Tim’s blog while writing something<\/a> on my blog earlier today, and ran into the comments regarding King County median income and median home prices, again. I never seem to draw the same conclusions as other people<\/a>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She fails to link Tim’s blog but does a nice job of linking her blog post<\/a> (which takes aim at Tim’s “In A Nutshell<\/a>” post, which she apparently believes is poorly written and hard to understand) as a “oh by the way”.<\/p>\n

My point is this: If the “Rain City Guide” is not a Real Estate Cheerleading blog, then why is Ms. Ardell DellaLoggia allowed to use it as a pulpit?<\/p>\n

When I first moved to Seattle, the Rain City Guide was the first blog I came across. “Great resource!” I thought. I’m just a tad upset because I know how many hits this site gets.<\/p>\n

How many people with homeowner envy are reading these articles? How many will be pushed into Greater Fooldom<\/a> after reading it? Would you be interested in hiring Ardell as your realtor when you are ready to enter the housing market?<\/p>\n

Me, not so much.<\/p>\n

Note: If you do choose to post on one of the above mentioned blogs, please be civil and think your arguments through all the way. I realize it can be difficult, however it won’t go far in helping persuade potential home buyers from understanding our position. Thanks ;)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(Ardell DellaLoggia, Rain City Guide<\/a>, 10-10-2006<\/em>)
(Galen Ward, Rain City Guide<\/a>, 10-09-2006<\/em>)
(Susan Ryan, Seattle Real Estate Professionals<\/a>, 10-08-2006<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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