RE blogs: The good, the bad, the nasty

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The L.A. Times’ Ann Brenoff reports on a topic near and dear to readers here: the proliferation of real estate blogs and the tension between blogging agents and bubble bloggers.

‘Dust-ups between the bubble bloggers and the real estate industry bloggers are frequent, and disputes fall along predictable lines: Agents put a more positive spin on the market; bubble bloggers predict economic catastrophe. The two groups distrust each other, and some bloggers claim to fear repercussions from the other side. Few would disagree that bubble bloggers are angry victors whose ‘I told you so’ message is often delivered with a cyber finger-poke in the chest.’

The story is chock full of links (Bad MLS Photo of the Day could become a new favorite here). It also points out that, in a crummy market, more and more agents are blogging for survival: ‘ ... if I didn’t have this blog, I wouldn’t be in business,’ says Teresa Boardman, who writes www.stpaulrealestateblog.com. ‘Most of my business today comes from my blog.’

Thoughts? Comments? E-mail story tips to peter.viles@latimes.com

Illustration by James Kaczman for the L.A. Times.