Jon just posted the 2nd part of this week’s carnival, "The hangover," which showcases posts 11-21 (to finish off the 21 run). In the spirit of giving all participants some exposure, here is the 3rd CoRE link post with this week’s remaining submissions:

Investing:

Andrew Mastrandonas presents Boomers In Costa Rica posted at Boomers in Costa Rica Blog–Real Estate and More!, saying, "We’ve updated our blog, please take a look!"

Sagar Satapathy presents How Does Your Lender Assesses You? posted at Home Loan Tips For First Timers.

Real Estate Industry:

Craig Schiller presents Holiday Decorating: Should Home Seller’s Grinch or Bare it? posted at Home Staging, Rants & Ravings, saying "Advice on just how much holiday decorating SHOULD a home seller put up for the holiday’s?"

Jon Lansner presents October New Home Sales…eh, Squishy posted at Lanser on Real Estate, saying "Simple analysis of new-home sales realease. The number’s meaningless!"

Karen Rhodes presents Is Going FSBO Worth It? posted at Chattanooga Real Estate Blog.

John Barker presents John Barker’s Mortgage Blog: What is a "buydown?" posted at John Barker’s Mortgage Blog, saying, "Buydowns are being asked about a lot lately, and they are often misunderstood by consumers."

Darlene Berkel presents Get The Orlando Vacation Home Of Your Dreams posted at Everyone Loves To  Travel.

Real Estate Professionals:

Ola Edvardsson presents Calling All Real Estate Agents: Why Should Anyone Do Business With You? posted at Realtio, saying "Why should anyone do business with you? This is a great time to start refining your positioning in the market. And Realtio helps you get started."

The 21th Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is now live over at Property Monger. Take a look at this week’s top 10! Also, I wanted to point out that the 3rd Carnival of Real Estate Investing is up at Landlord Shmandlord.

The Carnival of Real Estate’s next host will be Active Rain. Please submit your best post by Sunday, December 10, to be considered. Are you a real estate blogger and would you like to host a future edition or take a more active role in carnival administration? If so, get instructions on how to do so here. Please check the complete FAQ list if you have other questions as to how to participate.

Here’s the 2nd CoRE Link post showcasing all those not highlighted in this week’s carnival. Enjoy everyone!

Brian Brady presents Real Estate Blog - The Peoples’ Mortgage Kollectiv posted at The Peoples’ Mortgage Kollectiv.

Foreclosures from Yahoo! Real Estate posted at 1stmillionat33.

Jay Thompson presents A New Real Estate Blogging Platform posted at The Phoenix Real Estate Guy, saying, "Here’s an entry on a new blogging platform introduced by Point 2 Agent. With 100,000+ real estate websites, this thing could have a significant impact on real estate blogging.

Joel Burslem presents How to Get Local With Your Internet Advertising posted at Future of Real Estate Marketing.

Mary McKnight, AKA REBlogGirl presents 12 steps for managing blog addiction posted at RSS Pieces: Real Estate Blogging Resources, saying, "Become a functioning blog addict.  Learn how to manage your time blogging more effectively with this simple 12 step program that clearly shows you how to plan your blog so you spend less than one hour per day writing, reading and marketing yourself in the blogosphere."

Thomas Ray presents Real Estate Blog - The essence of LA—for sure! posted at Thomas Ray, saying, "The essence of Los Angeles…Oh my god..that is sooo NOT funny."

Caron Mosey presents Real Estate Blog - Don’t Fault the Seller if You are Buying the Wrong House posted at Caron Mosey.

Russell Shaw presents What IS Marketing Anyway? posted at BloodhoundBlog, saying, "What is successful marking? Is it “running an ad”? Is it sending a postcard? Wearing a nice suit and smiling? How about a “PR campaign”? Is that marketing?"

Sagar Satapathy presents Mortgage Loan As A Harbinger of Foreclosure posted at Mortgage Lowdown.

Clifford Jacobson presents Real Estate 2.0, Who Will Lead: NAR, Realtor.com, Google or Zillow? posted at Clifford Jacobson, saying, "Who will lead Real Estate into Real Estate 2.0?"

Todd Waller presents Where Are The Buyers? posted at Todd Waller.

Maureen Francis presents Call 9-1-1!  I Can’t Find Your Agent at Dmitry & Maureen: On Our Minds.

Graham Doran presents My Hometown: Bellevue, WA at Zillow Blog.

Jon Lansner presents Insider Q&A: Economist Chris Thornberg at Lansner on Real Estate (be sure to read the comments).

Douglas Heddings presents Look Who’s Whining about Open Listings posted at True Gotham.

The 20th Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is now live at Real Estate Investing for Real. With a light week of submissions (too much turkey to press the submit button everyone?), CoRE #20 highlights the top 4 picks. Enjoy!
 

The Carnival of Real Estate’s next host will be Property Monger. Please submit your best post by Sunday, December 3, to be considered. Are you a real estate blogger and would you like to host a future edition or take a more active role in carnival administration? If so, get instructions on how to do so here. Please check the complete FAQ list if you have other questions as to how to participate.

Since some of you are looking for as much great real estate content/advice as possible and the top 10-20 (11 this week) posts might not quench your weekly appetite for information, I’ve taken the liberty to post "link post" links to all the week’s submissions that were not highlighted in the carnival. This should help the carnival in two ways:

1.) The weekly carnival remains as the place where the "best of the best" can be highlighted.
2.) The link posts give exposure to all participants that submitted a post in addition to giving voracious real estate readers more content.

Without further adieu, here are the rest of this week’s submissions:

Dan Green presents A downpayment is not a cushion posted at The Mortgage Reports, saying, "Your downpayment is a cash investment in real estate, not a cushion against falling home prices."

Carol Williams presents Real Estate Blog - Blogging For Bucks posted at Carol’s Wenatchee Real Estate Blog.

Adding That Special Touch When Selling Your Own House posted at Ps FSBO News, saying, "Adding That Special Touch When Selling Your Own House."

Joshua Dorkin presents Real Estate Partnership Questions posted at Real Estate Investing For Real.

Sagar Satapathy presents Home Equity Loans Are Passé posted at Home Loan Tips For First Timers.

Maureen McCabe presents Remodeling Cost vs. Value Central Ohio posted at Columbus Best Blog.

Clifford Jacobson presents It’s Not Where You Start. It’s Where You Finish. Assessments, Zestimates, CMA’s and Selling Prices posted at WebHomeUSA Blog, saying, "How Real Estate Agents should react to Tax Assessments, Zestimates and other Automated Value Models."

Athol Kay presents Google vs NAR posted at The Real Estate Guide.

Mary McKnight, AKA REBlogGirl presents What Madonna can teach you about blogging posted at RSS Pieces: Real Estate Blogging Resources, saying, "Be a blogging maverick by ‘thinking outside the box’ and doing things no one else is doing to drive traffic and convert leads. Learn how to use the Madonna Method of re-inventing yourself and thinking outside of the box to drive traffic and leads through your site."

Heather Fernandez presents What do people search for? posted at Trulia Blog, saying, "3mm people searched for "real estate" in October - where were they looking?  As tech-oriented real estate bloggers talk about optimizing their SEO and SEM - Trulia takes a quick look at the 15 most searched for geographical terms and tries to make sense of them."

Michael Price presents Mike’s Corner Web 2.0 For Real Estate Pros: Vertical and Tactical posted at Mike’s Corner Web 2.0 For Real Estate Pros.

Jay Thompson presents A New Real Estate Blogging Platform posted at The Phoenix Real Estate Guy.

Gena Riede presents Real Estate Blog - Should I Buy a Home or Rent? posted at Gena Riede, saying, "For First Time Homebuyers! A must read."

Broker Bryant presents Are you Aware Commissions are on a Upswing? posted at Broker Bryant’s Real Estate Ramblings.

Dave Gooden presents Nardi Gras 2006 posted at Pine Needle Lawn, saying "Leaders of the real estate industry still behind the times."

Chris Cranny presents Lies and the lying tenants who tell them posted at Youthful Real Estate Investor.

Please let me know in the comments whether this "link post" is useful to you or not. Have a great Thanksgiving!

The 19th Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is now posted on Ubertor, which provided its own twist to the carnival by adding screenshots of each highlighted blog post.

The Carnival of Real Estate’s next host will be Real Estate Investing for Real. Please submit your best post by Sunday, November 26, to be considered. Are you a real estate blogger and would you like to host a future edition or take a more active role in carnival administration? If so, get instructions on how to do so here. Please check the complete FAQ list if you have other questions as to how to participate.

The 18th Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is now posted on True Gotham , where the top 11 posts from last week are showcased for all to see!

The Carnival of Real Estate’s next host will be Ubertor. Please submit your best post by Sunday, November 19, to be considered. Are you a real estate blogger and would you like to host a future edition or take a more active role in carnival administration? If so, get instructions on how to do so here. Please check the complete FAQ list if you have other questions as to how to participate.

The 17th Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is posted on Landlord Schmandlord. This week’s edition features 16 superb posts, including posts covering why change is good, staging a house, and brand loyalty. Take a look at the rest of this week’s edition!

The Carnival of Real Estate’s next host will be True Gotham. Please submit your best post by Sunday, November 12, to be considered. Are you a real estate blogger and would you like to host a future edition or take a more active role in carnival administration? If so, get instructions on how to do so here. Please check the complete FAQ list if you have other questions as to how to participate.

The 16th Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is now posted on Real Central VA. Jim selected 14 great posts that he thought to be the week’s best- take a look!

The Carnival of Real Estate’s next host will be Landlord Schmandlord. Please submit your best post by Sunday, November 5, to be considered. Are you a real estate blogger and would you like to host a future edition or take a more active role in carnival administration? If so, get instructions on how to do so here. Please check the complete FAQ list if you have other questions as to how to participate.

The 15th Edition of the Carnival of Real Estate is now posted on HotPads Daily. There are only 7 posts in this edition of the carnival, but there are 13 additional posts highlighted in the honorable mentions post. HotPads uses a "best of category" approach to highlight the most insightful posts - so take a look!

The Carnival of Real Estate’s next host will be Real Central VA. Please submit your best post by Sunday, October 29, to be considered. Are you a real estate blogger and would you like to host a future edition or take a more active role in carnival administration? If so, get instructions on how to do so here. Please check the complete FAQ list if you have other questions as to how to participate.