Controversial Topic = More Traffic. Isn't Real Estate Interesting Enough?

I guess I shouldn't be surprised.  When I "blog" - really don't like that word as a verb, I must say - on controversial topics, I've received much more traffic to this blog - see! it's a noun! - than when I've written about something purely real estate-related.  For example, each and every one of the Baseball in the Bottom topics generated WAY more hits than anything on the First Time Home Buyer tax credit. 

[NOTE:  A colleague in my office pointed out the fact that  the phrase "Baseball in the Bottom" was .....ahem....more than slightly prurient.  He was hugely amused that no one seemed to have picked up on that fact.  Since he and I had that discussion, I could never help but think of the project logo as a naked bum with baseball bat protruding.  I know, I know - I have the sense of humor of a 12 year old.]

I wish people were more interested in the plain vanilla real estate stuff.  In the fairly short time that I have been in the business, I have observed so much head-scratching behavior in the real estate world, from both consumers and from Realtors.  It was my hope that by writing about some of the issues and situations that I encountered, that were confusing to me, or that required me to educate myself about something new, I could pull back the curtain a bit on the practice of real estate. 

Do I change my blog to give people what they seem to want, more controversial topics?  Nah.  I think I am just going to continue to write about real estate-related topics that I find interesting.  A few topics that I'm thinking about for the near term:

• Possible opportunities for high speed rail for downtown;
• The new appraisal rules, and how the rules have been impacting home sales;
• The City selling the Richmond Community High School site at Libbie and Patterson and to whom; and
• The time limitation on the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit.

In the meantime, enjoy the summer!

Comments

[wb]

No, no, no. Take the cable news approach. More explosions, more waving American flags, more missing white girls.

[Harry]

Do them all. Why not?