198427 Resource 160154 161269 161269 1204234051917 1204234051917 Controlled Are You Ready for March Madness? First Annual Real Estate Blog Brawl

Like my blog? Please nominate it for the Real Estate Blog Brawl

<h2 style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px"><img title="basketball" height="214" alt="basketball" hspace="7" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/3/1/2/6/2/ar120420326426213.jpg" width="137" align="right" />March marks the beginning of Spring.  To many, March means basketball.  College basketball and lots of it.  The time honored tradition of office pools, brackets, sweet sixteen, Final Four.  Even the uninitiated get involved and everyone supports their local college team.</h2>Get ready for something a little different.  In the spirit of March Madness, the Virginia Association of REALTORS, through its own blog, <a href="http://www.varbuzz.com/" target="_blank">VARBuzz </a>is hosting the <a href="http://varbuzz.com/announcing-the-varbuzz-first-annual-real-estate-blog-brawl-ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-get-ready-to/" target="_blank">First Annual Real Estate Blog Brawl.</a>  My friend, association executive Ben Martin devised this contest and describes it as follows:<img title="VARBuzz Blog Brawl" height="186" alt="VARBuzz Blog Brawl" hspace="8" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/4/0/5/2/9/ar120420242792504.png" width="186" align="left" />"A single-elimination winner-take-all competition. A fight-to-the-death blog battle where VARbuzz readers determine the winner.  Throughout March, we’ll hold up to six rounds of voting to determine who moves on to the next round, who goes home weeping, and ultimately the winner. Being as this is the Blog Brawl, there are no rules. Competitors can use whatever means at their disposal to drive up their vote. So, get to it. Nominate all of your favorite real estate blogs as many times as you want by Friday, February 29th at 11:59 p.m. EST." Sounds like fun, doesn't it?   <img title="Blog Brawl Bracket" height="225" alt="Blog Brawl Bracket" hspace="6" src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/8/9/8/3/1/ar120420364413898.jpg" width="356" align="right" />If you like what you've been reading here on Virginia Real Estate News, I'd certainly appreciate it if you would just take a minute and nominate my blog to participate in the Blog Brawl.  You can do so by heading on over to <a href="http://varbuzz.com/announcing-the-varbuzz-first-annual-real-estate-blog-brawl-ladies-and-gentlemen-lets-get-ready-to/" target="_blank">VARBuzz (probably the coolest REALTOR association blog out there)</a>.  I'd certainly appreciate it if you'd nominate this blog (<a target="_blank">http://blog.brianblock.com</a>) for participation in the Brawl.  Please hurry, the deadline is tomorrow night.And feel free to vote for my blog throughout the month of March.  I'm not sure if there are any prizes, but just the opportunity for some bragging rights among my peers.Thanks for reading.  10 application/xml false ben martin blog contest brian block first annual real estate blog brawl varbuzz virginia association of realtors virginia real estate news Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; IEMB3; IEMB3) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 bblock 68.50.210.160 false true false false true 205801 false false true false false false true 160154 blog blogsite/BrianBlock/web