Welcome to the very FIRST edition of the Carnival of Real Estate Investing! This is a brand new carnival that fits a great niche in the blogging world.  There are plenty of REI blogs out there, albeit scattered and hidden in the private home offices of individual investors vs marketed by corporate umbrellas.  Hopefully this carnival will bring them out into the forefront and allow us to meet each other and learn from our wide variety of experiences and perspectives.

There were a total of 17 submissions for the first edition.  Not bad considering it was a dry launch and the carnival has not been marketed at all yet.  Look for a surge in submissions as we all get the word out and participation grows.  You can definitely help increase awareness by mentioning the carnival on your blog!

My #1 Top Pick for this week comes from… drum roll please… Lording the Land - always a great read and this week is no exception!  The rest of the runners up are presented in no particular order.  Thank you to everyone who participated.  Enjoy the posts!

The Landlord presents Schadenfreude posted at Lording the Land, saying, “Sometimes it’s fun to watch the tide go up and make everyone rich. Other times it’s fun to watch the tide go down and see the fools get their come-uppence. Guess which time we’re in now?”

Runners Up:

Frugal Duchess presents The Frugal Duchess: Flipping Houses: Reality TV Disconnects on Real Estate posted at The Frugal Duchess, saying, “House Flipping — as portrayed on reality TV — is not plugged into reality. Here’s a list of ”Five Reasons Why Real Estate “Reality TV” Isn’t So Real,” based on the book: Buy Even Lower: The Regular People’s Guide to Real Estate Riches by Scott Frank and Andy Heller”

Brian Brady presents Real Estate Blog - Stop the Insanity in the Mortgage Marketplace posted at Stop The Insanity in the Mortgage Marketplace.

Joel Burslem presents Two Easy Steps Towards Mastering Craiglist posted at Future of Real Estate Marketing, saying, “Some tools to help investors get the most out of Craigslist”

Wenchypoo presents Book Review: The Weekend Millionaire’s Secrets to Investing in Real Estate posted at Mental Wastebasket, saying, “An oldie (from 2005) but something to get the ball rolling.”

Brad Wozny presents If You are Thinking About Real Estate Investing, a Good Mentor Can Help posted at REI Diary.

Gina presents Gina’s Tax Blog: Guaranteed Rental Agreement posted at Gina’s Tax Blog, saying, “Thank you for considering this submission!”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Carnival of Real Estate Investing using our carnival submission form. Please review the guidelines for submission and remember that posts must be recent and closely related to real estate investing. 

We need bloggers to volunteer to host future editions of the carnival.  Interested?