July 30, 2007

Carnival of Real Estate

This weeks carnival has been posted by Gena Riede over at her blog, and I have been fortunate enough to have had one of my blog entries selected as a winner. She has a great Monopoly themed carnival and I would encourage you to check it out!

Jul 30, 2007 10:25:39 AM | Recognition

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