Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas Real Estate: July 2008

Today, July 25, 2008, the ActiveRain Real Estate Network reaches a milestone -- 100,000 members! In just over two years, ActiveRain has grown from an idea in Bellevue, WA to an amazing and vibrant online community of real estate agents, lenders, stagers, home inspectors, virtual assistants and others connected with the real estate industry.

Congratulations to Jonathan Washburn, Matt Heaton and the entire ActiveRain Team on this extraordinary accomplishment! Thank you for your constant dedication and innovation as you work to build and improve this incredible network.

To fully appreciate where ActiveRain is today, it is helpful to look to its past. These posts from The Official ActiveRain Blog provide some great insights and perspectives. Enjoy!

ActiveRain Launches Real Estate Industry's First Social Networking Website

ActiveRain Real Estate Network is 1 month old

Ahhh, pretty charts - First 6 weeks of growth

Let's have a contest: Contest #1
Contest #1: And we have a winner

ActiveRain member 10K!!!

ActiveRain's Membership Surges to 35,000 in First Year

Real Estate Tomato Interviews ActiveRain CEO, Matt Heaton

ActiveRain week in review #1

Big traffic increases for ActiveRain and Localism

ActiveRain's Weltanschauung

Matt and Jon on Inman TV

ActiveRain Hosts the Carnival of Real Estate

ActiveRain Unveils the New Localism

Buying or selling a home in Nevada? The Nevada Residential Disclosure Guide includes important information for potential buyers and sellers. Published by the Nevada Real Estate Division, the guide covers these topics and more:

• D uties Owed by a Nevada Licensee
• I nspections
• S eller's Real Property Disclosure
• C onstruction Defects
• L ead-Based Paint
• O pen Range Land Disclosure
• S oil Report
• U nderground Tanks
• R esale Package for Common Interest Communities
• E nvironmental Issues
• S pecial Improvements

The current version of the guide was published in April, 2008. Before you buy or sell a home in Nevada, ask your agent for a copy, or view it online here.

With last week's launch of Localism, there was a deluge of comments and posts from ActiveRainers as we tried to embrace and understand this new social platform. What did the rest of the blogosphere think?

Follow these links for some interesting reviews and opinions:

Localism2.0 Launches -- by Dustin Luther at 4Realz.net

Localism.com: "world's most complete neighborpedia." -- by Adena Schutzberg at All Points Blog

Localism - Hyper Local Real Estate Pitches -- by The Tim at Seattle Bubble

Localism Sponsorship: Hype or Value? -- by Jeremy Rivera at GeekEstate Blog

Real estate agents as citizen journalists -- by Cory Bergman at LostRemote

Real estate agents as citizen jounalists? -- by John Cook at SeattlePI.com

Taking the 'Hype' out of Hyper-Local Blogging -- by Rich Jacobson at AgentGenius

What you need is a neighborpedia -- by Allison Arth at Redfin Blog

The best online networks have a balance between professional and social content. On ActiveRain, we meet as real estate agents, lenders, stagers, virtual assistants and other members of the real estate community. Over time, these digital relationships become true friendships. We discover common interests, share life experiences, and celebrate successes and milestones.

Today is Jonathan Washburn's 30th birthday - the big 3-0. Along with Matt Heaton, Bob Stewart and Caleb Mardini, Jon is one of the four founders and visionaries of ActiveRain.

In the beginning, he stayed behind the scenes. We first really 'met' Jon in early 2007 during Project Blogger. Later that year, he and his beautiful wife Sara (he married up!) were spotted at several meet-ups around the country to celebrate AR's first anniversary. In November, I and several other Rainers were priveleged to meet Jon, Sara and the rest of the AR Team at The Palms in Las Vegas during the NAR convention.

To kick off 2008, Jon gave us several posts to help improve our blogging. Just last month, REALTOR® Magazine affirmed what many Rainers already knew - that Jon was a driving force in online real estate - when they honored him as one of the '30 Under 30'.

Jon has probably aged a lot quicker over the last couple of weeks with the launch of Localism, but for today he's an even 30. So grab your favorite cold beverage and join me in a toast to Jonathan Washburn. Happy Birthday, Jon!

Sun City Aliante consists of all one-story homes with two to three bedrooms from 1,157 to 2,104 square feet. All homes have 2-car garages. Construction began in 2003, and new homes are still available. For more information, or to buy or sell a home in Sun City Aliante, contact John Novak at (702) 339-9700 or JohnNovak@kw.com.

Here are the details of the scond quarter sales:

(GLVAR deems information reliable but not guaranteed. Properties listed and sold by various MLS participants. Sale Price adjusted for any seller contributions. DOM = Days on Market)