I’m excited to take the reigns as a fill-in host of the 56th edition of the Carnival of Real Estate this week. The carnival, which I’ll finalize shortly, will be posted soon enough — but, I thought I’d post the runners-up for your early morning enjoyment.

Be sure to check GeekEstate Blog later today to see this week’s winners!

This week’s runners up (in no particular order) —

• Jay Thompson’s Shotguns and Real Estate Signs: A Day in the Desert at Phoenix Real Estate Guy.
  • Some simply fantastic photos, including a Century21 sign on the wrong end of a shotgun.
• Gustav S presents 10 Reasons why only 4% of the population achieve their goals posted at success-is-in-you.com.
• John Wen presents How To Prepare The Inside When Selling Your Home? posted at Top Home Selling Tips to Help You Sell Your Home Fast and get the maximum of your money.
  • Some good tips to getting your home sold quickly. For instance, ever thought of replacing your door knob prior to putting your home on the market?
• Michael Emilio Rodriquez presents Three Steps for Buying Your First Home posted at South Florida Realtor.
  • Make a wishlist!
• Owning a condo in Thailand posted at artThailand.
• Tracy Coenen presents Mortgage fraud moving up the priority ladder for prosecutors posted at FRAUDfiles.
  • Last year, there were 35,000 reports of mortgage fraud — 5 times the number of reports in 2003. WOW
• Dr. John Yacenda presents 11+1 More Characters Playing in the Real Estate ?Active Rain? Forest (the real estate professionals? blogdom) posted at RenoRealEstateVoice.
• Allen Young presents Lessons From Flipping Out posted at Lessons From Flipping Out.
• Trevor Mauch presents Business Builders: 5 simple ways to systematize your real estate investing business posted at The Real Estate Investing Brain.
• Frank Borges LLosa presents Builder Tricks Part 3! Independent Appraisals & Fiduciary Duty at Blog.FranklyRealty.com
• John Wen presents What Is Lease Option And What Are The Benefits for Seller And HomeBuyer? posted at Top Home Selling Tips to Help You Sell Your Home Fast and get the maximum of your money.
• Rory Siems presents Beyond A Real Estate Bubble, The Next Bubble is Energy posted at Laguna Niguel Real Estate Blog.
• Marcus Burke presents Orlando condos: New, Conversion or Pre-Construction? posted at Condo Metropolis.
  • An interesting article speaks to the importance of the reputation of a project and developer of the condo you are interested in. Are you feeling lucky with your hard earned dollars?
• Tony Arko presents Contrarian Real Estate – The Bottom is Near posted at real/diaBlog – tomorrow’s real estate trends discussed today.
• Michael Shane Wilson presents Real Estate Truths posted at My Real Estate Investing Blog.
• Matthew Paulson presents 7 Ways to Avoid a Foreclosure posted at Getting Green.
• Lani presents It’s Scary Outside of the Box… posted at BloodhoundBlog.
• Pat Kapowich presents Myth # 6 Sellers Are Often Told That If The Buyer Cancels, They Can Keep The Deposit (easier said than done) posted at SiliconValleyBroker.com.
• Sara Bonert posts Home Staging with FakeFurniture.com – Just Don’t Sit On It! at Zillow Blog.
• Larry Lohrman posts Choosing a Camera for Real Estate Photography at GeekEstate Blog.