This article read like it came from the ActiveRain PR department…

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Thank you for your valuable contribution to the discussion. Did you have an actual point or two to make?

-rsh

This is more of a personal comment than anything else… but as a resident of Millburn, I am digging on your site! Your post about Samurai Sushi was spot-on. Your posts on NJ Real Estate Law are great — obviously, they would be better if there were more articles. But I especially like your posts on where the graduates of high schools are going to college. That is the kind of information that statistics tend not to capture; only local experts know that stuff.

A thought — get in touch with your network of attorneys that you recommend. Let them know that your recommendation preference is related to the number of blog posts they send your way (and encourage them to start a law blog for themselves). Lawyers write stuff for a living; they ought to have no trouble churning out posts about NJ real estate law.

Some fun facts about Millburn/SH that I dug up in my spare moments. H/T to Kim Cannon over at ERA in Summit, who has some great data, well-displayed. (Full Disclosure: ERA is a client of Onboard Informatics)

The population of people under age 5 in Millburn & SH combined is 1,718. Chew on that for a second. There are one thousand seven hundred little kids in our little town of some 20,000 people.

The median family income in Short Hills is $214,000. That means half of the families make more than that. (BTW, Family Income is not the same as Household Income.)

And the average household size is 2.8, significantly larger than the U.S. average of 2.3.

There are 403 doctors per person in Millburn/SH. Think that could be the subject of a blog post about our community? I think so.

Anyhow, if you could imagine combining the data with your quality of posts, that to me is Localism at its finest.

-rsh

I read your post to gain insight into Localism vs Trulia and am walking away with an ah-ha about staying on track and combining my local expertise with demographic data.

I have printed out this page and it is hanging above my desk to help me stay focused on what my audience is really interested in: Living within the Midtown Direct Train communities.

See you at Starbucks…if they don’t close it down!

Apparently Jonathan Washburn is like many of the foolish Realtors on Activewhine and Localism. Localism is no better than Realtor.com or Craigslist.org for the average agent because every time you post, the post moves further down when someone else posts until you need to post again to stay on top. It is a never ending time waster.

P.S. I know what I am talking about, our site is on the first page for Los Angeles CA Real Estate and Los Angeles Market Conditions as well as several other local terms.

Let us know when that’s up — would love to see it.

-rsh