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MB Confidential – Should he come out of the closet?

ARDELL on 03 12, 2008

Back in July I wrote this post about my favorite real estate blog(s) not written by people inside the real estate industry.

Manhattan Beach Confidential is written by an anonymous author whom I know as MB Watcher. He was featured in an article written by The Easy Reader and is under a lot of pressure to come out of the closet.

My advice to him was Don’t Do It!!! Stay anonymous. They are just looking for whom to crucify. They’ve got the cross and nails hidden behind their backs. They’ve got the noose all ready over in The Tree Section. They want to know who you are so they can find the chink in your armor. Telling them who you are would be revealing your Achilles’ Heal…we all have one.

I hope to be meeting him in person in the next month or so, and he has agreed to do that without wearing a bag over his head Though I have suggested that he do wear a bag over his head and do not want to know his real name. It may be against the code of ethics for me not to tell the Realtors who he is, if I know his name.

What do you think? Should MB Watcher come out of the closet? Is the info he provides less valuable if you don’t know who he is? I don’t think agents are allowed to be anonymous for many reasons. But just a guy writing about real estate? Can he stay a well informed unknown?

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An Associate Broker with Sound Realty. ARDELL was named one of the 25 most Influential Real Estate Bloggers in the U.S. for 2007 by Inman News, and has over 19 years exeperience in Real Estate up and down both Coasts. She represents buyers and sellers of real estate on both sides of the 520 Bridge from Kirkland, Bellevue and Redmond on the Eastside to Green Lake and surrounds on the Seattle side. You can reach her at 206-910-1000 or by hitting the email the author link above.