InmanNews came forward with an offer to buy the Real estate Weenie, the bad blog disguised as a hot dog stand. They have asked that the amount of the offer not be disclosed. I can say that it is generous, and that I plan to proceed.
The offer should not come as a surprise. Matt Carter of InmanNews has shown an interest in this hot dog stand almost from it’s humble beginnings as the joke that became a blog.
On March 16th Matt Carter Wrote: Bloggers Go meta
"At times, the main stream media’s (now you know) preoccupation with itself gets so meta people just want to get their information from straight-talking sources they can trust: Bloggers!"
In the same post he also wrote: " . . . . I needed a break from a 188-page study analyzing how many ARM loans are going to go into foreclosure in the next six years."
Will InmanNews become more bloggish and less meta? Are they headed in the same direction as real estate bloggers, with more posts by more people with less news, and more opinion, and yet just as much fun to read as an analysis of a 188 page study?
Carter wrote about the weenie again on March 19, in his "Casualties of blogwar". Now that Jeff Turner, President and founder of Real Estate Home Showes has ended his gig on the Bloodhound blog, perhaps he will be a contrib
uter on the new InmanWeenie.
Other parties who expressed an interest include Larry Cragun of RealEstateUndressed, who offered one million dollars for the blog. He quickly withdrew his offer an hour later after his wife told him that he doesn’t have a million dollars.
A marketing consultant from Obeo, who asked that his name be withheld, expressed an interest but did not make an offer. He stated in an email that this blog is priceless, I can only assume that he/they did not want to make a financial commitment of that magnitude.
Rudy Bachraty, of Sellsius expressed an interest, but was not interested enough to out bid InmanNews, possibly due to a mild case of blogger burnout apparently brought on by traveling all over the country on blogging business. RB and JF have been known to wave as they fly over Minnesota. It would not be called flyover land if people actually stopped here now would it?
We were all surprised that Jim Cronin, author of the Real Estate Tomato did not make an offer. It seemed like a good fit for him. His silence, and absence during the last few weeks could be because a tomato may feel threatened by a blog where ketchup bottles are prominently displayed, or perhaps he has been so busy giving blogging advice that he hasn’t read any blogs and has not seen this audacious blog cleverly disguised as a hot dog stand, or is it a hot dog stand disguised as a blog? At any rate don’t look for a comment from the tomato.
Pat Kitano of Transparentre expressed an interested in buying the weenie, but changed his mind after I suggested that the weenie might work best with a humorous approach. Kitano has not been heard from since. I and can only assume that his politeness will not allow him to discuss it further.
John Lockwood did not jump at the opportunity to purchase the realestateweenie either. He has already written more on this blog than anyone else has. He made more comments on it than any other blogger, and was the first to comment. His only response to the announcement that the weenie is for sale was a terse email that said "good luck with that". I can only speculate as to how quickly the weenie roll would fill up under his ownership.
Good luck with the Weenie, it is a weapon of mass destruction and should be used with the greatest of care. It is surprising that certain outspoken bloggers interested in ridding the bloggosphere of evil did not purchase the weenie to protect us all. Maybe they realized that even if they had purchased the weenie it’s demented creator would still be free to roam the web wreaking havoc with strategically placed comments that have secret sinister meaning that only certain bloggers can interpret.
More details about the sale and the future of the Weenie will be posted on Monday.
I was still in the process of putting together my financial package. Guess I had to speak up sooner.
Oh well, this way I can be a RE weenie and not own a RE weenie.
Gee Maureen, i had no idea you were interested. Maybe it is better to be a weenie then too own one. I know I have enjoyed being a weenie.
Hey Teresa, I forbid the sale on the grounds that we must do our April 30 Carnival of Real Estate together with the Weenie!
…that’s what I get for sleeping in…unless this is a April Fools’ joke – but if it is, I guess INman still got the last laugh!
…worse yet, I wake up and find out I have become an anonymous real estate consultant without a catchy blog name…gives really new meaning to be phrase “made redundant”.
Well, let’s see what Inman decides to do with its’ weenie…
..I mean…oh forget it…
steven.stearns@obeo.com
Sorry steve, give me the name of your catchy blog and I will put it in the post. 🙂
ok, so is this an April Fool’s joke?
Actually, “Good luck with that” is not all I said. I also offered you some important pricing advice in a comment, q.v.
Turns out that stands for this: quod vide.
If that’s what Inman offered you, I’ll double it. Thirty ruppees and a poke in each eye with a sharp stick. Or is that a poke in one eye with two sharp sticks?
Oh never mind — it’s too complicated. Forget the stick, and I’ll give you the thirty rupees, and add in whatever you paid for the domain. If you used Godaddy, and why wouldn’t you, that would be $8.95 plus thirty rupees.
How the hell much is a rupee anyway?
Fortunately, like the meaning of q.v., the Ethernet makes it easy to find an answer: As of Friday, March 30, a Rupee works out to be $0.0232019. So that works out to something like 69.6 cents. Oh hell, let’s round up. $8.95 + $.70 = $9.65.
No wonder they have my job now.
Does Michigan charge sales tax? I mean Minnesota. Where the hell are you? Do they take rupees there?
Feel free to email a counter. If you do, don’t forget to tell Inman they’re in a multiple offer situation.
John Lockwood, you confuse Michigan and Minnesota???
And do people actually pay “full price” for godaddy domains? There are coupons all over the internet.
Now Inman’s buns can be on the hot seat.
It’s got to be an April Fool’s joke, it’s got to be. What will happen to the Weenie’s mission statement? The protection promised from weenie advice for novices and dinosaurs like myself? I’m sorely disappointed that I won’t have a big brother (or rather sister) to protect me from the vagaries of roaming hot dogs! Whatever shall I do? Woe, woe is me!!!!!
Actually, Maureen, that was tongue in cheek. Michigan has Detroit and is in the midwest somewhere, while Minnesota serves potato chips.
Piece of cake.
I think I might be lost. I googled EVILWEENIE and this is whatcame up.
Could you please direct me to the evilweenie.com site?
Evil Grin 😉
Wow! Thanks for stopping by Craig, i am honored to have you here. Yes this is an evil blog. It is just that you are so kind and good that you don’t see it. You need to look deeper and find the hidden meaning. Kind of like the messages when you play a beatles record backward. 🙂 – – except you need to make it come in through your RSS reader backward. 🙂