Probably the single best place to go for community information and updates are today’s real estate blogs. These blogs are started for the most part primarily for online community information and not traffic based revenue. So be sure to seek one out if you’re exploring a new area of town. Locating a good neighborhood blog may take some time but the rewards could far out way the investment of time. One of the finest examples of a well executed effort is the Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Blog.
While looking through the home page of a blog you’re evaluating take a good look at the category menu sometimes found in a drop down menu in the website’s header. One of the most useful categories found on almost all real estate blogs is the local market report area to evaluate quality. Again as an example check out the Huntsville Real Estate Market archive to get a gist of the quality available on many of these blogs.
An additional set of articles to evaluate are the subdivision or neighborhood archive. Here you should find a variety of neighborhood articles, restaurant reviews, and school zone assignments. The Huntsville Neighborhoods archive is one of the better examples I have found and is well worth browsing.
