My vote is yes, housing bubble blogs have paid posters for the RE industrial complex.

I think it is particularly the case with how under-employed most RE agents have been lately.

I cannot prove it because I am sure Joe Sixpack is dumb enough to ask the stupid, leading questions that pop up from time to time.

A typical post would be:

Hi, I am new here, so please take it easy on me.

I agree we are in a bubble, but you people don’t realize how many investors there are waiting in the wings with multi-million dollar war chests.

This thing will drop 10-15% over the next 12 months and they will be buying up everything and we are off to the races and you will still be priced out.

The posters, BW, Implosion and Waiting to Pounce on Ben’s blog fit that bill.

Hell even Realist at John Doe’s So Cal RE Bubble blog fits that bill, see the most recent post.