Bloodhound Blog is an amazing site you should really check out. I know most of us are still puppies and learning what our yips and barks sound like in the blogosphere...which is great. Bloodhound Blog consists of a "pack" of top real estate bloggers from around the country. Similar to Rain City Guide, except RCG is focused on the Pacific Northwest and our writers are from this area, too.
I love reading the Bloodhound! And now they've gone a step further and have created an on line how-to book...just in time for your new blog: Real Estate Weblogging 101. This is very similar to what I'm trying to accomplish at R TEAM blog. A big difference is the audience. I'm writing for Realtors I've worked with in the past (and anyone else we happen to pick up along the way) to help introduce you to blogging. Bloodhound is writing for a much larger real estate crowd. Another is that they are based on a WordPress blog platform and we're using Typepad. Still, there are hours of reading and valuable learning available on their site.
I have a link on the right column to their Weblogging 101 site. Do check it out--it's perfectly fine to study "ahead" of the class!