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How do you know when people stop blogging. Do they add a good bye post? Just curious.

I wish there was goodbye posts! Ever since 2008 many bloggers have disappeared on me. Some of these bloggers became my friends and we would chat on gchat all of the time. Then next thing I know and they haven't posted for the last two months. The worst part is that maybe because of the same they decide to stop responding to emails. I wish they only knew that they at least had options. A blog with a years worth of posts is at least worth something.

I'm not sure how my lazy ass has managed to stick around, but being around a group of motivated people (through the few forums I chat on) has kept me accountable.

A few pf bloggers that are MIA:

http://www.foreignersfinances.com/

http://www.financialnut.com/ semi-gone?

Oh and btw, sorry Crystal, NEVER QUITTING

I had no idea that so many bloggers quit. I have only purchased one blog ever because they can be costly. I prefer to typically start them and load them with content so that after a year or two they have some PR and traffic.

I was just discussing with my husband today how building an online portfolio of sites is a lot like real estate investing. Hopefully, the site itself grows into an asset that has value (like a rental house) and the income it throws off is like the rents. I much prefer building online assets to being a landlord. :-)

Wow, I love the fact this is a popular topic!

@debtfreedivas, surprisingly no, not many people do goodbye posts…that's sort of why I posted here.  :-)

@Beating Broke, thanks for the heads up!  I threw my hat into the ring although I assume she probably already has a buyer lined up…

@MD, good!  Me neither!

@The Financial Blogger, lol, I wasn't really looking into the same scale of empire as you have.  :-)

@Buy Like Buffett, I like the idea of starting them myself too, but I was hoping to incorporate another 1-2 year old site into the mix now as well.  I need some more income streams sooner rather than later if I want to blog full time in the next 9 months…

@The Family CEO, yes, online landlording is way better than having to wash smoky blinds or deal with the fleas people leave behind.  :-)

@financialstudent, I can't fault them either but I did want anyone who was getting tired to know that I'd be interested in buying.  Blogging can wear someone down just as much as any other thing – I'm just throwing my hat into the ring as an end-of-line option.

@Sandy, plus you can't sell!  I feel like you're going to be a long-termer like me and MD, right?  ;-)

I don't even know at what price I would be tempted to sell. I've put so much work into the site already…maybe I'd sell my Fat Guy site for a lot less

I would always take offers for my site.  At the end of the day you can always start again.  I think I will always blog and I would never seek to sell broke professionals, (plus we are so new nobody would be interested anyway), but I would certainly entertain any offer for just about any "asset" I own.  (save my dog, who I do not consider property no matter what the laws of my state say).  

Sounds good.  Maybe I'll make a bid for Budgeting in the Fun Stuff. Wouldn't that be an ironic ending to your post thread about you possibly buying other's sites. (j/k, I couldn't afford it).  

Got a question: if you buy another's site, do you then write all of the posts for it to keep it going, or do you hire someone to run the site?

Just curious how this works!