I’m fascinated by HouseValues investment…
and while I’ll refrain from having an opinion for fear of lawyers (yes… I am lawyer-phobia even if some say this condition doesn’t exist), I’m definitely reading what others are saying:
- Jon: ActiveRain secures $2.75 Million Series A minority investment
- Matt: The long hard road to financing
- Joel: ActiveRain Finds Funding
- Greg: Active Rain gets $2.75 million in funding — from HouseValues.com
- Brian Brady: Activerain.com and HouseValues.com- The Ultimate Irony
- Paul Kedrosky: Best/Worse Timed Investment Ever: ActiveRain
- Mashable: ActiveRain Pulls $2.75M: “LinkedIn” for Real Estate
- X-Broker:ActiveRain secures $2.75M in Financing From HouseValues
- John Cook: HouseValues invests in real estate community ActiveRain
With a little searching you can find even more stories around the web, but those are the ones with interesting articles and/or comments!
Also, it seems worth noting that my sources were right on this! (see comment #42). 
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“Refrain from having an opinion”!? Come on Dustin, that’s why we all read this blog — for your opinion!
Dustin, when you refrain from having an opinion for fear of legal retribution it really makes me wonder what your opinion is.
Brendan: I wish my “opinion” was interesting (On the HV investment, I doubt I’d have much to add). I’m just being OVERLY cautious to ensure that I don’t say anything that is not public knowledge due to my lawyer-phobia.
[...] 25, 2008 by Dustin …away from the fact that it is a bit baffling that HouseValues went the VC route when their financial troubles run deep enough that they laid off another 45 people and the CFO [...]