ohn M. Peckham III, Executive Director of the Real Estate Cyberspace Society, has announced that John Mudd, a Realtor with Exit Realty Suncoast, has been awarded the Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist (RECS) Designation.

According to Peckham, the RECS professional designation is awarded to real estate professionals who have demonstrated their ability to utilize the Internet and other "cyberspace" tools to assist their clients in the sale, purchase, lease or management of real property. Mudd does not handle leasing or property management.

According to Mudd, Society membership brings international Society networking support and marketing knowledge to his market area. The Designation shows Mudd's expertise in using the Internet to both market property for sale, whether locally or internationally, and assist clients in finding a home, condo or investment property to purchase that fits their needs. Mudd's expertise also allows him to provide the latest real estate information to clients, as well as to prospective buyers and sellers. He does this through his weblog (blog), which can be accessed at www.HomeInTampaBay.com/johnmuddblog.html or www.insiderealestatejournal.blogspot.com. Mudd has been featured in the St. Petersburg Times, the Amarillo Globe-News, The Southern Illinoisan, The Sun and Florida Realtor Magazine for his blog knowledge and expertise. His blog was one of few to be featured in Small Business Trends' "PowerBlog Reviews" and was ranked four stars on a five-star scale by The Weblog Review. Mudd's use of the Internet as a business tool is rare among Realtors in his specialization area. The RECS designation demonstrates his Internet expertise in the field of real estate.

The Real Estate CyberSpace Society is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with members across the United States and in several countries throughout the world. The Society also serves its members and the public from its worldwide Internet office at www.REcyber.com.

John Mudd is a Realtor with Exit Realty Suncoast, a real estate agency located in Largo, Fla. He specializes in representing his clients in the sale and purchase of single family homes and beach area condos, including luxury homes, estate homes and condos located in Florida's Tampa Bay area, including Tampa, St. Petersburg, Largo, Seminole, Pinellas Park, Gulfport, Pasadena, Treasure Island, St. Pete Beach, Tierra Verde, Redington Shores, Indian Shores, Indian Rocks Beach, Sand Key, Belleair Beach, Clearwater Beach and the Bayway Islands. He has represented a vast array of buyers and sellers, from first time homebuyers to first class corporations, and he has brokered transactions that have included financing from 100 percent cash to others that have included 100 percent financing with no money down. You can search for homes, condos, land, lots and investment property for sale, request home or condo selling assistance, plus get free mortgage information from his real estate website: www.HomeInTampaBay.com. From there you can also access Mudd's blog, Tampa Bay's Inside Real Estate Journal, which is syndicated by Moreover and Yahoo!, among others. He also writes regular real estate commentary for Blogcritics and has also contributed to Florida's Downtown'r and Paradise News as a real estate columnist. Mudd is a member of the Florida Association of Realtors, National Association of Realtors, Pinellas Realtor Organization and the Real Estate CyberSpace Society. He holds the Real Estate CyberSpace Specialist designation.