Pride & Equality Magazine sits down with me to chat about LGBTQ youth, being a "Real Estate Artist" and my eggs drying up!

Also, I'm so flattered to be the special guest for their 4th Annual Vincent R. Johnson Models of Hope Dinner next month. They honor "individuals that not only the GLBT youth can look up to, but anyone the community can see as a ray of light." Great cause! Tickets just $35 or $350 for a table. Hope to see you there!
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2012 is the year of the dragon. Is it a good time to buy or sell real estate this year for you?  Depends under what sign you're born under. Rat, dog, ox, unicorn? J/K.  There's no unicorn, unfortch. 

So, before you write that offer, check out your horoscope here! 
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Just arrived in my mailbox today. Here are the back covers of the current issues of Realtor Magazine & CA Real Estate Magazine. Is it me or do the models for the new Century 21 ads seem too pretty, preppy and WASP-y? Wow, it's Realtor Ken & Barbie! I can't wait for the next ad...featuring Skipper! 

To be fair, the web commercials on C21's site aren't as, um, monotone...Is diversity important to you in choosing a brokerage?
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Eminem's forefather Vanilla Ice kicks off 2nd season of his real estate renovation show, The Vanilla Ice Project. "The market's evolved, but it's better today than ever, investing-wise...you can crush it if you know the right area." Proof there is life after a 1 hit wonder! Nice Nice Baby!
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Rapper Drake is shelling out $540,000/yr for his rented LA mansion. All that dough is making some landlord very happy. Dude, why don't you just buy a place! We'll write up the offer for ya!
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Leader of the Hells Angels was sentenced to 70 months in prison & ordered to pay $1M  for his role in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme. He altered bank statements &  falsified documents. I ain't defending him, but would a white collar criminal get same punishment? Doubt it! 
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DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg lists his $9.4M Beverly Hills home, which he bought for $2.8M in 1985. Pix here.  Think you can afford this DreamWorks dream home? Puh-leez, dream on!  
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Last week I dropped in on a friend  who closed escrow over a year ago. It was a fabulous property & I couldn't wait to see how she decorated it. I walked in...and it looked the same. Whomp, Whomp! I said, "Girl, what happened to all those design plans you fantasized about!? Didn't you TIVO like 800 hours of ColorSplash!?" She had no time, no money & no idea where to start. What a shame! But I see this all the time. Folks spend thousands a month on house payments but don't do a darn thing to make it nice. 

So, eHow asked me to share some quick tips on how to find a designer to help you dress up the biggest purchase of your life! And it won't cost you an arm & a leg either. 

How to Find a Room Designer -- powered by ehow
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Check out my cousins handcrafted custom made shirt company Shirtlisted. Yes, that's me in the video. (...and of course the screen shot youtube uses is a crotch shot! D'oh!) Great job cuz! I love my 2 shirts. Always get complimented at open houses when I wear them.
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*** Ratings for the new Bachelor season are a flop. People say it's because of Ben. But I think it's the house. Look at that post-modern disaster. Nothing more than a hexagonal box encased in trellis cage! Now that filming has wrapped, it's for rent at $2,000/night. 

*** RadarOnline reports: JP Morgan Chase tries repeatedly to serve OJ Simpson foreclosure papers at his property. But, um, hellllloooo! He ain't home...cuz he in da slammer! And someone explain this line to me: "In an effort to escape the $33 million judgment against him, O.J. bought a house near Miami in 2000 for $522,000, taking out a mortgage for $575,000." Wuh? 
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*** Can we talk? Say what you will about Joan Rivers, but she has raked in the mega bucks over her 50 yr career as a female comedian. Did you see her telling 2010 docu-film Piece of Work? Amazing the sexism she was up against! She paved the way for Margaret Cho, Kathy Griffin, Mo'Nique, Ellen, Rosie, Lisa Lampanelli! R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Oh, and she's just listed her tri-level NY penthouse for $29M. Work, betch! XOXO
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My new clients told me pesifically  they wanted a home in a "non-scary part of town." As luck would have it, on our first tour, out of the blue we get pelted with paintballs!  At least they weren't real bullets. If someone is gonna attack me next time, please glitter bomb me! Sigh...the perils of being a real estate agent.
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***Anderson Cooper scoops up house next door to his Hamptons estate for $1.7M. Allegedly, he wants to preserve it from becoming a McMansion, but honestly, it's gonna house his boy toy. (Yes, Virginia, he's gay.)

***Paula Patton's house is slapped with a $450,000 tax lien! The Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol starlet & her sexy singer hubby Robin Thicke are scrambling to rectify! Gotta follow the tax protocol, folks!

***Regis Philbin finally sells Connecticut home for $3M.  What can I say, it's a slow week for celeb housing news!
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