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“Cementing Your Brand in a Web 2.0 World” w/ Herman

10/30/2012

I'll be on the Monday Morning Radio Show 11/5/12 when Keith Robinson (VP of Better Homes & Gardens) will interview me about how the heck I brand myself, how you can too & more importantly why that matters in real estate! Should be fun (It's always fun talking about myself! giggle)

Title: “Cementing Your Brand in a Web 2.0 World”
Date: Monday, November 5, 2012
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PST

Reserve your seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/256281410

Each President Adds a Wacky Design Touch to White House

10/29/2012

Roosevelt added a pool in 1933
Kennedy swam naked in it
Nixon replaced pool with press room
Truman put in bowling lanes
Bush added horseshoe pitch
Reagan introduced TV dinner trays

Read more wacky decor whims of ex-presidents from NBC News

PS: Do not forget to vote!

Hermanity on Huffington Post Live Again: FrankenStorm, Obama Swears & Morgue Hotels!

10/26/2012

"Never underestimate the market for necrophiliacs!!" That probably was my best line from this appearance on Huffington Post Live. Topics include FrankenStorm, Obama Swears & Morgue Hotels!

Janis Joplin Would Hurl If She Saw This Room!

10/26/2012

Eclectic Kids design by Los Angeles Interior Designer Tracy Murdock Allied ASID

Lavendar, teddy bear...& Janis? Designer must have been smokin' a joint!

YouTube CoFounder Steve Chen's $8M Ritz Carlton Penthouse Looks Like Miami Vice & IKEA!

10/26/2012

Gee, with all that dough, is this the best Steve Chen could do? Living room looks like a reject from a 1980's Miami Vice set. And that blue paint, wood & white just looks like IKEA. There's no accounting for taste!

Mountain View Condo For Sale: $1

10/26/2012

Nope, I didn't forget a couple of zero's after that 1. This real estate agent has listed his condo in Mountain View (Google, Linked In, etc) for a mere one hundred cents. He owes no mortgage, so he can play this game. It's the "price to entice" strategy!

My Appearance on Huffington Post Live!

10/21/2012

On the eve of the 2nd presidential debate, Huffington Post Live asked me to weigh in on my prediction for Obama, why Mitt Romney pulled out of appearance on The View, and anti-bulling!

A Third Of Buyers OK to Purchase a Haunted House! Boo!

10/21/2012

A Realtor.com survey said 33% of buyers might consider getting a haunted house, especially at a 20% discount! Inventory is tight now, but are buyers that desperate now?!

San Francisco Chronicle Video: Funky Design Ideas

10/21/2012

Bring out your inner Lady Gaga or Nicki Minaj with my Funky Design Tips for San Francisco Chronicle!

Demand Media Video -- powered by http://www.sfgate.com

Buy a $2.1M House, Tear It Down, Build New House: That's How They Roll in Silicon Valley Now!

10/21/2012

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Google Desktop's Steve Lawrence & Danis Dayanov of Talkatone/LinkedIn ALL paid a small fortune to buy a house in Silicon Valley, only to demolish it and build a new home! Gadgets or property, them tech nerds will always love shiny new things!

Some Stanford University neurosurgeon w/ too much dough moved into this $5M home 3 months ago in Los Altos Hills, CA. after knocking down a ranch-style home on the lot.

If You're Middle Class, Forget About a House in America's Top Cities!

10/21/2012

Business Insider reports "that in 11 of the 25 largest metropolitan areas in the country, a median-income household is unable to afford a median-priced home.The least affordable cities included New York (duh), San Diego, San Francisco (double duh), LA & Miami – the combined populations of which add up to approximately 14.5 million people."

Damn, there ain't no hope for us average Jo(ana)'s!

Pervert Landlord?! He Spied On Tenants w/ Hidden Cameras!

10/21/2012

$15M Is Not the Price...It's the Price CUT for This Bel Air Home

10/17/2012

After lingering on the market since 2010, this overly gaudy, er decorated, Bel Air Mansion in California finally slashed its price from $40m to $25M. Some ppl are just slow learners!

photo via radaronline.com

Is Your Dog Worth Your House? Man Sells House To Fund Search For His Lost Dog!

10/17/2012

Would you put your house up for sale in order to fund your dog search? Is your dog worth your house?! It is to this Texas man

Texas Man Selling Home To Find Lost Dog

Rich Dad Poor Dad Files Bankruptcy...But It's Not What U Think

10/16/2012

Oh snap! Author of Rich Dad Poor Dad Guy Kawasaki files for bankruptcy! How can this be? The Learning Annex (who gave him a platform to launch his speaking and array of products) won a $24M judgement against Guy who owes them a huge cut of his millions. But the jokes on them! Because he filed bankruptcy for some empty shell of a company to avoid paying them! He did not declare personal bankruptcy. Damn, he smart! No surprise after all he does follow Hermanity on Twitter & retweets me!

Rapper Nas' Home Gets Sold at Auction!

10/16/2012

Hopefully he'll make a comeback album!

Rapper Nas just got his Georgia house foreclosed on! Man, this guy ruled the hip hop rap charts back in the day. I think all rappers should be required to take a money management course. Didn't they learn from MC Hammer?!

SuperModel Maggie Rizer Shows Off Her Fabu East Bay Home!

10/13/2012

Check out American Supermodel and activist Maggie Rizer's simply fabulous home as showcased by Refinery29. A far cry from the hustle & bustle from her NYC modeling days, she now lives in San Francisco East Bay, hoity toity town of Diablo. Average income is well over $200,000/yr. Girlfriend married up!

Priciest Home In San Francisco in Contract--Finally!

10/13/2012

Uh oh! The listing for 2845 Broadway at $38,500,000 was suddenly ripped from the MLS! Rumor has it the most expensive home in SF ( currently owned by the Sperlings) is actually (and finally!) under contract. 2845 Broadway was purchased for $32Min 2002, remodeling the 17,500 sq ft main home & 6,000 sq ft guest house soared over $20M...and it's not even finished! It will set back a buyer another $8-16 million to complete the build.

Per SocketSite, "Originally listed for $65,000,000 in 2006, if the sale of 2845 Broadway closes within 14 percent of its most recent list price it will be the most expensive home ever sold in San Francisco, relegating 2840 Broadway to the penultimate position at $33,000,000."

Please send me tips if you know any details about the deal or buyers!!

Is That a Broadway Set or an Apartment?! Who cares, it's Cool!

10/12/2012

Simon Woodruffe, Yotel hotels and Yo! Sushi founder, unveiled the prototype for his Yo! Home, an 860-square-foot wonder in which nearly every surface—walls, beds, floors, tables—can fade away at a push of a button. Outfitted with stage-scenery mechanics, the master bedroom can hover above the sunken living room, guest space rolls out from the desk, and the dining table springs up from the floor. (via Curbed)

BravoTV's New Silicon Valley Show: Start-Ups!

10/10/2012

My tech friends & clients have dismissed this show Start-Ups: Silicon Valley as a bunch of wanna-be's. But, honestly it's Bravo TV! And it is about time SF got a bonafide reality docudrama series. It's a world class city with 1 of the most affluent & diverse populations....unfortch their cast is not diverse at all. But like I said, it's Bravo TV!

San Francisco Chronicle: How to Open Up a Small Room!

10/10/2012

As San Francisco proposes even tinier apartments via Supervisor Scott Wiener's legislation, check out my tips on opening up a small room from San Francisco Chronicle!

Secret SF Shuttles for Google, Apple, Facebook Revealed!

10/10/2012

Silicon Valley is the hot bed of technology! ....But everyone wants to live in San Francisco. So corporations like EA, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, Google have private shuttle systems to ferret their little worker bees to work and home. These are secret lines, but my peeps at Uptown Almanac have published it!

How Did NBA Star Blow His $110M Salary in 2 Years? Bad Real Estate Deals!

10/3/2012

Via MediaTakeOut:
NBA superstar Antoine Walker is finally coming clean on how he lost more than $110M . . in just two years. According to a documentary on ESPN, Antoine spent MILLIONS on women and toys - he dated Evelyn Lozada for many years. But Antoine claims that he blew MOST of his money on BAD REAL ESTATE DEALS.

Here's what he said: 'Personally, I was involved in a lot of real estate projects with the banks where I was the personal guarantor of the loans,' he said. 'And when the recession hit back in 2007 and 2008, the banks went really hard after the money. There's probably like 7 to eight banks that we had loans with. And it kind of hit me all at once. I had to pay back the money.'