Alvin in San Francisco has a staging dilemma. Mom wants to decorate it for families….but it is a modern sleek loft!? My response may be caustic, but I say it with love. Really I do! 

EXCERPT:
And if you don’t mind me saying Alvin, it’s time to stop being a mama’s boy! This is your property. You bought it. You own it. You’re selling it. You are a grown ass man who can stick up for himself.

Say, “Mom, I love you but your staging advice, albeit well intentioned, is without  taste.” Go ahead, stab her in the heart!

Read the rest here.

Two thugs assaulted me for my iphone today. They attacked, we struggled & they punched me in the face, but I still didn’t let go for some odd reason. Police took my statement and didn’t sound too optimistic about finding them.

After all the adrenaline has settled, I have a headache and my jaw is getting sore. We’ll see if there is bruising where they socked me tomorrow. But overall I am fine. I’m a big girl, I will survive. I know it could have been a lot worse.

Safety Lessons Learned:
1. Avoid using your fancy phone/labtop in public, makes us prime target. Be aware of your surroundings (so hard since we are so into our smartphones now)
2. Don’t sit by any exit door in MUNI/BART/METRO. The robbers wait for door to open, one grabs ur phone, the other blocks you, and they flee out the closing door before u can react
3. Sit in train with security/police officer or conductor in plain sight.
4. Sit in a seat that is ensconced so it is robber hard to get to you, and harder to escape.
5. Be thankful for all (y)our blessings.

Be safe out  there, my friends!
xoxo- Herman

  I never thought I would say this, but Herman’s on the DL! (No, I ain’t on the Down Low.  LOL)

I’m on the Downelink for MTV!  Watch here.  My clips have been viewed 800 times. Suzie Orman’s clip: 62 views.

Be a doll, and comment on their site. Let them know you want more of me!

Thank you!

This is a commonly asked question I get from buyers, and I am sooooo glad I got a chance to answer this for LOGO’s viewers.

VIEWER QUESTION: We’re buying a new construction house. Do we still need to do an inspection?

HERMANITY ANSWER: I don’t get this. People are willing to spend 1/2 a million bucks for a house, but can’t bear to spend couple hundred dollars for an inspection. It’s small price to pay for peace of mind folks….

Want to  learn how an inspection can get you more from the builder/developer? Watch til the end of my clip for my hot tip!

Have you ever waived an inspection and lived to regret it? Post your comments here or on LOGO’s site here.

Needless to say, my literary endeavor will be about me and real estate. It will be Helpful, Hilarious and Hellacious (as if I could be anything but). While I am penning this book, I’m curious to know what you want to see me write about? What’s got you jazzed or razzed about your realtor or the business? I have a FAQ chapter and am looking for questions directly from you, my fabulous fans!

Hi Guys, KODAK has partnered with me to give away a free KODAK EASYSHARE M580 Digital Camera through my  facebook fanpage contest.  This normally retails for $170, play to win here! 

Also, as Kodak’s Brand Influencer, I can also offer all my Hermanity Fans 20% off KODAK products. Just use this special coupon on my facebook fanpage.KODAK has geared up a lot of their stuff towards the Real Estate community, so check ‘em out!  Tell ‘em Herman sent ya!

PS: How do you like my new facebook logo/photo!?

When I met Tamara Suminski last year in New Orleans during the National Association of Realtors Conference (aka Nardigras), she was such a ball of sunshine….like me!  Tamara is the current Chair for  California Association of Realtors’ Young Professionals Network. 

Well, as luck would have it, we are going to share the stage come April 20, 2011.  We’ve been invited to speak about “Mastering Technology in Real Estate.” Check out the flyer for deets. 

PS: I love how there are 4 languages on the flyer! I speak Chinese & English. I hope Tamara speaks the other 2!

The salacious photo of the cowboys was not my doing, I promise! Logo did it!…although if that’s what Southwest living is all about, I will move in a heartbeat. 

Q: I miss the warmth of Florida, but I couldn’t find banking work there . I want to relocate again soon because I cannot stand Cincinnati and the cold winters here. I am considering the areas from Texas to Arizona – can you advise me on which towns both have the lowest unemployment rate and the largest GLBT population?    -Doug, CT

Read my recommendations here. Do you agree?

Meanwhile, if you gotta question for me,  LOGO says “Ask YOUR real estate question!“

This frustrated viewer wants to know if he got stuck with a bad real estate agent. Duh! If you gotta ask that question, you know you gotta loser on your hand!

Let’s face it.  Not all realtors are knock-it-outta-the-ballpark superstars.   Far from it!  (In fact I can rattle off more than a few names of lackadaisical agents, but I’ll be discrete for once, hehe).  As I told Mother Love on her talk show last week, the bar to entry to this business is lower than Heidi Montag’s IQ.  This probably isn’t going to endear me to the realtor community, but sometimes I am flabbergasted how incompetent & careless some of us are. (Don’t hate, y’all know it’s true!). But what shocks me even more is how much some clients will put up with. Clients deserve the best work from their agent. If they can’t bring it, there are tons of agents more than willing to step up. So, pick your real estate representation carefully.

Have you ever regretted your choice of realtor? What did you do about it?