| Maybe you're between the ages of 19 and 30, | | | | estate experts (realtor and a contractor or |
| with six-pack abs and a smile to light the hearts | | | | designer) evaluate two homes that a home buyer |
| of dentists everywhere. Or, maybe not. But as | | | | is deciding between. The producers are looking for |
| long as you're a realtor with big ambitions and no | | | | both homebuyers and real estate experts. |
| fear of the camera, you've got a shot at being | | | | These are just a few of the shows that, |
| on TV. | | | | combined, will provide national exposure for |
| Buy This House, A&E: casting realtors with | | | | approximately 140 realtors in 2008. There's even |
| clients looking for a home in the $280K to $315K | | | | a new competition reality series for real estate |
| range in Austin, Tucson or Portland. Buy This | | | | professionals who want to make the move into |
| House is a new series that will follow the entire | | | | real estate development. Casting began 11/07 for |
| house buying process, from the open house hunt | | | | The HYDRA EXECUTIVES, a show being billed as, |
| to the initial offer (IMHO, the most dramatic part | | | | "the first International Reality TV series." Sixteen |
| of house buying starts, not ends, with the initial | | | | entrepreneurs - eight Americans, eight Brits - will |
| offer: but hey, what do I know?). | | | | be invited to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab |
| Curb Appeal, HGTV: invites applications from | | | | Emirates to compete against each other for 15 |
| realtors with clients who need curb appeal to | | | | weeks. According to series host Dr. Sulaiman Al |
| maximize the return on their home. | | | | Fahim, "They will spend their first 2 weeks in boot |
| Designed To Sell, HGTV: invites applications from | | | | camp to learn the art of the real estate deal and |
| Chicago and LA-area realtors with clients who are | | | | how to identify various playing fields. Following this |
| about to sell but don't want to break the bank in | | | | they will be split into two mixed teams to |
| getting their home ready for market. | | | | compete in real estate business assignments for a |
| Good Buy, Bad Buy, HGTV: a new television | | | | three-month period." At the end of the |
| series that takes an in-depth look at the process | | | | competition one winner will receive $1 million in |
| of buying a home. In each episode, two real | | | | backing to set up their own real estate venture. |