HGTV is casting for its show "My First Place" in Philadelphia, Portland and the Washington D.C/Baltimore area. If the first-time home purchase process isn't daunting enough, the application for the show is twenty five questions long, with little more than a promise of a "once in a lifetime experience," "a specially chosen gift" for your [...]

As it turns out, real life doesn't always mimic tv. I know: novel pronouncement. But, I believe it's true.
Saturday's Washington Post real estate section includes a story about how HGTV shows aren't always accurately portraying the struggles of home buying and selling now that we're in a terrible downturn. 
"They show none of the negotiation process or [...]