HELP WANTED: Aggressive, experienced Realtor with impeccable character, rock star potential and Mother Theresa work ethic. Must be drug-free, yet somehow able to work 24/7 with no sleep or food. Only individuals with 3-4 hands will be considered as you will need to simultaneously answer 2 phones (often while driving), write and fax offers, respond to text message inquiries, research property listings, give back to your community, open lockboxes, and gulp down your meals in 90 seconds or less. We offer a challenging but rewarding career; your satisfaction comes with handing homebuyers the keys to their new home. Pay is commensurate with your ability to put your client's success before yours.

This is the ad I wish I could post. Instead I'm preparing to post a duller version less likely to offend or invite litigation. We're caught shorthanded once again, thanks to the loss of two agents and an administrative assistant. The assistant is a real loss, and we're working to replace her so that Ron and I can both cut back to 12-hour workdays. As for the agents -- anyone who doesn't want to work hard and is looking for an easy paycheck with minimal effort isn't going to last in my employ.

While February home sales will be down throughout the Las Vegas Valley, it will be the best February on record for my team, and likely my third-best sales month in nine  years. I had the pleasure of meeting several Las Vegas Advisor readers from across the country and help them begin searching for their retirement or investment home. And I got to know several LVA readers better; it's a real treat for me when I develop friendships with this group of clients -- as I've always said, this is such a great group of savvy, warm, fun-loving people.

There's not a lot to say about President Obama's plan to stabilize housing prices with his foreclosure-prevention plan. Details that have been released indicate there may be some help in store for homeowners who are behind on their payments. But as for the billions of dollars pledged to help homeowners who owe more than their home is worth, there are no real details. A nice PR coup with no real meat. Who do you know that owns a home which will appraise for anywhere near 95% of loan-to-value, thereby allowing them to refinance? Those are the homeowners least at risk of walking away from their home.

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