Celebrity Real Estate: Vanilla Ice on flipping houses and home life

Vanilla Ice offers real estate investing tips on DIY Network's The Vanilla Ice Project.

Bet you didn’t know that rapper Vanilla Ice is also a real estate investor and home improvement enthusiast.

The artist best known for his ’90s hit “Ice Ice Baby” and his crew renovate foreclosures and discounted properties in Florida and sell them for profit. Catch all the action on DIY Network’s The Vanilla Ice Project!

Vanilla Ice, aka Rob Van Winkle, sat down with HGTV’s FrontDoor.com to talk about the first home he bought, how he got into real estate investing and what home life means to him. Watch Vanilla Ice’s video interview.

Want Vanilla Ice to “ice” your house? Enter DIYNetwork.com’s “Ice My House” sweepstakes and you can win a room makeover from the rapper-turned-flipper. But hurry! Contest ends Monday, June 27.

Tour Vanilla Ice’s former pad on Star Island in Miami Beach, which is for sale for just under $15 million >>

Tour more celebrity homes for sale at FrontDoor.com/celebrity >>

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Video: HGTV’s Vern Yip shares his design tips to help sell your home

HGTV “Design Star” judge, “Urban Oasis” host and celebrity designer Vern Yip spoke at the Inman Real Estate Connect conference in New York City this week.

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We at HGTV’s FrontDoor.com want to give Vern our heartfelt thanks for braving the snowstorm to fly from Atlanta to NYC to meet with real estate professionals from across the country.

During his presentation, Vern shares his tips for using smart design to sell houses, especially in a tough market.

The Kleiers of HGTV’s “Selling New York” also spoke at Inman. Watch the behind the scenes video.

Watch more videos from Inman >>

Get ready for HGTV’s Dream Home Giveaway on FrontDoor.com!

This year's HGTV Dream Home is a modern-yet-rustic mountain lodge with breathtaking views in Stowe, Vt.

For the first time ever, you’ll be able to enter to win HGTV’s Dream Home on FrontDoor.com.

That means you can enter twice daily, on HGTV.com and FrontDoor.com, and double your chances to win this year’s amazing mountain lodge in Stowe, VT.

Don’t know anything about Stowe? Learn about the neighborhood at FrontDoor.com/dreamhome.

So be sure to add this to your list of 2011 resolutions, starting Jan. 1:

Enter the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway once a day on FrontDoor.com >>

Stay informed with the Dream Home blog >>

HGTV’s FrontDoor.com is giving away $2,500 in cash to one lucky homeowner!

frontdoor-sweepstakesWe could all use a little cash these days, especially those of us who own homes or plan to buy one.

To celebrate the incredible opportunities for homebuyers, especially first timers, HGTV’s FrontDoor.com is giving away $2,500 in CASH to one lucky winner.

Enter the Summer Housewarming Sweepstakes now for your chance to win.

Fill out the entry form here:  http://www.frontdoor.com/Buy/My-First-Place-Summer-Housewarming-Sweepstakes-Entry/55192.

You can enter once each day, now through August 25!

Think of all the things you could do with that kind of money! Use it to get caught up with your bills or add value to your home.