O.C. real estate gets cutthroat reality treatment

Orange County has no shortage of reality television drama. Now Bravo, the cable network behind "The Real Housewives of Orange County," has a new offering: "Real Estate Wars," which pits two teams of O.C. agents against each other, with liberal doses of backstabbing and client-poaching. The show, set against lavish coastal properties shown by trash-talking agents battling for million-dollar commissions, premieres Oct. 5. Back-from-bankruptcy agent John McMonigle heads one team that has banked a reported $6.1 billion in listings. The rival Relegance Group is powered by the so-called real estate queen of Orange County, Jojo Romeo, the show's wild-card agent who dabbles in healing crystals. "Real Estate Wars" is thick with bad blood -- thinned somewhat by the McMonigle Team's more sensible Hoda Hajirnia.