Selling ice to an Eskimo

Surreal Life graduate Vanilla Ice inexplicably talks to Bankrate.com about his career, his fans – and his investment strategy.

Of his Surreal Life castmates, Ice says:

I met Tammy Faye. I didn’t know who she was, I don’t watch televangelism shows. But I talked to her and got to know her. Then, I saw Eric Estrada. I thought, “My mom would love this!” She about had a heart attack when I called her and told her Eric Estrada was there. Then, there was Ron Jeremy, the legend. He’s really intelligent. I still remain friends with him; he calls every week. He taught me to lighten up, like when we went into the karaoke bar and they wanted me to sing.

His investment advice:

I’ll gamble a little bit with the stock market. I played the stock market, made a little, lost a little, made a little and lost a little again. And, I had no idea what I was doing. But when I bought and sold houses, I made money on every single one. And, it was quick. So, I saw that I could have made triple on the houses what I made in the market.