WHS Alum's Web Reality Show Debuts Today

Westfield High School alum Alex Hodara is looking to share his life with the world this summer, starring in a web based reality series about his businesses in Boston.

Hodara, the founder of the country's first college student owned and operated real estate firm, and three friends/business colleagues will be starring in "Making Moves," a web based show on the real estate and entertainment businesses they run out of one Boston office. The show debuts today.

"The four of us are running five businsses," Hodara said. "All of which I own or co-own. It is following the escapades that go on this summer. It is all in real time."

Currently Hodara and his co-stars, Vincent Vomero, Julian Jung and Daniel Revel Miller operate four real estate related businesses, along with one music business. These inclue Hodara Real Estate Group, Hodara Property Management, Hodara Real Estate Development, Hodara Real Estate Academy and RevelMeRecords.

Hodara launched the real estate group last year after receiving his Massachusetts broker's license in order to provide a college student owned and operated real estate environment. With a staff of college students, the Boston University alum, has aimed most of his business towards the college market in Boston. During an interview last year, he noted he wanted to move into the property management and real estate education businesses.

He said the idea behind the reality show was to inspire his peers and others who may be looking to become entrepreneurs.

"The whole point is to be inspirational," Hodara said. "There is a terrible recession going on and we want to inspire people to be entrepreneurs."

Hodara noted that his company has been seeing more success in the last year, including completing several million dollar deals, and he is hoping to share that with people through the series. Currently he has no sponsors and the eight episode web show is being produced by his in-house videographer. Hodara said he is in discussions with television production companies about moving the show to being a full reality show.

The rapper Sam Adams will be appearing in today's debut show, which will also include following the realtors on a showing. Hodara said in the episode, cameras will follow the group as they travel to New Orleans to view the Gulf Coast oil spill. A future episode will include the group's participation in a Chicago panel discussion. The shows will be aired shortly after taping and each last about 10 minutes without commercial interruption.

Hodara said the group will continue to use the web series as a grassroots method of promoting their businesses and getting the word out. They plan on various online and traditional practices to grow a fan base for the new show.

"All we are trying to do is build a fan base," he said. "The future ways to build a fan case includes throwing a concert."