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Welcome to Ini`s web site! The desert resort life style of the Palm Springs area attracts worldwide attention and speaking English, German, French and Spanish, helps her to understand and negotiate for an international clientele. The Inland Desert Empire is a wonderful and beautiful place to live and vacation. That`s why Ini lives here - and she wants to share it with you!

Ini has been named Realtor of the year by the California Desert Association of Realtors for her dedication and professional accomplishments in the real estate industry. It`s only the latest chapter in a life full of well deserved awards. In 1980, Ini founded IMS (Ini`s Media Services) which until 1999 produced celebrity interviews with award winning photography. Hundreds of her articles and photos have been published all over the world.

What began as a hobby, interviewing and photographing family friends and colleagues in the European film industry like Elke Sommer, Maria and Maximilian Schell, Curd Juergens, Romy Schneider, et.al. grew globally into an ever expanding circle of celebrities in different fields...from actresses Janet Leigh, Debbie Reynolds, Joan Collins, Barbara Eden and actors Telly Savalas, Sean Connery, Leslie Nielsen, George Clooney, Kevin Costner..to entertainer Julio Iglesias, composer Henry Mancini, director Sydney Pollack, designer Geoffrey Beene, sports stars Michael Jordan, Steffi Graf, Pele and Franz Beckenbauer and authors Harold Robbins and Mario Puzzo..just to name a few.

The late Palm Springs resident Harold Robbins played an important role in Ini`s career more than once. In 1981, after contracting IMS to manage his publicity in Europe, Harold told his publisher in an interview that "Ini`s portraits and publicity photos were the best pictures ever taken of me" and requested that they use her pictures exclusively for his cover jacket portraits. Harold`s glowing recommendations to other authors and publishers led to many referrals and in 1984 Ini opened a b