There are few acts more optimistic than shopping for a home.
You walk through its doors, run your fingertips along its appliances and see your face reflected in its windows and mirrors.
Real estate agents understand this allure.
And the really good ones are so adept at spinning the fantasy that they’re building careers on television out of it.
For a new story for The Times’s real estate section, which published this morning, I spent time with agents from shows like “Million Dollar Listing” and “Buying Beverly Hills” to understand how they became stars in their own right, and what that tells us about the state of housing in the U.S.Hollywood luxuryLate last year, I flew to Los Angeles to attend an awards show for some of Hollywood’s most famous real estate agents.
Persons:
Mauricio Umansky, Kurt Rappaport, Beyoncé
Organizations:
Hollywood, Madonna, Malibu
Locations:
U.S, Los Angeles