Selling the City

It's boring, simple as that, they don't show enough of the properties for sale, most of the people on the show I care nothing about, I can't even remember their names, they are superficial, after the first episode I was kinda into it, but it just went down hill from there, it's good background noise, as I am working from home, I will finish the series because I don't like to leave a show unfinished (I'm on episode 4) but it's just a bland show, heck even selling the oc is better than this, I recommend owning manhattan, it has just the right amount of listings, career driven employees and drama.

Despite claiming multi-million sales achievements and being associated with "the best agent in the city," these girls are dressed in a manner that doesn't reflect such success. Their attire seems incongruent with the image typically expected from individuals who are purportedly successful and operating at such a high level. It's surprising to see this juxtaposition between their purported achievements and their choice of clothing, which appears to be quite casual or even disheveled, almost as if they don't care about maintaining a polished, professional image that aligns with their stated accomplishments.

As a guy who had to buy several apartmens in different countries, I actually found the first episode of the first season of this show quite educational. While it was sleep-inducing because of its extreme stupidity, it's still valuable material. If even you only have to watch a single episode to have enough of it. First off, these vultures actually take about 3% commissions off any apartment they sell. And for what? For sitting all dressed up in an office and getting driven by their drivers to the apartment just to show it to you? Well, I guess there is lots of tricky paperwork that someone in the backoffice or elsewhere does, so you'd be better off hiring them than working with the seller directly? Anyways, they are certainly trash. Much more than I used to think from dealing with several real estate agents in my life (no, not the "elite" ones). I would never ever want to have any people like that in my life. And I'd sooner kill myself than marry anyone like that. Actually, they aren't even young. Probably in their late 30s? Since they keep mentioning stuff that happened 10 years ago, and they already were in this industry. The main message of this show however is probably not something you'd expect. It's to stay away from New York because it's clearly in a bubble and is uninvestable. The way these girls are thriving on this bubble is just appauling. You don't want to buy into that. Instead, you should buy when these girls go bankrupt cuz there are no sales. One funny sentence I'll remember from this show is "you have to know luxury to sell luxury". Exactly the way of thinking of a vulture. Avoid vultures and parasites.

The show falls short in several aspects, especially in its lack of transparency, as it doesn't show negotiations or reveal who actually buys the properties. For the concept it promises, the series feels shallow and often frustrating. The brokers, who should be portrayed as reliable and experienced professionals, act like teenagers, which undermines the seriousness of the content. Adding dramatic elements for entertainment is understandable, but a more mature and realistic approach would be far more effective. The target audience for this type of production is clearly not teenagers but adults seeking something more engaging, intelligent, and sophisticated.

The amount of times I hear them talk about themselves is nauseating.

Every five minutes you get bombarded with waves of " I this I that I know I feel I hate I I I" and then a 5 sec head shot of them pouting or shrugging or flipping their hair.

The show is just a collection of scenes where each girl just takes turn to talk about themselves (repeatedly) and the real estate becomes the background.

And the intro and ending of each scene (which takes up almost half the scene) is shots of themselves walking up to the table, door, chair.... Like how many times did they have to shoot that scene? Nothing else but a brain rot show as background while you scroll your phone.