Mauricio Umansky’s agency made $19 billion in 2022. He’s just one of the exclusive group who have earned fame on TV and millions selling homes to the likes of Beyoncé and Daniel Craig.
The crowd began gathering at 5pm, into the movie-perfect backyard of a 1920s Spanish-style Los Angeles estate once owned by Madonna. The air was so soft and eucalyptus-scented that you could wrap yourself in it. Glasses clinked. The pool glinted in the slinking sun. In the Santa Monica Mountains above, the Hollywood sign gleamed like a row of perfectly capped teeth.. He made his way to a crystal lectern and began cracking jokes for the attendees, who were there for a star-studded awards show.
“Paradoxically, with these shows, we as viewers forge what’s called a parasocial relationship, which is like a friendship or personal relationship with a character on TV,” Lindemann said. “We want to see this wealth. We can live vicariously through it. You get to exist in this hyperreality where you almost get to feel like you’re a part of it.”
“When I decided to go on television, I said, if I’m going to do this, it’s going to be for the sake of the business and the sake of growing my name,” Umansky, 53, said in an interview. “I realised very quickly the more vulnerable and truthful and open I am with the audience, with the camera, the more of a brand in real estate I will become,” he said.
After the Power Broker Awards wrapped, the attendees loaded into Ubers and headed to the Hollywood Hills for an after-party at the Californication House, a $US38 million custom-built James Bond-inspired mansion with a fire pit sunken inside its infinity pool.
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