Million Dollar Listing star Josh Flagg is reuniting with his former reality show co-stars James Harris and David Parnes.
Parnes and Harris, who left the Bravo show in 2022 after seven seasons, tell THR exclusively that they are joining the roster of real-estate-focused Estate Media. The media and entertainment company — co-founded last year by Flagg, Griffin O’Brien and Andrew Shanfeld — brings together top agents and digital creators who focus on real estate in a talent network that distributes podcasts, newsletter and video and social content.
At Estate Media, Parnes and Harris have entered into an agreement to develop original content, while the media company will also oversee the celebrity real-estate agents’ newsletter and podcast, The Blueprint (which has featured guests including Selling Sunset‘s Jason Oppenheim and Million Dollar Listing‘s Tracy Tutor and covered such topics as “How to Brand Yourself in Real Estate” and “How To Get More Eyes on Your Listing.”)
As reported exclusively by THR on Feb. 20, Parnes and Harris just switched their home brokerage to Carolwood Estates after a decade at The Agency; in 2023, the duo also debuted their own education course for agents, “How You Can Master The Art of Selling Real Estate”.
“When we launched The Blueprint,” said Ben Teller, co-founder of The Blueprint newsletter and podcast, in a statement, “it was the first-of-its-kind in the real estate space. We were able to build a super engaged, loyal audience that trusted us to deliver the news and insight they needed to be better agents. Now, we’re really excited to bring The Blueprint under the Estate Media umbrella and expand all of our offerings to agents across the country.”
Harris and Parnes added, “Our goal from day one has always been to educate and inspire agents, and now with Estate Media we have more opportunities to do just that.” As the founders of Bond Street Partners, the agents have sold more than $4 billion in residential real estate in the last decade.
Estate Media, whose stated mission is to create engaging content for not only consumers but also for real estate pros, also counts Zillow Gone Wild (known for its Instagram account spotlighting outrageous listings) and current Million Dollar Listing star Tracy Tutor of Douglas Elliman on its talent roster.
Other creators and agents who are part of the media company include mortgage influencer Margot Ettedgui; Atlanta-based real estate agent and TikTok star Glennda Baker (who counts nearly 900k followers on the social media platform); AKG Christie’s agent Aaron Grushow (with 1.4 million TikTok followers) and former Selling Sunset star Maya Vander and real estate personality Jonathan Carson, creator of Unhinged Listings.
Said O’Brien, the CEO of Estate Media (and a former Amazon Prime Video and Roku content-acquisition exec), in a statement, “Within six months since our public launch, we have extended our reach to more than 25 million followers across our creator network, 200K followers across our O&O digital and social channels, and 115K subscribers across our newsletter network. The addition of Harris and Parnes to our network, and The Blueprint newsletter and podcast to our content offering, furthers our mission to elevate the industry and create a content destination that informs, inspires, and captivates both professionals and fans.”
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