It’s time to meet the cast of the newest Million Dollar Listing Franchise, Million Dollar Listing Miami! We have our first and only female Realtor on this franchise. That’s her in the Youtube above. Isn’t she just precious. She’s 29 and has three whole years of experience. Oh and she owns her own company. I did wonder if perhaps her daddy (sugar or familial) financed her company, until I got to the website. It’s clear that she is on the show for her desire to be on TV and not for her actual sales abilities. The two male agents, Chris Carroll and Christopher Leavitt are attached to the huge Douglas Elliman Real Estate Company. Thet both have eight figure listings. It’s like the guys own Country Time Lemonade and Sam has a lemonade stand in her neighborhood.
Click through for profiles of all three agents.
Samantha DeBianchi
From her company website DeBianchi Real Estate:
“Sam, who has always been on the fast track, graduated early from Florida Atlantic University at only 20 and earned her MBA from Nova Southeastern by the age of 22, has parlayed her real estate upbringing into a thriving career. As an avid reader and researcher, Sam is educated on the latest market news and trends, and truly has a “sixth sense” for her client’s real estate needs. She prides herself on employing a no-nonsense, straight-forward approach and is constantly aiming to raise the bar of the real estate industry.”
Chad Carroll
From his company website, The Carroll Team:
“In 2008, Chad moved from New York City to pursue South Florida’s collapsing real estate market. In just five years, he has emerged at the top, penetrating the circle of the top one percent of brokers nationwide. As Executive Vice President at New York and Miami’s Luxury Real Estate powerhouse Douglas Elliman, Carroll has closed over $200 million in sales since 2011 and was named the company’s top broker in Miami in 2013 & 2012 for grossing the highest commission. Always pushing forward, Chad doubled his sales in 2013. Without a doubt, his success is the product of his unremitting work ethic and top-notch professional service.”
Christopher Leavitt
From his website Douglas Elliman Real Estate:
“Chris’ industry accolades are matched by the ongoing referrals and repeat business from satisfied clients that are truly his greatest reward. His broad range of experience has included his role as Director of Sales for several well-established new developments in New York and South Florida, which he sold out in record time. In 2013 alone, Chris has already sold in excess of $120 million dollars in real estate. Most recently, he represented the sale of a triplex penthouse in Miami Beach sold at $34 million – the largest condominium sale in the history of Florida, and the highest-priced dollar per square foot for an individual condominium. ”
You can expect Chad to be the biggest fish in the Miami ocean, Chris swimming along side and Sam playing happily in a tidal pool. Million Dollar Listing Miami premieres in June.
I think Sam will be like the Jewish “kid” we saw in season one of MDL-NY. She’ll be annoying and we’ll wonder wtf she’s even doing in real estate/on the show.
Hallemotherlujah! Some serious eye candy! Want more!!!
Someone explain to me how anyone could be even remotely capable of earning an MBA, at 22, when she has not had time to hold down a full time job for more than half a minute? How can you be a “master” of something with no practical experience behind it?
Sorry, I’m more than a little cranky this morning …
I can’t wait to watch the show and I think the Cast selection is great EXCEPT it would have been awesome if the first Woman Realtor that was chosen for the Franchise would have been one that’s equally as successful in sales volume as the 2 guys that are on the show. There are beautiful and successful women Realtors in South Florida who have very high sales volume. Maybe they were contacted and declined to participate in the show or were interviewed and not chosen or maybe they work for Brokerages that don’t allow their Agents to participate in Reality TV Shows but I don’t know since I’m not the Casting Director.
Congratulations to Samantha DeBianchi for being a smart young woman who’s hard working, owns her R.E. Brokerage, graduated from College early, and is quickly climbing the Ladder of R.E. success, BUT her sales volume isn’t anywhere close to the level of what’s expected of Agents on Million Dollar Listing. Even the Casting Call for the Show specified that the ideal candidate “must have a high volume of multimillion dollar listings”. Samantha always has very few listings and most aren’t usually multimillion dollar listings.
The Show Bios state that Samantha has sold around $25 Million worth of Real Estate in the last 3 years. That amount is certainly commendable and way above average, but it doesn’t qualify for the truly upper echelon of sales production. Chris is said to have sold over $120 Million worth of Real Estate in 2013 alone and Chad is said to have sold over $200 Million worth of Real Estate in the last 2 years.
Supposedly, Bravo conducted a serious vetting process of the Realtors who were chosen for the show, so they obviously knew that Samantha was “up and coming” and wanted to add that twist to the plot of the show, like Luis on Million Dollar Listing New York having a sales level that’s below Frederik and Ryan.
When contacted by the show, Samantha could have declined since she knows her sales level isn’t at the very top and knows that will be scrutinized and magnified by being on TV, but she must have decided to give it a shot anyway since it’s an opportunity for business exposure.
So having Luis on MMLNY is fine, but Samantha should have declined? That’s ridiculous. I agree that Samantha is not at the same level as the Douglas Elliman brokers, clearly she is aware of that and willing to go up against them anyway. As you acknowledge, it’s a great opportunity for exposure. What’s the problem with that?